# Mary Kunesh

Mary Kunesh is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 39.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 39
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2795e0ed-3a02-4afc-8836-f5c3c067139c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2795e0ed-3a02-4afc-8836-f5c3c067139c (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

0% of Kunesh’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats.

## What Kunesh says (MN 2025–26 session)

13 classified statements: 13 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Kunesh | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 15.4% | 2.4% | 15 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 7.7% | 42.9% | 315 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 15.4% | 16.1% | 157 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 100% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.63 (standard error 0.06), from 18 donors and 422 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 54% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

153 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 98.3% (93.0%). 1 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · SF 3967 Due date of the pediatric hospital-to-home transition pilot program report modification · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3967/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · HF 3629 Program payment withholding provided for credible allegation of fraud, grant management provisions changed, and program integrity reports required. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3629/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed · HF 719 Safe routes to school grant program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF719/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · HF 4492 Read Act modified, early literacy field experiences required for teacher candidates, high school diploma established for veterans, and rulemaking… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4492/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed · HF 2484 Bonding bill; spending authorized to acquire and better land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature, new programs established… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2484/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Motion did not prevail for urgency, rules suspension, pursuant to rule 34.1 · HF 4102 State Patrol compensation study requirements modified, and volunteer chaplains allowed within the state patrol. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4102/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill · HF 2438 Taxation bill; financing and operation of state and local government provided. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third Reading Repassed · HF 4188 Commerce policy bill. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4188/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third Reading Repassed · HF 2438 Taxation bill; financing and operation of state and local government provided. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/
- 2026-05-16 · voted nay · Motion to reject CC report, did not prevail · HF 3900 Permanent school fund investment, management, and distribution policy modified; and constitutional amendment proposed. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3900/

## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 107 bills: 106 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 95. 0.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 40 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5233: Reduction to local government aid establishment to a county or city that uses the incorrect state flag (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5233/
- SF 5209: Procedures and training modification related to the treatment of potentially suspicious deaths involving domestic violence (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5209/
- SF 5210: School safety plans enhancement (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5210/
- SF 5137: Office of the Inspector General provisions within the Department of Education modification (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5137/
- SF 5108: Minnesota Museum of American Art appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5108/
- SF 5107: Criminal penalties enhancement for certain domestic violence-related crimes (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5107/
- SF 5000: Onetime school safety aid and grant program establishment (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5000/
- SF 5001: Define domestic assault by strangulation as a violent crime (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5001/
- SF 4995: St. Anthony Village public safety facility bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4995/
- SR 71: A Senate resolution expressing the sense of the Senate honoring the long-standing partnership between the Province of Québec and the State of Minnesota (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SR71/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.8K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/MaryKunesh9/status/2110047303105118680
- 2026-04-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/MaryKunesh9/status/2042378946675663131
- 2026-03-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/MaryKunesh9/status/2039047891252072732
- 2026-02-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/MaryKunesh9/status/2024625799920329062
- 2026-02-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/MaryKunesh9/status/2024627996263412014
- 2026-02-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/MaryKunesh9/status/2021757788029165985
- 2026-02-11 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, credit claiming · https://x.com/MaryKunesh9/status/2021572907718054311
- 2026-02-07 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/MaryKunesh9/status/2020143451770118590
- 2026-02-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/MaryKunesh9/status/2019456783354318900
- 2026-01-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/MaryKunesh9/status/2016000428672983541

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1242
- Campaign site: https://marykunesh.com/
- X: https://x.com/MaryKunesh9
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mkmkunesh
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mkmkunesh
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCEtiK0wINkHdVod3x1zpzA
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-kunesh-5903b410/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2795e0ed-3a02-4afc-8836-f5c3c067139c