# Tom Sexton

Tom Sexton is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 19B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 19B
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2989633c-a60b-4337-972d-49941a4db1b6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2989633c-a60b-4337-972d-49941a4db1b6 (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 Sexton’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.17 (standard error 0.03), from 20 donors and 193 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

298 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 96.5% (97.5%). 5 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Niska Motion Suspension of Rules · HF 1849 Term limits provided for governor and lieutenant governor, and constitutional amendment proposed. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1849/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · HF 2354 Medical assistance fraud governing provisions added and modified, attorney general provided subpoena and enforcement authority, criminal penalties… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2354/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Long motion Suspension of Rules · HF 5149 Law enforcement access to sensitive locations restricted, civil remedies established, concealing identity crime modified, scope of use of force… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5149/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Repassage, as amended by Conference · SF 4612 Omnibus Health and Human Services supplemental appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4612/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage · SF 334 Human Services Systems Modernization Advisory Council and Legislative Commission on Human Services Systems; creation · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF334/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · SF 5200 Miscellaneous oversights, inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors correction · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5200/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Niska motion Take from the table · HF 2133 Income tax; pass-through entity tax technical correction made. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2133/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · SF 1943 Pet shops prohibition from selling cats and dogs · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF1943/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Passage · SF 4401 Omnibus Cannabis bill · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4401/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Repassage, as amended by Conference · SF 4476 Omnibus Human Services supplemental appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4476/

## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 26 bills: 26 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 133. 3.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 59 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4781: Certified community behavioral health clinic rates and rebasing schedules modified. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4781/
- HF 4671: Curl in Minnesota special license plates established. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4671/
- HF 4702: Legislative auditor required to conduct a cost-benefit analysis of sustainability-related building standards, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4702/
- HF 4430: Board of Cosmetologist Examiners provisions modified. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4430/
- HF 4254: Medford; maintenance facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4254/
- HF 3830: Reporting requirements for recoverable expenses in rate cases modified, and sunset of cost recovery for gas utility infrastructure costs eliminated. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3830/
- HF 3813: Waseca County authorized to impose a local sales tax. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3813/
- HF 3686: Priority position of nonprofit organizations modified to receive certain sate energy grants. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3686/
- HF 3688: Expenditures on fuel-switching improvements made to low-income households allowed to apply to low-income conservation spending requirements for municipal… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3688/
- HF 3528: Board of Barber Examiners provisions modified. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3528/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,725 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15645
- Campaign site: https://www.votesexton.com/
- X: https://x.com/tomsextonfor19b
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Representative-Tom-Sexton/61573107177136/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-sexton-111b5116/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2989633c-a60b-4337-972d-49941a4db1b6