# Lindsey Port

Lindsey Port is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 55.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 55
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/39814623-d268-47a1-8dcd-78e3ae1a33cf

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/39814623-d268-47a1-8dcd-78e3ae1a33cf (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 Port’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.07 (standard error 0.04), from 281 donors and 123 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 7.3% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

152 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 64 bills: 64 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 129. 4.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 8 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5153: Rulemaking requirement to allow single-exit stairway apartment buildings as part of the State Building Code (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5153/
- SF 5154: Small businesses owned by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, or other nonbinary gender or sexual identification addition to the list of… (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5154/
- SF 5152: Minnesota Age in Place Network appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5152/
- SF 5060: Minnesota Housing Finance Agency supplemental budget adjustments (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5060/
- SF 4875: Medical cannabis endorsement requirements modification (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4875/
- SF 4876: Cannabis microbusiness outdoor cultivation limit increase (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4876/
- SF 4877: Cannabis license application periods and issuance modification (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4877/
- SF 4867: Local affordable housing aid distribution modification (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4867/
- SF 4755: Marked Trunk Highway 13 and associated local roads improvements appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4755/
- SF 4711: Predatory pricing prohibition (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4711/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $16.6K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1245
- Campaign site: https://www.lindseyportmn.com/
- X: https://x.com/Linsey_Port
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lindseyjport/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindseyport
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lindseyportformn6019/null
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsey-port-060999166/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/39814623-d268-47a1-8dcd-78e3ae1a33cf