# Michael Kreun

Michael Kreun is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 32.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 32
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3a76623e-d295-4c58-be60-fd37a285a39b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3a76623e-d295-4c58-be60-fd37a285a39b (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 Kreun’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.03), from 136 donors and 123 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

153 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 87% (93.0%). 10 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 75 bills: 75 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 117. 2.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 18 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5294: Law enforcement holds of certain persons subject to federal immigration detainers authorization (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5294/
- SF 5226: School board members training requirements modifications (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5226/
- SF 5193: Certain individuals and organizations convicted of and benefiting from fraud tax establishment (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5193/
- SF 5141: Prohibit Department of Public Safety from accepting private funds for any purposes (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5141/
- SF 5022: Obstructing legal process crime expansion (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5022/
- SF 4809: Mental health care services establishment for students through telehealth (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4809/
- SF 4789: Trunk Highway 65 and Bunker Lake Boulevard Northeast interchange improvements bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4789/
- SF 4852: Ham Lake Trunk Highway 65 and Bunker Lake Boulevard Northeast interchange improvements appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4852/
- SF 4747: Mortgage foreclosure process modification to allow for online sales and private selling officers (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4747/
- SF 4756: Local government units levy limits establishment provision (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4756/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $59.9K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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=1262
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MichaelForMN/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl7wc75dt0XE6Nei_jYQoyw

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3a76623e-d295-4c58-be60-fd37a285a39b
