# John Marty

John Marty is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 40.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 40
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4acf27d9-edd4-4f04-97c7-164390a5664b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4acf27d9-edd4-4f04-97c7-164390a5664b (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

6.5% of the 31 bills Marty sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Minnesota Senate.

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

1 classified statements: 1 post 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 | Marty | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 330 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 42.9% | 328 of 330 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 3.4% | 294 of 330 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 322 of 330 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.59 (standard error 0.09), from 1 donors and 123 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

152 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 96.7% (93.0%). 3 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 nay · 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 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 88. 6.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 3 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 4886: Greenhouse Gas Pollution Superfund Act (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4886/
- SF 4849: Certain public utilities rate recovery of executive pay limitations provision and certain utility expenses that may not be recovered from ratepayers… (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4849/
- SF 4743: Time period extension that organic reduction facilities may hold dead human bodies before initiating natural organic reduction (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4743/
- SF 4701: Virtual currency kiosks prohibition provision (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4701/
- SF 4511: Certain wagers and other activities regarding prediction markets prohibition provision and certain criminal convictions disqualifying for receiving a lawful… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4511/
- SF 4513: Prohibit corporation and limited liability company powers related to election activity (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4513/
- SF 4514: Onetime emergency rental assistance aid for counties and Tribal governments establishment (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4514/
- SF 4302: Budget reserve limit conformation to the existing amount in the budget reserve account provision (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4302/
- SF 4059: Omnibus Supplemental Finance Bill (passed one chamber, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4059/
- SF 3886: Modification of actions that are noncoordinated expenditures (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3886/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,500 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

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

- 2025-01-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/JohnMarty/status/1881402020697112745

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1035
- Campaign site: https://www.johnmarty.org/
- X: https://x.com/JohnMarty
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorjohnmarty
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senjohnmarty
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtV5SFwBHaYHp_W7mDe7GKwlzfZ4qqvkd
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/senatormarty/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4acf27d9-edd4-4f04-97c7-164390a5664b