# Keri Heintzeman

Keri Heintzeman is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 6
- Serving since: 2025-05-06
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4d922135-f178-4e50-8439-ebbf47cf025c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4d922135-f178-4e50-8439-ebbf47cf025c (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 Heintzeman’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.03), from 84 donors and 84 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

121 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 90.5% (93.0%). 13 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 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 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 13 bills: 13 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 22. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 55 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5261: Tax preparers marking a tax return designating a contribution to the state elections campaign account without explicit instruction from the taxpayer… (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5261/
- SF 5165: Brainerd energy efficiency projects bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5165/
- SF 5171: Cuyuna Lakes State Trail segment bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5171/
- SF 5121: All-terrain vehicle definition modification (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5121/
- SF 5068: Crow Wing County easement requirement (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5068/
- SF 5049: Requirement modification to collect tax on certain undivided interest (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5049/
- SF 4708: Brainerd energy efficiency projects appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4708/
- SF 4651: A joint resolution applying to Congress to call a convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4651/
- SF 4705: City of Baxter local sales and use tax imposition authorization provision (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4705/
- SF 4702: City of Grand Rapids Itasca County Family YMCA facility appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4702/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $88.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4d922135-f178-4e50-8439-ebbf47cf025c