# Erin Maye Quade Erin Maye Quade is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 56. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 56 - Serving since: 2023-01-03 - Current term: MN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/5233b98b-0b6d-47c9-9fc0-9218a592f8d8 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5233b98b-0b6d-47c9-9fc0-9218a592f8d8 (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 Quade’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats. ## What Quade says (MN 2025–26 session) 23 classified statements: 23 posts 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 | Quade | State Senate Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 | | Policy criticism | 8.7% | 10.3% | 154 of 329 | | Policy discussion | 8.7% | 42.9% | 311 of 329 | | Bipartisanship | 4.3% | 3.4% | 94 of 329 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 16.1% | 321 of 329 | | Extreme labels | 8.7% | 0.8% | 3 of 329 | Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 100% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Commerce 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.6%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.85 (standard error 0.05), from 132 donors and 121 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (MN 2025–26 session) 149 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 96.7% (93.0%). 4 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 132 bills: 132 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 170. 1.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 31 of 67). Recent sponsored bills: - SF 5289: Rosemount water treatment facility bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5289/ - SF 5288: Per diem payments prohibition during a regular session of the legislature (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5288/ - SF 5231: Data centers tax exemption repeal; contingent reduction in special education aid appropriation repeal (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5231/ - SF 5170: Dakota County lead exposure study grant appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5170/ - SF 5091: Certain sales and use tax exemptions repealer, deposit of revenue modifications, and conforming changes provisions (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5091/ - SF 5090: Social media platforms implementation of an interoperability interface requirement and enforcement and penalties provisions (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5090/ - SF 4996: Commissioner of human services requirement to provide an estimate of departmental earnings (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4996/ - SF 4997: Artificial intelligence chatbot technology requirements provision (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4997/ - SF 4883: Nursing home and assisted living facilities permission to allow consumption and display of alcoholic beverages (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4883/ - SF 4927: Delivery of professional services preclusion through artificial intelligence directly to consumers (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4927/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $20.7K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2025-09-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/ErinMayeQuade/status/1965175030339535347 - 2025-08-29 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/ErinMayeQuade/status/1961551103927218377 - 2025-08-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/ErinMayeQuade/status/1960710951600087079 - 2025-08-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/ErinMayeQuade/status/1960717506206662972 - 2025-08-27 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/ErinMayeQuade/status/1960739855761125532 - 2025-08-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/ErinMayeQuade/status/1960837036723630350 - 2025-06-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/ErinMayeQuade/status/1936584571530641479 - 2025-06-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/ErinMayeQuade/status/1936197609850282332 - 2025-06-20 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/ErinMayeQuade/status/1936206438809862187 - 2025-06-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/ErinMayeQuade/status/1935178936436035726 ## Links - Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1271 - Campaign site: https://erinmayequade.com/ - X: https://x.com/ErinMayeQuade - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/erinmayequade Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5233b98b-0b6d-47c9-9fc0-9218a592f8d8