# Nick Frentz

Nick Frentz is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 18.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 18
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/55a02119-b43d-4b39-a19b-07411c5ec7c9

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/55a02119-b43d-4b39-a19b-07411c5ec7c9 (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 Frentz’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats.

## What Frentz 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 | Frentz | 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 −0.54 (standard error 0.05), from 149 donors and 123 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

151 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 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 63 bills: 63 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 81. 4.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 7 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5174: Safe Battery Collection and Recycling Stewardship Act (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5174/
- SF 5097: Minnesota State Retirement System probation and telecommunicator retirement subplan establishment (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5097/
- SF 5096: Local government probation and telecommunicator retirement plan establishment (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5096/
- SF 5072: Election of a member's retirement annuity modification or deferred vested members (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5072/
- SF 5093: Various retirement statutes modifications to include references to the local government probation and telecommunicator retirement plan (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5093/
- SF 5006: City of St. Peter local sales tax provision modification (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5006/
- SF 5008: South Central College dental assisting program classroom and lab space appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5008/
- SF 5009: South Central College boiler system replacement appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5009/
- SF 4897: South Central College classroom and lab space improvements and boiler replacement appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4897/
- SF 4721: Local governmental correctional service retirement plan modification (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4721/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $55.2K (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.

- 2025-10-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/NickAFrentz/status/1974867858573377789

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1224
- Campaign site: https://www.frentzforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/NickAFrentz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Frentz2016
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatornickfrentz
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspoqgURDKwLWM6nsYiraZg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frentzlaw

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/55a02119-b43d-4b39-a19b-07411c5ec7c9