# Cal Bahr Cal Bahr is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 31. - Party: Republican - Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 31 - Serving since: 2023-01-03 - Current term: MN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/57b9021d-f5b7-4f80-a82d-a93ca9a123d0 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/57b9021d-f5b7-4f80-a82d-a93ca9a123d0 (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 Bahr’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans. ## What Bahr 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 Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Bahr | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 | | Policy criticism | 100.0% | 9.5% | 1 of 355 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 37.3% | 352 of 355 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.40 (standard error 0.02), from 19 donors and 416 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 57% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (MN 2025–26 session) 150 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 98.3% (93.0%). 31 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 nay · 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 nay · Third Reading Repassed · HF 4188 Commerce policy bill. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4188/ - 2026-05-17 · voted nay · 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 44 bills: 44 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 133. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 55 of 67). Recent sponsored bills: - SF 5248: Elections provisions modification (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5248/ - SF 5062: Ban local elected officials from entering certain nondisclosure agreements (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5062/ - SF 4989: City of Ramsey special transportation service provided by the Metropolitan Council requirement provision and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4989/ - SF 4649: Constitutional amendment proposal to exempt local governments and school districts from state mandates unless funding is provided to comply with the mandate (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4649/ - SF 4650: Individual income tax subtraction for income earned by senior taxpayers established (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4650/ - SF 4757: Governor's appointment power to fill vacancies on the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota limitations provision (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4757/ - SF 4648: Transactional gold and silver act establishment (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4648/ - SF 4646: Local road and related infrastructure improvements in an area near the city of Rogers appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4646/ - SF 4549: Escort requirements modification for certain oversized loads (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4549/ - SF 3843: Minnesota Civil Remedies Act establishment (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3843/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $4,100 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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. - 2025-02-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism · https://x.com/calbahrsd31/status/1892311937830031671 ## Links - Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1261 - Campaign site: https://bahrforsenate.com/ - X: https://x.com/calbahrsd31 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bahrforhouse - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvin-bahr-b92b9446/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/57b9021d-f5b7-4f80-a82d-a93ca9a123d0