# Nathan Coulter

Nathan Coulter is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 51B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 51B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/63b26a4d-ae7c-4267-89ab-dfa4a1f341ad

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/63b26a4d-ae7c-4267-89ab-dfa4a1f341ad (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 Coulter’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.59 (standard error 0.04), from 31 donors and 495 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 55% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 2 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Niska Motion Suspension of Rules · HF 1849 Term limits provided for governor and lieutenant governor, and constitutional amendment proposed. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1849/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · HF 2354 Medical assistance fraud governing provisions added and modified, attorney general provided subpoena and enforcement authority, criminal penalties… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2354/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Long motion Suspension of Rules · HF 5149 Law enforcement access to sensitive locations restricted, civil remedies established, concealing identity crime modified, scope of use of force… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5149/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Repassage, as amended by Conference · SF 4612 Omnibus Health and Human Services supplemental appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4612/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage · SF 334 Human Services Systems Modernization Advisory Council and Legislative Commission on Human Services Systems; creation · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF334/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · SF 5200 Miscellaneous oversights, inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors correction · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5200/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Niska motion Take from the table · HF 2133 Income tax; pass-through entity tax technical correction made. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2133/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage, as amended · SF 1943 Pet shops prohibition from selling cats and dogs · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF1943/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Passage · SF 4401 Omnibus Cannabis bill · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4401/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Repassage, as amended by Conference · SF 4476 Omnibus Human Services supplemental appropriations · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4476/

## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 44 bills: 44 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 107. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4870: Minnesota Board of Early Care and Education established, duties and responsibilities provided, rulemaking authorized, reports required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4870/
- HF 4869: State general levy established for residential homestead property, and city aid formula modified. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4869/
- HF 4647: Scholarships, dependent flexible spending accounts, and health flexible spending accounts excluded from income definition used by the homestead credit refund… (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4647/
- HF 4540: Misrepresentation of campaign authority prohibited, criminal penalties and civil remedies provided. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4540/
- HF 4530: Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board required to impose fees and civil penalties for various violations, fees and civil penalties allowed to be waived… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4530/
- HF 4362: Visitor carrying of firearms on campuses of public postsecondary institutions regulated. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4362/
- HF 4382: Rules governing licensed child care centers and licensed family child care modernized and encoded; and family child care, child care center works, policies,… (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4382/
- HF 3973: Deadlines for establishment of special service districts and housing improvement districts repealed. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3973/
- HF 3783: All local officials required to file statements of economic interest, reporting periods modified for statements of economic interest, and place of filing… (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3783/
- HF 3624: Food shelf programs funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3624/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,900 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15567
- Campaign site: https://neighborsfornathan.com/
- X: https://x.com/NathanCoulter
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NACoulter
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathan.a.coulter
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-coulter-834773b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/63b26a4d-ae7c-4267-89ab-dfa4a1f341ad