# Duane Quam

Duane Quam is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 24A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 24A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6652aa40-32c5-4430-bbf6-707a0b8a1f56

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6652aa40-32c5-4430-bbf6-707a0b8a1f56 (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 Quam’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## What Quam says (MN 2025–26 session)

108 classified statements: 108 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Quam | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.8% | 2.9% | 251 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 15.7% | 9.3% | 159 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 49.1% | 31.9% | 143 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.7% | 1.8% | 123 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 11.1% | 12.7% | 374 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 30% (State House Republicans 11%); Government Operations and Politics 26% (State House Republicans 18%); Education 15% (State House Republicans 15%); Immigration 11% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Economics and Public Finance 9.4% (State House Republicans 12%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.02), from 13 donors and 762 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

293 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 97.2% (97.5%). 15 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 96 bills: 96 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 18. 1.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 95 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5088: Voter registration form required to include any requirements of federal law, secretary of state required to ensure compliance with federal requirements… (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5088/
- HF 4667: Minnesota food banks special license plates established. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4667/
- HF 4496: Various employees exempted from covered employment. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4496/
- HF 4495: Legislative auditor or state auditor allowed to access expunged criminal records for hiring purposes. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4495/
- HF 4158: Statement of economic interest required to include disclosures relating to stock and virtual currency. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4158/
- HF 4275: History Center of Olmsted County Museum facility funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4275/
- HF 4157: Report to the legislature of court decisions on rules interpretation or validity required. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4157/
- HF 3992: Five-member school boards provided. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3992/
- HF 3845: Certain voters who register on election day required to cast provisional ballots, and conforming changes made. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3845/
- HF 3725: Byron; marked U.S. Highway 14 intersection improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3725/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $750 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DRQuam/status/2110526701067472993
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/DRQuam/status/2105464600275902561
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/DRQuam/status/2105466297706226155
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/DRQuam/status/2105467866648904016
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/DRQuam/status/2105469439504449985
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/DRQuam/status/2103525285404508238
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DRQuam/status/2095589755916329045
- 2026-08-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/DRQuam/status/2092069099211776356
- 2026-05-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/DRQuam/status/2057171295490502666
- 2026-05-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/DRQuam/status/2053139845854196178

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15366
- Campaign site: https://duanequam.com/
- X: https://x.com/DRQuam
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Quam4House
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drquam
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBlBLdw9zdPXM1Cz8fAKUiw/videos
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drquam/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6652aa40-32c5-4430-bbf6-707a0b8a1f56