# Patty Mueller

Patty Mueller is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 23B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 23B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/71df2690-6a54-4452-960a-54a5b6540bc7

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/71df2690-6a54-4452-960a-54a5b6540bc7 (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 Mueller’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

53 classified statements: 53 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 | Mueller | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 1.9% | 2.9% | 314 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 11.3% | 9.3% | 247 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 37.7% | 31.9% | 299 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.8% | 1.8% | 116 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 7.5% | 12.7% | 464 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 70% (State House Republicans 15%); Commerce 15% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Labor and Employment 15% (State House Republicans 2.5%); Economics and Public Finance 10% (State House Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 10% (State House Republicans 18%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.16 (standard error 0.02), from 36 donors and 490 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

296 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 94.4% (97.5%). 11 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 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 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 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 32 bills: 32 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 78. 3.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 69 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5127: BioImaging Center at the Hormel Institute in Austin funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5127/
- HF 4984: Academic growth reporting requirements for state assessments modified. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4984/
- HF 4763: Employers allowed to front-load a prorated amount of earned sick and safe time to an employee. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4763/
- HF 4762: Definition of misuse of earned sick and safe time provided. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4762/
- HF 4709: Electric generation facility property tax exemption established. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4709/
- HF 4708: Commissioner disallowed to consider an employer reporting of fraud as retaliation. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4708/
- HF 4584: Cardiovascular prescreenings for students required. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4584/
- HF 4492: Read Act modified, early literacy field experiences required for teacher candidates, high school diploma established for veterans, and rulemaking required. (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4492/
- HF 4096: Office of General Counsel required to provide guidance on law enforcement actions for the Department of Education. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4096/
- HF 3645: Read Act interventions modified. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3645/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,250 (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.

- 2026-05-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMueller/status/2053878679357251744
- 2026-05-08 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMueller/status/2052827938731561372
- 2026-05-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMueller/status/2051679597759009222
- 2026-05-05 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMueller/status/2051735836668854524
- 2026-05-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMueller/status/2050362433361875424
- 2026-04-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMueller/status/2048028754547802590
- 2026-04-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMueller/status/2047754702998118597
- 2026-04-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMueller/status/2042674790142459905
- 2026-03-25 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/RepMueller/status/2036936641751687321
- 2026-03-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepMueller/status/2032620978577043883

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15561
- Campaign site: https://www.muellerforminnesota.com/home.html
- X: https://x.com/RepMueller
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/muellerforminnesota/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muellerforminnesota
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricia-mueller-56138b15b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/71df2690-6a54-4452-960a-54a5b6540bc7