# Samantha Sencer-Mura

Samantha Sencer-Mura is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 63A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 63A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/74dec7df-a9b9-48aa-9fae-bbe45990f4f5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/74dec7df-a9b9-48aa-9fae-bbe45990f4f5 (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 Sencer-Mura’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.88 (standard error 0.05), from 78 donors and 495 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 17% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 4 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 52 bills: 52 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 146. 1.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 89 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5149: Law enforcement access to sensitive locations restricted, civil remedies established, concealing identity crime modified, scope of use of force investigations… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5149/
- HF 5125: Data centers sales and use tax exemption repealed, and contingent reduction in special education aid appropriations repealed. (in committee, 2026-05-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5125/
- HF 5123: Covered employers required to provide commuter benefits to covered employees. (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5123/
- HF 5011: Certain sales and use tax exemptions repealed, changes to deposit of revenues made, and conforming changes made. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5011/
- HF 4895: Homeless families, those at risk of homelessness, or highly mobile families assistance appropriation modified. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4895/
- HF 4832: Survivor support special license plates established, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4832/
- HF 4825: Rate recovery of executive pay for public utilities limited, and utility expenses that may not be recovered from ratepayers specified. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4825/
- HF 4614: Criminal immunity provided for certain acts committed by pregnant persons. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4614/
- HF 4521: Autonomous vehicles and on-demand autonomous vehicle networks operation authorized, and rulemaking authorized. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4521/
- HF 4454: Predatory pricing prohibited. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4454/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,200 (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/15572
- Campaign site: https://sencer-mura.org/meet-samantha
- X: https://x.com/SamSencerMura
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sencermura4MN
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samanthasemura
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sencermura4mn
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samantha-sencer-mura-07b6b176

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/74dec7df-a9b9-48aa-9fae-bbe45990f4f5