# Ned Carroll

Ned Carroll is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 42A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 42A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/764db471-e56d-4ef0-9df8-4e7a164c3b7e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/764db471-e56d-4ef0-9df8-4e7a164c3b7e (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 Carroll’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

30 classified statements: 30 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Carroll | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 36.7% | 39.2% | 430 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.3% | 2.9% | 232 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 23.3% | 14.4% | 172 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Transportation and Public Works 27% (State House Democrats 5.3%); Education 18% (State House Democrats 15%); Environmental Protection 18% (State House Democrats 3.4%); Government Operations and Politics 18% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 9.1% (State House Democrats 8.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.71 (standard error 0.05), from 55 donors and 491 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 36% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

291 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 80. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 3733: Recreational camping area owners prohibited from charging fees associated with the use of utility services. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3733/
- HF 2765: Optometry scope of practice modified. (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2765/
- HF 2059: Local governments required to establish residential instant solar permitting platforms, and report required. (in committee, 2025-05-19) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2059/
- HF 1653: Statewide electric bus charging stations funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-04-29) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1653/
- HF 1080: Hennepin County; regional trail system improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1080/
- HF 778: Plymouth; public infrastructure improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-02-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF778/
- HF 5171: Program to award financial incentives to permitting authorities that install an automated software system to review and issue permits for residential solar… (in committee, 2024-04-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2023-2024/HF5171/
- HF 5169: Online notary signatures allowed. (in committee, 2024-04-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2023-2024/HF5169/
- HF 5112: Department of Public Safety authorized to use verification systems to verify identity of participants in Transportation Security Administration's Registered… (in committee, 2024-03-21) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2023-2024/HF5112/
- HF 4612: Metropolitan cities inflow and infiltration grant funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2024-03-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2023-2024/HF4612/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $19.7K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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.

- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/NedJCarroll/status/2108992978391888180
- 2026-09-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/NedJCarroll/status/2105302412177158267
- 2026-09-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/NedJCarroll/status/2101452796197298552
- 2026-07-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/NedJCarroll/status/2078590471710920972
- 2026-06-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/NedJCarroll/status/2066603571261448226
- 2026-06-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/NedJCarroll/status/2064742040496128043
- 2026-04-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/NedJCarroll/status/2045874325819916370
- 2026-03-22 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/NedJCarroll/status/2035829635024302187
- 2026-02-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/NedJCarroll/status/2024200024192627140
- 2026-01-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/NedJCarroll/status/2008929005592858659

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15617
- Campaign site: https://nedformn.com/
- X: https://x.com/NedJCarroll
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StateRepresentativeNedCarroll
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nedcarrollformnhouse
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ned-carroll-18101821/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/764db471-e56d-4ef0-9df8-4e7a164c3b7e