# Glenn Gruenhagen Glenn Gruenhagen is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 17. - Party: Republican - Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 17 - Serving since: 2023-01-03 - Current term: MN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/7a52595e-fa21-4e21-88d6-b03e4d9f1f77 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7a52595e-fa21-4e21-88d6-b03e4d9f1f77 (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 Gruenhagen’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.33 (standard error 0.02), from 40 donors and 415 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (MN 2025–26 session) 152 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 98.3% (93.0%). 14 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Third reading Passed as amended · SF 3967 Due date of the pediatric hospital-to-home transition pilot program report modification · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3967/ - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · HF 3629 Program payment withholding provided for credible allegation of fraud, grant management provisions changed, and program integrity reports required. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3629/ - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed · HF 719 Safe routes to school grant program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF719/ - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third reading Passed as amended · HF 4492 Read Act modified, early literacy field experiences required for teacher candidates, high school diploma established for veterans, and rulemaking… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4492/ - 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Third reading Passed · HF 2484 Bonding bill; spending authorized to acquire and better land and buildings and for other improvements of a capital nature, new programs established… · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2484/ - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Motion did not prevail for urgency, rules suspension, pursuant to rule 34.1 · HF 4102 State Patrol compensation study requirements modified, and volunteer chaplains allowed within the state patrol. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4102/ - 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Senate adopted CC report and repassed bill · HF 2438 Taxation bill; financing and operation of state and local government provided. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/ - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Third Reading Repassed · HF 4188 Commerce policy bill. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4188/ - 2026-05-17 · voted nay · Third Reading Repassed · HF 2438 Taxation bill; financing and operation of state and local government provided. · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2438/ - 2026-05-16 · voted yea · Motion to reject CC report, did not prevail · HF 3900 Permanent school fund investment, management, and distribution policy modified; and constitutional amendment proposed. · fail · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3900/ ## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 81 bills: 81 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 125. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 55 of 67). Recent sponsored bills: - SF 5262: City of Hutchinson Camp Craig Training Facility prior appropriation modifications (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5262/ - SF 5167: Prohibition repeal on conversion therapy with minors and vulnerable adults (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5167/ - SF 5125: STREAMS regional wastewater treatment facility design appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5125/ - SF 5024: Health carriers requirement to offer reference-based pricing health plans (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5024/ - SF 4994: Online publication authorization when no qualified newspaper is available (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4994/ - SF 4912: Prohibit gender-affirming medical care and certain counseling for minors in the state of Minnesota (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4912/ - SF 4913: Minnesota Climate Innovation Finance Authority elimination (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4913/ - SF 4926: City of Glencoe local sales tax imposition authorization (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4926/ - SF 4922: Requirements modification for a temporary order in a family law case (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4922/ - SF 4822: Various employees paid leave covered employment exemption provision (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4822/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $5,225 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1257 - Campaign site: https://www.glenngruenhagen.com/ - X: https://x.com/GlennGruenhagen - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/glenn.gruenhagen - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glenngruenhagen - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEY5O-m18rOJQ-EMRzuIDIA - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-gruenhagen-58110034/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7a52595e-fa21-4e21-88d6-b03e4d9f1f77