# Nathan Wesenberg

Nathan Wesenberg is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 10.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 10
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7eaf40ec-f926-4992-8962-65b90846ef80

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7eaf40ec-f926-4992-8962-65b90846ef80 (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 Wesenberg’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans.

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

146 classified statements: 146 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Wesenberg | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 13.7% | 2.3% | 8 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 11.6% | 9.5% | 113 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 32.2% | 37.3% | 218 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.4% | 2.3% | 184 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 8.9% | 15.4% | 220 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 8.9% | 1.3% | 8 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 26% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Crime and Law Enforcement 21% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 21% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Education 19% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Health 13% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.52 (standard error 0.04), from 39 donors and 122 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 74% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

152 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 100% (93.0%). 28 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 63 bills: 63 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 107. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 55 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5017: Prohibition repeal on conversion therapy with minors and vulnerable adults (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5017/
- SF 5016: Crime of disruption of worship services establishment (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5016/
- SF 4830: Subtraction for certain medals and prizes provision (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4830/
- SF 4461: Remove prohibition on new white-tailed deer farms (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4461/
- SF 4421: Child care assistance program repeal (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4421/
- SF 4246: City of Little Falls extend expiration of the food and beverage tax (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4246/
- SF 3774: Arts and cultural heritage fund certain appropriated money usage prohibition (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3774/
- SF 3777: Charlie Kirk commemoration statue appropriation (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3777/
- SF 3773: Sullivan Lake Dam replacement appropriation (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3773/
- SF 3778: School Resource Officers volunteer service taxation subtraction provision (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3778/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $15.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Nate4Senate/status/2114803991536185628
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/Nate4Senate/status/2114804187343286736
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/Nate4Senate/status/2114804349847191756
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Nate4Senate/status/2114804819118768473
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/Nate4Senate/status/2114806703480869180
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/Nate4Senate/status/2113331113384988820
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Nate4Senate/status/2112201156315512906
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Nate4Senate/status/2111846520802681008
- 2026-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/Nate4Senate/status/2111903075862765695
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/Nate4Senate/status/2111573587974926807

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1256
- Campaign site: https://www.wesenbergforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/Nate4Senate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NathanWesenbergforsenate/
- YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ35uTTGcOvjJhJKotyVO-4Y610aQ38zG
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-wesenberg-83916b86

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7eaf40ec-f926-4992-8962-65b90846ef80