# Mike Howard

Mike Howard is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 51A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 51A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8910b3db-698e-4019-b976-0ee19ecb8ca0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8910b3db-698e-4019-b976-0ee19ecb8ca0 (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 Howard’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

117 classified statements: 117 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 | Howard | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 7.7% | 2.5% | 76 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 29.1% | 10.4% | 46 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 64.1% | 39.2% | 71 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 12.8% | 2.9% | 12 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 13.7% | 14.4% | 344 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 4.3% | 1.0% | 46 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Housing and Community Development 36% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Government Operations and Politics 20% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 16% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Health 16% (State House Democrats 15%); Immigration 15% (State House Democrats 4.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.64 (standard error 0.04), from 32 donors and 788 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 49% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

297 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 1 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 43 bills: 43 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 129. 7.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 29 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5156: Price for prescription drugs subject to the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program established. (in committee, 2026-05-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5156/
- HF 5058: Penalties under affordable housing aids for cities that impose moratoria on new residential developments imposed. (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5058/
- HF 5025: Counties allowed to spend housing aid payments on expenses of administering qualifying aid expenditures. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5025/
- HF 5013: Minnesota Housing Finance Agency supplemental budget adjustments made, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5013/
- HF 5014: Distribution of local affordable housing aid modified. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5014/
- HF 4890: Minnesota child credit expanded, and fifth tier and rate on the individual income tax established. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4890/
- HF 4534: Grants established for residential mental health treatment programs that serve individuals with physical disabilities, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4534/
- HF 4220: Reserve requirements for a common interest community modified. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4220/
- HF 4207: Housing provisions modified, income provisions modified, eligible uses for housing aid funds clarified, and technical changes made. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4207/
- HF 3948: Training requirements related to individuals with disabilities for substance use disorder treatment and mental health treatment staff added. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3948/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,800 (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.

- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/mikehowardmn/status/2112203142964105697
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/mikehowardmn/status/2112235379579584658
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/mikehowardmn/status/2112286939005219308
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/mikehowardmn/status/2111492086109274270
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/mikehowardmn/status/2111492546534797579
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/mikehowardmn/status/2111090487834677268
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/mikehowardmn/status/2109712981755830297
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/mikehowardmn/status/2105696263924834668
- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/mikehowardmn/status/2098469449120592198
- 2026-09-03 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/mikehowardmn/status/2095566082320785499

## Links

- Official site: https://www.michaelhowardmn.com/
- Campaign site: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-howard-376aa55/
- X: https://x.com/mikehowardmn
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mikehowardmn
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikehowardmn
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwBtApX45GZh7ecWW-4RjMg
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-howard-376aa55/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8910b3db-698e-4019-b976-0ee19ecb8ca0