# Bidal Duran

Bidal Duran is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 2A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 2A
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8a84172a-6b96-4b28-a9ab-bf11625528a3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8a84172a-6b96-4b28-a9ab-bf11625528a3 (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 Duran’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

77 classified statements: 77 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Duran | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.6% | 2.9% | 266 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 1.3% | 9.3% | 634 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 1.3% | 31.9% | 762 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.3% | 1.8% | 357 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 100% (State House Republicans 11%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Commerce 0% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.22 (standard error 0.02), from 69 donors and 195 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 97.9% (97.5%). 8 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 50 bills: 50 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 129. 4.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 56 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5145: State guardian ad litem program records subject to the Rules of Public Access to Records of the Guardian Ad Litem Program made. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5145/
- HF 5136: Age of delinquency for certain serious offenses established to be ten years of age. (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5136/
- HF 5135: Amendments to the age at which a child may be considered a delinquent child delayed. (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5135/
- HF 5069: Property owned by United Way of Bemidji Area exempted from property tax and refund provided. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5069/
- HF 4917: Bemidji; Headwaters Science Center improvement funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4917/
- HF 4916: Red Lake Nation nursing home capital improvement funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4916/
- HF 4698: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities funding provided for identity verification software to combat enrollment fraud, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4698/
- HF 4572: Office of Higher Education prohibited from using public money to support low-earning degree programs, and report required. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4572/
- HF 4422: All property insurance coverage required to allow appraisal of damages and alternative resolution. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4422/
- HF 4421: County cost-share requirements for economically distressed counties modified. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4421/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $22.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/DuranForRep2A/status/2105014416991252576
- 2026-04-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/DuranForRep2A/status/2049987383496527888
- 2025-12-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/DuranForRep2A/status/1995339233784140108
- 2025-10-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/DuranForRep2A/status/1982761856902238685
- 2025-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/DuranForRep2A/status/1981341558092820534
- 2025-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/DuranForRep2A/status/1979536971061162214
- 2025-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/DuranForRep2A/status/1979662790353981853
- 2025-10-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/DuranForRep2A/status/1979670734722248965
- 2025-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/DuranForRep2A/status/1977012923894841708
- 2025-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/DuranForRep2A/status/1974443910803161519

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15629
- Campaign site: https://duranforhouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/DuranForRep2A
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/duran.for.representative/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/duran.for.representative/reels/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bidalduran/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8a84172a-6b96-4b28-a9ab-bf11625528a3