# Jen McEwen

Jen McEwen is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 8.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 8
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8d0a69ec-1301-4df5-9676-86720555ea7c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8d0a69ec-1301-4df5-9676-86720555ea7c (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 McEwen’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.72 (standard error 0.05), from 94 donors and 122 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 38% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

150 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 96.7% (93.0%). 3 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 95 bills: 95 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 107. 2.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 24 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5278: Covered employers providing commuter benefits to covered employees requirement provision (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5278/
- SF 5197: Duluth office of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation grant appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5197/
- SF 5116: Certain residential homestead property state general levy establishment provision and certain cities city aid formula modifications provision (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5116/
- SF 5075: Early retirement reduction factors modification for annuity commencement before retirement age (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5075/
- SF 5074: Employer requirement to provide notice to employees of federal immigration inspection (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5074/
- SF 4935: Study of critical materials in the waste stream appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4935/
- SF 4853: Curl in Minnesota special license plates establishment (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4853/
- SF 4744: Hiring appropriation to support activities under the Safe Workplaces for Meat and Poultry Processing Workers Act (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4744/
- SF 4526: 2027 International Ice Hockey Federation U18 Men's World Championship appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4526/
- SF 4385: Historic Denfeld pipe organ appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4385/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.2K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 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=1241
- X: https://x.com/JenMcEwenMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatormcewen
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenmcewenmn
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-mcewen-aa13a6b8/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8d0a69ec-1301-4df5-9676-86720555ea7c