# Keith Allen

Keith Allen is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 19A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 19A
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/939c0bab-e76d-443f-b46b-7f98d05036e2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/939c0bab-e76d-443f-b46b-7f98d05036e2 (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 Allen’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

221 classified statements: 221 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 | Allen | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 14.5% | 2.9% | 24 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 16.3% | 9.3% | 147 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 30.3% | 31.9% | 403 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.1% | 1.8% | 98 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 4.5% | 12.7% | 572 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 45% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 30% (State House Republicans 12%); Agriculture and Food 13% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Crime and Law Enforcement 7.5% (State House Republicans 11%); Taxation 7.5% (State House Republicans 8.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.02), from 30 donors and 195 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 93.1% (97.5%). 17 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 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 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 169. 4.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 53 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5134: Temporary moratorium on imposition of the motor fuels tax established, transfers made, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5134/
- HF 4673: Access to E-15 gasoline required, Department of Agriculture required to monitor E-15 supply and prices, issued waivers required, Department of Revenue… (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4673/
- HF 4335: Disclosure and consumer protections for users of virtual currency kiosks modified. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4335/
- HF 4409: Social studies standards required to include the dangers and perils of communism and socialism. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4409/
- HF 4412: Medical cannabis endorsement requirements modified. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4412/
- HF 4413: Governor's appointment power to fill vacancies on the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota limited. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4413/
- HF 4267: Lowest recognized family responsibility amount modified for determining state grant awards, and surplus program funds to award recipients directed at public… (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4267/
- HF 4273: Lessor employees permitted to participate in pull-tab games when off duty. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4273/
- HF 4266: Lowest recognized family responsibility amount modified for purposes of determining state grant awards. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4266/
- HF 3436: Vehicles approaching school buses required to stop for flashing red lights. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3436/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $21.0K (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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/votekeithallen/status/2114712702019158192
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/votekeithallen/status/2114712925071933465
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/votekeithallen/status/2113678666450563481
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/votekeithallen/status/2112365348213158092
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/votekeithallen/status/2108752239695216797
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/votekeithallen/status/2108781961661550808
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/votekeithallen/status/2108980516615815600
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/votekeithallen/status/2106563712572178889
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/votekeithallen/status/2105675854756143132
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/votekeithallen/status/2104958656567476595

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15627
- Campaign site: https://votekeithallen.com/
- X: https://x.com/votekeithallen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Keith-Allen-for-House-61552016993274/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-allen-a3560711/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/939c0bab-e76d-443f-b46b-7f98d05036e2