# Clare Oumou Verbeten

Clare Oumou Verbeten is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 66.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 66
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9afffc3e-2fd8-404c-beeb-5bf3e17397ce

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9afffc3e-2fd8-404c-beeb-5bf3e17397ce (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 Verbeten’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.79 (standard error 0.06), from 97 donors and 122 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 30% 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 116 bills: 116 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 123. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 55 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5277: Definition of employee modification under the Minnesota Fair Labor Standards Act and whistleblower protections to explicitly include incarcerated people (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5277/
- SF 5227: Prenatal and newborn benefit program establishment to provide financial support to families with newborns and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5227/
- SF 5178: Interstate Fiscal Sovereignty Compact adoption provision and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5178/
- SF 5135: Gateway State Trail rehabilitation appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5135/
- SF 5122: Tax imposition on certain lodging and pay television services (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5122/
- SF 5123: St. Paul Art Collective appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5123/
- SF 4950: Medical assistance coverage establishment of culturally specific health and wellness services (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4950/
- SF 4949: Strip searches limitation in state correctional facilities (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4949/
- SF 4951: Fines and fees elimination in juvenile proceedings (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4951/
- SF 4859: Additional compensation authorization to certain state employees when an agency does not make a scheduled payroll payment (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4859/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.9K (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=1274
- Campaign site: https://www.clareverbeten.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenClareOumou
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClareOumou/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clareoumou
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp2X6LJ5deKIwiy5oiX8fLw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clareverbeten

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9afffc3e-2fd8-404c-beeb-5bf3e17397ce