# Rob Farnsworth Rob Farnsworth is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 7. - Party: Republican - Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 7 - Serving since: 2023-01-03 - Current term: MN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/9cdb9977-9923-4124-ae93-c45e28f1f51c Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9cdb9977-9923-4124-ae93-c45e28f1f51c (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 Farnsworth’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans. ## What Farnsworth says (MN 2025–26 session) 2 classified statements: 2 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Farnsworth | State Senate Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 37.3% | 352 of 355 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.10 (standard error 0.03), from 59 donors and 120 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 16% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (MN 2025–26 session) 152 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 80% (93.0%). 13 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-05-17 · voted nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 96 bills: 96 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 73. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 55 of 67). Recent sponsored bills: - SF 5241: McKinley street and water infrastructure bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5241/ - SF 5238: City of Warba recreational trail along a segment of marked U.S Highway 2 bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5238/ - SF 5237: City of Hibbing authorization to issue social district license (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5237/ - SF 4942: Certain municipal electric utilities exemption from the life-cycle analysis requirement (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4942/ - SF 4828: Individuals who are less than 15 years old exempt from the Minnesota Paid Leave Law (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4828/ - SF 4428: Chisolm Minnesota Discovery Center new facility bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4428/ - SF 4351: Consent requirement for certain biometric data collection (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4351/ - SF 4346: City of Buhl wastewater and stormwater infrastructure improvements appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4346/ - SF 4350: Eveleth wastewater treatment facility improvements bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4350/ - SF 4347: Tamarack municipal infrastructure improvements bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4347/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $21.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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. - 2025-06-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/RobFarnsworthMN/status/1933971718810239412 - 2025-03-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/RobFarnsworthMN/status/1897124606378684475 ## Links - Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1254 - Campaign site: https://robfarnsworth.org/ - X: https://x.com/RobFarnsworthMN - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robfarnsworthmn/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8wIDwx3ZorPAZ4HmNoA5Ig Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9cdb9977-9923-4124-ae93-c45e28f1f51c