# Jimmy Gordon

Jimmy Gordon is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 28A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 28A
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a2fed609-2172-4740-b9f3-f00a6da4716d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a2fed609-2172-4740-b9f3-f00a6da4716d (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 Gordon’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.03), from 29 donors and 195 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 96.5% (97.5%). 28 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 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 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 25 bills: 25 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 126. 12.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 9 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5108: Operating referendum ballot notice modified, and authority for the school board to renew a referendum without seeking voter approval unless notice… (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5108/
- HF 5107: Cambridge; infrastructure improvements along marked Trunk Highway 95 funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5107/
- HF 4989: Materials used in covered projects required to be manufactured in the United States, and waivers provided. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4989/
- HF 4914: Fraud risk scoring and fraud risk score benchmarks required for grants to political subdivisions, pilot program established, and report required. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4914/
- HF 4310: Disclosures for certain electronic entertainment required. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4310/
- HF 3719: Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board required to conduct a study and administer a pilot project related to the use of the campaign finance reporting… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3719/
- HF 3587: Election judges who assist a voter outside of a polling place required to handle only one voted ballot at a time. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3587/
- HF 3589: Voters permitted to briefly leave a polling place to address an unexpected need, at the discretion of the head election judge. (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3589/
- HF 3499: Firefighters exempted from the Minnesota Paid Leave Law. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3499/
- HF 3295: Open Meeting Law; meeting broadcasting through social media authorized. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3295/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,435 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15632
- Campaign site: https://www.jimmyforhouse.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Jimmy-Gordon-For-House-61555665973461/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a2fed609-2172-4740-b9f3-f00a6da4716d