# Larry Kraft

Larry Kraft is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 46A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 46A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a4451923-cc1b-4d5d-9c14-5c50062335a2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a4451923-cc1b-4d5d-9c14-5c50062335a2 (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 Kraft’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

18 classified statements: 18 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Kraft | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 27.8% | 10.4% | 51 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 44.4% | 39.2% | 311 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 11.1% | 2.9% | 20 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Immigration 50% (State House Democrats 4.3%); Environmental Protection 25% (State House Democrats 3.4%); Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State House Democrats 11%); Emergency Management 13% (State House Democrats 3.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.70 (standard error 0.04), from 152 donors and 495 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 38% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 2 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 256. 10.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 12 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4722: State Building Code; municipal enforcement modified. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4722/
- HF 4518: Common interest community registration established in Department of Commerce. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4518/
- HF 4475: Mandatory privacy notices required to be titled as surveillance notices. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4475/
- HF 4474: Revocation and licensing requirements established for violations of impaired driving laws involving substances other than alcohol, rulemaking authorized, and… (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4474/
- HF 4348: Thermal energy networks designated as public improvements and waterworks. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4348/
- HF 4233: Excavation notice system governing requirements modified, including electronic positive response requirement. (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4233/
- HF 3908: Ignition interlock program license revocation requirements modified, driver's license indicators classified as private data, and technical corrections made. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3908/
- HF 3737: Sustainability provisions changed. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3737/
- HF 3557: Climate literacy seal established, and report required. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3557/
- HF 3555: Installation and operation of a plug-in solar photovoltaic device regulated. (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3555/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $46.3K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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.

- 2025-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/LarryKraftSLP/status/1975897862732161338
- 2025-10-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/LarryKraftSLP/status/1973556525701669198
- 2025-08-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/LarryKraftSLP/status/1952832630585524354
- 2025-08-05 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/LarryKraftSLP/status/1952855936550445240
- 2025-07-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/LarryKraftSLP/status/1950013257273520326
- 2025-07-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/LarryKraftSLP/status/1948356084659315125
- 2025-07-13 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/LarryKraftSLP/status/1944407748319256595
- 2025-06-20 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/LarryKraftSLP/status/1936087627397988521
- 2025-06-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/LarryKraftSLP/status/1935813612045734193
- 2025-06-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/LarryKraftSLP/status/1935003124319556056

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15619
- Campaign site: https://www.larrykraftslp.org/
- X: https://x.com/LarryKraftSLP
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LarryKraft01/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larrykraftslp
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC61Ubj7Q-oCswm1OemU1wOw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larrykraft1/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a4451923-cc1b-4d5d-9c14-5c50062335a2