# Andrew Mathews

Andrew Mathews is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 27.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 27
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/aabdca28-85ec-41e4-be90-726acaaa0cff

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aabdca28-85ec-41e4-be90-726acaaa0cff (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 Mathews’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans.

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

199 classified statements: 199 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 | Mathews | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 4.0% | 2.3% | 75 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 13.1% | 9.5% | 101 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 22.6% | 37.3% | 265 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 1.5% | 2.3% | 178 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 7.5% | 15.4% | 238 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 2.0% | 1.3% | 68 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 42% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Crime and Law Enforcement 16% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Economics and Public Finance 13% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 11% (State Senate Republicans 5.0%); Law 11% (State Senate Republicans 3.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.34 (standard error 0.03), from 26 donors and 121 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 47% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

150 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 95.1% (93.0%). 21 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 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 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 68 bills: 68 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 91. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 55 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5298: Custody and parenting time provisions modification (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5298/
- SF 5208: Commonality of powers exception addition requirement (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5208/
- SF 5138: Criminal penalties provision for bribing or corruptly influencing a juror (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5138/
- SF 5111: Safe schools revenue increase (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5111/
- SF 5100: Data centers provisions modifications (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5100/
- SF 4891: School security systems requirement as a part of the State Fire Code (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4891/
- SF 4901: Nuclear power inclusion as an optional resource in a utility's integrated resource plan requirement provision and state application for nuclear-powered… (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4901/
- SF 4902: Firefighter pension income taxation subtraction establishment (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4902/
- SF 4920: Anaerobic digester or biomass thermal generation facility planning and constructing appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4920/
- SF 4903: Volunteer firefighter pension income taxation subtraction establishment (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4903/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,950 (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.

- 2026-09-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AndrewMAthewsMN/status/2098418178380505334
- 2026-07-10 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/AndrewMAthewsMN/status/2075695483306099052
- 2026-07-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/AndrewMAthewsMN/status/2075696431508156669
- 2026-07-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/AndrewMAthewsMN/status/2075696618200834465
- 2026-07-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/AndrewMAthewsMN/status/2073478025514004932
- 2026-07-02 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/AndrewMAthewsMN/status/2072771796391153863
- 2026-06-24 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/AndrewMAthewsMN/status/2069841030464323693
- 2026-05-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/AndrewMAthewsMN/status/2056926307762545008
- 2026-05-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/AndrewMAthewsMN/status/2054267815809441880
- 2026-03-17 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/AndrewMAthewsMN/status/2033972820909117680

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1222
- Campaign site: https://andrewmathews.com/
- X: https://x.com/AndrewMAthewsMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenAndrewMathews/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmathewsmn
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-mathews-37619919/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/aabdca28-85ec-41e4-be90-726acaaa0cff