# Paul Anderson

Paul Anderson is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 12A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 12A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ab35dde5-226a-4427-9344-c74d8291a75f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ab35dde5-226a-4427-9344-c74d8291a75f (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 Anderson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

9 classified statements: 9 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Anderson | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 11.1% | 1.8% | 9 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.17 (standard error 0.01), from 49 donors and 757 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 93.8% (97.5%). 16 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 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 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 nay · 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 56 bills: 56 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 120. 3.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 64 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5089: Chokio; bridge replacement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5089/
- HF 4940: University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center research and educational dairy facilities funding provided, bonds issued, and money… (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4940/
- HF 4910: Sanction of driver's license revocation removed for failure to pay child support. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4910/
- HF 4601: Liability for all corporate donations for death or injury to a participant resulting from the inherent risks of livestock activities limited. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4601/
- HF 4084: Paynesville; wastewater industrial pretreatment facility expansion funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4084/
- HF 4083: Funding provided for water infrastructure funding program, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4083/
- HF 4085: Biofuel sales volume incentive program established, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4085/
- HF 3823: Meat cutting and butchery training grants funding provided, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3823/
- HF 3824: Grant funding provided to support developing markets for oats, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3824/
- HF 3718: Veterinary medicine and veterinary technology practice provisions modified. (became law, 2026-07-01) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3718/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2026-09-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/PTAnderson_MN/status/2101153690316881928
- 2026-09-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/PTAnderson_MN/status/2101331737313743239
- 2026-08-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/PTAnderson_MN/status/2090985652900827275
- 2026-08-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/PTAnderson_MN/status/2084001561630359973
- 2025-09-08 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/PTAnderson_MN/status/1965088761823531022
- 2025-06-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/PTAnderson_MN/status/1934062532781625740
- 2025-05-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/PTAnderson_MN/status/1918091404946833665
- 2025-04-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/PTAnderson_MN/status/1913645197361291569
- 2025-02-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/PTAnderson_MN/status/1890102977668710414

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15301
- X: https://x.com/PTAnderson_MN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepPaulAnderson/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/state-rep-paul-anderson-a8878825/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ab35dde5-226a-4427-9344-c74d8291a75f