# Jim Carlson Jim Carlson is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 52. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 52 - Serving since: 2023-01-03 - Current term: MN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/ac087885-bab6-4fbf-b88a-daf71262c8b6 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ac087885-bab6-4fbf-b88a-daf71262c8b6 (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 Carlson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.70 (standard error 0.06), from 35 donors and 123 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (MN 2025–26 session) 151 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 98.3% (93.0%). 1 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-05-17 · voted yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 33 bills: 33 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 61. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 55 of 67). Recent sponsored bills: - SF 5215: Swift and Certain Sanctions Act (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5215/ - SF 4894: City of Eagan woman veterans memorial appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4894/ - SF 4869: Dakota County regional parks buildings and facilities replacement bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4869/ - SF 4893: Accessible parking enforcement standards modifications, statewide citizen disability parking enforcement program requirement, certain postpartum people usage… (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4893/ - SF 4699: Require transportation network companies to make vehicles wheelchair accessible (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4699/ - SF 4731: Wheelchair accessibility for operators of autonomous vehicles requirement provision (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4731/ - SF 4178: Urinalysis test use limitation for supervised individuals (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4178/ - SF 3523: Revenue allocation from the regional transportation sales tax for student transit and replacement services modification (in committee, 2025-05-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3523/ - SF 3430: Advisory Council on Traffic Safety programming and administration duties modification (in committee, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3430/ - SF 3398: Thrive Family Recovery Resources grant appropriation (in committee, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3398/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $1,500 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1140 - Campaign site: http://www.carlsonforsenate.org/ - X: https://x.com/SenatorCarlson - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorJimCarlson - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorjimcarlson - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvkgZQvau5qjfR06sNOu7Xw - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-carlson-18b4101/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ac087885-bab6-4fbf-b88a-daf71262c8b6