# Zach Duckworth

Zach Duckworth is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 57.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 57
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/acacede0-a09a-45b9-8990-646dfa5bd59a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/acacede0-a09a-45b9-8990-646dfa5bd59a (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 Duckworth’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans.

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

546 classified statements: 546 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 | Duckworth | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.3% | 2.3% | 90 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 22.2% | 9.5% | 43 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 33.5% | 37.3% | 206 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 6.6% | 2.3% | 27 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 4.2% | 15.4% | 282 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.2% | 1.3% | 164 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 38% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 34% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Education 28% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Taxation 9.9% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.15 (standard error 0.02), from 98 donors and 114 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

141 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 82% (93.0%). 13 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 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 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 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 49 bills: 49 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 136. 2.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 26 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5260: Polling place designations requirements establishment for school district special elections in districts with boundaries that include more than one county (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5260/
- SF 5169: Lakeville Klamath Trail retaining walls replacement bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5169/
- SF 5028: City of Lakeville Klamath Trail retaining walls replacement appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5028/
- SF 4763: City of Credit River municipal sanitary sewer and water infrastructure bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4763/
- SF 4762: Lowest recognized family responsibility amount for purposes of determining state grant awards modification (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4762/
- SF 4674: Social media behavioral threat assessment reporting requirement establishment (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4674/
- SF 4652: Trusted contact program established to mitigate financial exploitation and fraud (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4652/
- SF 4493: Bolder Options youth mentoring program grant appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4493/
- SF 4515: Certain prize and ticket limits modification (passed one chamber, 2026-05-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4515/
- SF 4363: Written contract for mechanic's lien enforcement requirement (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4363/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $20.1K (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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/ZachDuckworth/status/2114772766054326605
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/ZachDuckworth/status/2114446491641053522
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/ZachDuckworth/status/2113623219223560323
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ZachDuckworth/status/2113282956634779747
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/ZachDuckworth/status/2109732125880496623
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/ZachDuckworth/status/2108912422690181369
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/ZachDuckworth/status/2109028601937179082
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ZachDuckworth/status/2107864524262912268
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ZachDuckworth/status/2104731079105982788
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/ZachDuckworth/status/2104734789475401951

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1246
- Campaign site: https://www.voteduckworth.com/
- X: https://x.com/ZachDuckworth
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorzachduckworth
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachduckworth
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZachDuckworth
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachduckworth/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/acacede0-a09a-45b9-8990-646dfa5bd59a