# Esther Agbaje

Esther Agbaje is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 59B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 59B
- Serving since: 2021-01-05
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b140f0d2-f803-4118-9c6c-72aa322ec3bb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b140f0d2-f803-4118-9c6c-72aa322ec3bb (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 Agbaje’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.81 (standard error 0.04), from 132 donors and 494 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 4 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 63 bills: 63 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 135. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5124: Procedures and training related to the treatment of potentially suspicious deaths involving domestic violence modified. (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5124/
- HF 5068: Local public housing program funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5068/
- HF 4887: Lease termination permitted upon loss of income of tenant. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4887/
- HF 4904: Northgate Development, LLC grant funding provided for workforce training for employment in renewable energy and related construction, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4904/
- HF 4905: Rent Smart, Wise and Ready online rental education course funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4905/
- HF 4903: Youth Stabilization Program grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4903/
- HF 4835: Tenants provided with a right to repair violations in a residential rental unit, notice required, and tenant permitted to make deductions from rent. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4835/
- HF 4842: Funding provided for a special purpose credit loan program through Build Wealth MN, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4842/
- HF 4843: Clemency Review Commission and Board of Pardons procedures expanded and refined, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4843/
- HF 4834: Restrictions on a tenant's ability to participate in a class action prohibited, and civil remedies provided. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4834/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $15.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15551
- Campaign site: http://www.estheragbaje.com/
- X: https://x.com/go4esther
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esther.agbaje.9
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/go4esther
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQOm91docM2pwb9owx0dY4A
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/esther-agbaje-b5b3158/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b140f0d2-f803-4118-9c6c-72aa322ec3bb