# John Hoffman

John Hoffman is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 34.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 34
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b31cb55a-94ea-4f44-a4b9-8003b32c749a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b31cb55a-94ea-4f44-a4b9-8003b32c749a (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 Hoffman’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.34 (standard error 0.03), from 251 donors and 117 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 89% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

144 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 90% (93.0%). 11 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 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 178 bills: 177 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 294. 1.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 29 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5309: Department of Agriculture Office of Business Regulation and Land Ownership establishment (in committee, 2026-05-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5309/
- SR 83: A Senate resolution designating May 3 to 9, 2026, as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SR83/
- SF 5256: Correctional facilities provided partnerships for dental services authorization provision, commissioner of corrections to improvement of correctional… (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5256/
- SR 82: A Senate resolution commending Jeff Brown for his service as a police officer (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SR82/
- SF 5234: Pharmacy technicians to pharmacists ratio modifications (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5234/
- SR 80: A Senate resolution expressing the sense of the Senate recognizing Somali American contributions and declaring June Somali American Heritage Month (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SR80/
- SF 5188: City of Champlin local sales tax imposition authorization (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5188/
- SF 5119: Use of sonar prohibition when fishing for muskellunge or northern pike in certain waters (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5119/
- SF 5042: Human services provisions modifications (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5042/
- SF 5030: Recovery of certain fixed costs clarification with respect to net metered facilities (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5030/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $49.2K (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=1205
- X: https://x.com/johnhoffmanmn
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorJohnHoffman
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnhoffmanmn
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq6lTaRmWMdi39kvhm7M7JA/videos
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jhoffman1

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b31cb55a-94ea-4f44-a4b9-8003b32c749a