# Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn

Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 49B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 49B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bfa93ce5-99ed-4840-9d49-c3531a6e7742

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bfa93ce5-99ed-4840-9d49-c3531a6e7742 (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 Kotyza-Witthuhn’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## What Kotyza-Witthuhn says (MN 2025–26 session)

14 classified statements: 14 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Kotyza-Witthuhn | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 7.1% | 2.5% | 88 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 42.9% | 10.4% | 8 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 71.4% | 39.2% | 35 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 7.1% | 2.9% | 70 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 60% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 30% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Health 20% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 10% (State House Democrats 11%); Families 10% (State House Democrats 5.0%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.58 (standard error 0.04), from 77 donors and 791 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 56% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

299 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 1 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 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 104. 10.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 12 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5132: Junior Achievement North grant funding provided for career readiness and financial literacy programming, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5132/
- HF 5133: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program contingency appropriation established, and report required. (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5133/
- HF 4957: Combined service annuity requirements modified. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4957/
- HF 4655: Child care center staff training requirements modified. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4655/
- HF 4654: Great start compensation support payments grant program modified. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4654/
- HF 4552: Eden Prairie; special tax increment financing rules authorized. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4552/
- HF 4609: Health plans required to cover infertility treatment and standard fertility preservation services, medical assistance and MinnesotaCare required to cover… (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4609/
- HF 4195: Youth intervention program grants modified. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4195/
- HF 4118: Credit unions authorized to obtain insurance from a credit union share insurance provider, credit union share guaranty corporations regulated, and conforming… (became law, 2026-08-01) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4118/
- HF 4136: County share for administrative costs modified for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4136/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $16.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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.

- 2026-01-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/carlieforhouse/status/2016672357734039704
- 2026-01-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/carlieforhouse/status/2015519520744468970
- 2026-01-25 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/carlieforhouse/status/2015557814370832733
- 2025-09-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/carlieforhouse/status/1964494896112574611
- 2025-01-28 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/carlieforhouse/status/1884264096058704102
- 2025-01-25 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/carlieforhouse/status/1883138073393013048
- 2025-01-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/carlieforhouse/status/1883144222959964328
- 2025-01-16 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/carlieforhouse/status/1879725986864119836
- 2025-01-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/carlieforhouse/status/1879727330039595156
- 2025-01-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/carlieforhouse/status/1879728070275539099

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15515
- Campaign site: https://www.carlieforhouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/carlieforhouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repcarliekw/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carliekw
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M05EzgSYMjE
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carliekw/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bfa93ce5-99ed-4840-9d49-c3531a6e7742