# Dave Baker

Dave Baker is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 16B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 16B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c0275aeb-e2ff-44c7-b4ab-cae4bf495d84

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c0275aeb-e2ff-44c7-b4ab-cae4bf495d84 (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 Baker’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

4 classified statements: 4 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Baker | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 50.0% | 9.3% | 5 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 50.0% | 31.9% | 130 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 50% (State House Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 50% (State House Republicans 18%); Labor and Employment 50% (State House Republicans 2.5%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State House Republicans 4.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.11 (standard error 0.01), from 160 donors and 761 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 14% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

289 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 91.6% (97.5%). 12 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 41 bills: 41 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 113. 12.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 8 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4999: PROMISE grant program prior appropriations terminated. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4999/
- HF 4919: Distributed energy resource aggregator standards established, fees authorized, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4919/
- HF 4668: Film production credit modified. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4668/
- HF 4598: Workers' Compensation Advisory Council 2026 recommendations adopted. (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4598/
- HF 4494: Small business employer with a private paid leave plan allowed to receive assistance grants. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4494/
- HF 4493: Pharmacists authorized to initiate, prescribe, administer, and dispense drugs for the treatment of opioid use disorder; and grounds for disciplinary action… (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4493/
- HF 4415: Strategies in the comprehensive drug overdose and morbidity program administered by the commissioner of health modified. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4415/
- HF 4414: Elected officials exempted from Minnesota Paid Leave Law. (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4414/
- HF 4023: A+ Energy Act established. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4023/
- HF 4003: Rural Cancer Institute appropriation modified. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4003/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $34.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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.

- 2026-01-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/DaveBakerMN/status/2008978505510551976
- 2025-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/DaveBakerMN/status/1981185795148173789
- 2025-01-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/DaveBakerMN/status/1878968432458424737
- 2025-01-10 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/DaveBakerMN/status/1877842887519482193

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/Profile/15429
- Campaign site: https://davebaker.gop/
- X: https://x.com/DaveBakerMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repdavebaker
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-baker-61189217/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c0275aeb-e2ff-44c7-b4ab-cae4bf495d84