# Rick Hansen

Rick Hansen is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 53B.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 53B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c41944c1-d89b-4c3f-a76f-d5c58d0a507f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c41944c1-d89b-4c3f-a76f-d5c58d0a507f (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 Hansen’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

366 classified statements: 366 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 | Hansen | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.3% | 2.5% | 387 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 8.2% | 10.4% | 365 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 45.6% | 39.2% | 291 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.2% | 2.9% | 353 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 3.5% | 14.4% | 601 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.8% | 1.0% | 224 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Agriculture and Food 49% (State House Democrats 4.6%); Environmental Protection 23% (State House Democrats 3.4%); Transportation and Public Works 20% (State House Democrats 5.3%); Public Lands and Natural Resources 7.8% (State House Democrats 1.1%); Economics and Public Finance 7.2% (State House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.56 (standard error 0.03), from 76 donors and 795 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 60% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 98.6% (97.5%). 6 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 65 bills: 65 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 114. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5154: Office of Business Regulation and Land Ownership within the Department of Agriculture established, reports required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-05-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5154/
- HF 4885: Agriculture policy and funding modified, reports required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4885/
- HF 4874: Electric cooperatives and municipal utilities; recovery of fixed costs clarified with respect to net metered facilities, meter aggregation allowed for… (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4874/
- HF 4740: Financial assurance required for feedlot permits, inventories and reports required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4740/
- HF 4642: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline special license plates established, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4642/
- HF 4350: Agriculture policy provisions modified. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4350/
- HF 4363: Civil cause of action for trespass of intangible particulate matter created. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4363/
- HF 4134: Provisions for importing, stocking, and transferring fish eggs in aquaculture modified. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4134/
- HF 4080: Certain retailers prohibited from obtaining an ownership interest in livestock dealers or meat packing companies, and certain exclusive contracts prohibited. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4080/
- HF 3619: Environmental Quality Board required to order a generic environmental impact statement on sustainable aviation fuel, and temporary moratorium on sustainable… (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3619/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.6K (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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/reprickhansen/status/2114852625682153953
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/reprickhansen/status/2113230762082455809
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/reprickhansen/status/2113235580959981592
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/reprickhansen/status/2113271834791543281
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/reprickhansen/status/2110705862465712540
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/reprickhansen/status/2109805350358757507
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/reprickhansen/status/2110101611326652742
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/reprickhansen/status/2110104082719330604
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/reprickhansen/status/2109621715500519574
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/reprickhansen/status/2109622774671323469

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/12282
- Campaign site: https://www.votehansen.com/
- X: https://x.com/reprickhansen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rick.hansen.90

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c41944c1-d89b-4c3f-a76f-d5c58d0a507f