# Bobby Joe Champion Bobby Joe Champion is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 59. - Party: Democrat - Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 59 - Serving since: 2013-01-08 - Current term: MN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/c7436be4-472a-4d5e-82f5-f46359395d3a Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c7436be4-472a-4d5e-82f5-f46359395d3a (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 Champion’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats. ## What Champion says (MN 2025–26 session) 2 classified statements: 2 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Champion | State Senate Democrats average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 249 of 330 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.3% | 304 of 330 | | Policy discussion | 50.0% | 42.9% | 137 of 330 | | Bipartisanship | 50.0% | 3.4% | 1 of 330 | | Credit claiming | 50.0% | 16.1% | 7 of 330 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 330 | Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 100% (State Senate Democrats 10%); Labor and Employment 100% (State Senate Democrats 5.9%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Democrats 4.7%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Democrats 3.5%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 0% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.70 (standard error 0.05), from 211 donors and 123 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 41% of State Senate Democrats score lower. ## Votes (MN 2025–26 session) 153 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 100% (93.0%). 1 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 nay · 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 81 bills: 81 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 115. 3.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 12 of 67). Recent sponsored bills: - SF 5105: Northgate Development LLC grant appropriation for workforce training for employment in renewable energy and related construction (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5105/ - SF 5104: Youth Stabilization Program grant appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5104/ - SF 5015: Rent Smart, Wise and Ready online rental education course appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5015/ - SR 74: A Senate resolution honoring Threads Dance Project on its 15th anniversary (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SR74/ - SF 4963: Power of People Leadership Institute for the Girls Taking Action and Boys of Hope programs grant appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4963/ - SF 4967: Special purpose credit loan program appropriation through Build Wealth MN (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4967/ - SF 4872: Minneapolis local sales tax use of revenue modification (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4872/ - SF 4854: Minneapolis West Broadway Avenue reconstruction bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4854/ - SF 4556: Power of People Leadership Institute new facility appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4556/ - SF 4448: Federal officers exercising certain federal immigration authority prohibition wearing face coverings (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4448/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $80.5K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 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. - 2025-04-30 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship, credit claiming · https://x.com/senatorchampion/status/1917400896725475359 - 2025-04-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/senatorchampion/status/1913045607318491279 ## Links - Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1212 - Campaign site: https://champion4change.org/ - X: https://x.com/senatorchampion - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenBobbyJoeChampion - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bobbyjoechampion - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtV5SFwBHaYGcxA59P_0M66onDS3f8dAj Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c7436be4-472a-4d5e-82f5-f46359395d3a