# John Burkel

John Burkel is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 1A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 1A
- Serving since: 2021-01-05
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c86f501e-0b47-4e57-8f5a-d7d0be2392af

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c86f501e-0b47-4e57-8f5a-d7d0be2392af (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 Burkel’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.23 (standard error 0.02), from 66 donors and 493 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 30% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

298 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 95.8% (97.5%). 12 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 42 bills: 42 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 174. 2.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 82 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5144: Nonprofit corporation exemption under the corporate farm law modified. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5144/
- HF 5066: Thief River Falls Airport runway extension and capital improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5066/
- HF 4913: Civil cause of action established for disparagement of perishable food products. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4913/
- HF 4581: Hazard mitigation grant program established to support mitigation planning and mitigation projects that diminish potential effects of emergencies, report… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4581/
- HF 4580: Appeals of certain damages authorized to be appraised, negotiated, and tried under the procedures of chapter 117. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4580/
- HF 4148: Requirements for hiring executive director of the Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council established. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4148/
- HF 4109: Definition of currently avoidable use in the pesticide control chapter amended. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4109/
- HF 4099: Prohibition on new white-tailed deer farms removed. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4099/
- HF 4002: Veterinary products from the prohibition on products containing PFAS exempted. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4002/
- HF 3673: Middle River; well and well pump house funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3673/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.4K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15538
- Campaign site: https://www.burkelforhouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepJohnBurkel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/repjohnburkel
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-burkel-4938b810/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c86f501e-0b47-4e57-8f5a-d7d0be2392af