# Matt Bliss

Matt Bliss is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 2B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 2B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/cbab855f-4a47-4afd-b74a-468a4545b82b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cbab855f-4a47-4afd-b74a-468a4545b82b (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 Bliss’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

125 classified statements: 125 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 | Bliss | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 20.8% | 2.9% | 8 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 2.4% | 9.3% | 572 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 11.2% | 31.9% | 686 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 1.6% | 12.7% | 686 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 3.2% | 1.4% | 121 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 21% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Economics and Public Finance 21% (State House Republicans 12%); Immigration 21% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Crime and Law Enforcement 14% (State House Republicans 11%); Education 14% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.28 (standard error 0.02), from 15 donors and 443 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

295 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 98.6% (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 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 35 bills: 35 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 48. 5.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 39 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4995: Off-highway vehicle safety and conservation program and uses of off-highway vehicle accounts modified. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4995/
- HF 4932: Veterans; a general fund appropriation canceled. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4932/
- HF 4857: White Earth Reservation community center funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4857/
- HF 4755: Statute of limitations eliminated for causes of action on gender-affirming care for minor children. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4755/
- HF 4754: Undesignated money returned to the state through restitution or recovery required to be deposited in a taxpayer refund account, annual distribution of funds… (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4754/
- HF 4253: Rule amendments on boat storage structures in public waters required. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4253/
- HF 4010: Cass Lake; fire station funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4010/
- HF 4011: Governor's authority to declare an emergency modified, and constitutional amendment proposed. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4011/
- HF 4009: Seasonal liquor licenses for resorts authorized. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4009/
- HF 3684: Veterans affairs department standards established for legislatively directed competitive and direct grants, and report required. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3684/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.8K (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.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattBlissMN/status/2113432755526590847
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattBlissMN/status/2103579961856557300
- 2026-08-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattBlissMN/status/2088278384015011951
- 2026-08-12 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/MattBlissMN/status/2087335555033899131
- 2026-08-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattBlissMN/status/2087335749230448663
- 2026-08-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattBlissMN/status/2085376972582998495
- 2026-08-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattBlissMN/status/2084733096143028519
- 2026-07-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MattBlissMN/status/2078860674176815369
- 2026-07-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/MattBlissMN/status/2074898942605644075
- 2026-05-11 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/MattBlissMN/status/2053901223401566622

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15458
- Campaign site: https://www.mattbliss.us/
- X: https://x.com/MattBlissMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattbliss2016/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-bliss-4aa454160/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/cbab855f-4a47-4afd-b74a-468a4545b82b