# Gary Dahms

Gary Dahms is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 15.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 15
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d1b377a1-8caa-4e37-999b-83ef8a1bf92c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d1b377a1-8caa-4e37-999b-83ef8a1bf92c (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 Dahms’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.03), from 104 donors and 119 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

151 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 95.0% (93.0%). 7 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 68 bills: 68 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 78. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 55 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5218: License processing fee prohibition for a lifetime substitute teaching license application (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5218/
- SF 5160: Redwood Falls Municipal Airport improvements appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5160/
- SF 5158: City of Redwood Falls bridge restoration appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5158/
- SF 5130: Clean water fund appropriation for a demonstration project to treat landfill leachate for PFAS, chloride, and other contaminants (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5130/
- SF 5131: Environmental and natural resources trust fund appropriation for a demonstration project to treat landfill leachate for PFAS, chloride, and other contaminants (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5131/
- SF 5082: Certain sign and Label requirements modifications (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5082/
- SF 5078: Hanska new water tower bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5078/
- SF 5102: Lower Sioux Indian Community renewable energy projects grant appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5102/
- SF 5058: Comfrey stormwater system improvements bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5058/
- SF 4937: Identification of a lifetime permit to discharge a firearm or bow and arrow from a stationary motor vehicle provision on drivers' licenses and Minnesota… (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4937/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $19.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1174
- Campaign site: https://dahmsforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/DahmsForSenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sendahms/
- YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gmdCdn_g4Ho
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-dahms-3b289984/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d1b377a1-8caa-4e37-999b-83ef8a1bf92c