# Kristin Robbins

Kristin Robbins is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 37A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 37A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d32d0b31-20af-4068-a5bd-42fd0a072ded

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d32d0b31-20af-4068-a5bd-42fd0a072ded (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 Robbins’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

1,916 classified statements: 1,916 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 | Robbins | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 6.0% | 2.9% | 126 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 20.9% | 9.3% | 99 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 42.5% | 31.9% | 232 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.3% | 1.8% | 224 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 9.9% | 12.7% | 403 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 1.6% | 1.4% | 233 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 37% (State House Republicans 18%); Crime and Law Enforcement 23% (State House Republicans 11%); Economics and Public Finance 18% (State House Republicans 12%); Health 11% (State House Republicans 10%); Education 9.9% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.23 (standard error 0.01), from 216 donors and 771 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)

299 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 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 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 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 nay · 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 72 bills: 72 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 105. 4.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 53 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5030: Hennepin County; prior appropriation for a railroad crossing modified. (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5030/
- HF 4929: Criminal penalties for failure to report theft, embezzlement, or unlawful use of public funds provided. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4929/
- HF 4680: Greenfield; wastewater treatment facility improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4680/
- HF 4684: Nonemergency medical transportation providers required to operate vehicles equipped with a global positions system and rear-facing camera, compile information… (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4684/
- HF 4664: Certain actions by public officers and employees clarified to constitute misconduct, penalty for repeated misconduct increased, statute of limitations… (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4664/
- HF 4593: Statute of limitations increased for crimes involving medical assistance fraud or other theft of money belonging to the government. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4593/
- HF 4503: Crime of providing material support or resources for terrorism established, and criminal penalties provided. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4503/
- HF 4313: State legislators and legislative employees required to pay 50 percent of the Minnesota Paid Leave Law premium. (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4313/
- HF 4309: Railroad crossing safety improvements in Hennepin County, Medina, Independence, and Loretto funding provided; bonds issued; and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4309/
- HF 4147: Payer of cost recovery fee modified, and technical corrections made. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4147/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $51.7K (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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/KRobbinsMN/status/2113791036447420430
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/KRobbinsMN/status/2113974264399274158
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/KRobbinsMN/status/2114139759094186051
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/KRobbinsMN/status/2113692267202695660
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/KRobbinsMN/status/2113239174782321145
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion · https://x.com/KRobbinsMN/status/2112704861599117322
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/KRobbinsMN/status/2112533379950211530
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KRobbinsMN/status/2112558396130087153
- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KRobbinsMN/status/2112617813185552744
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/KRobbinsMN/status/2112259669146456416

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15504
- Campaign site: https://kristinrobbinsmn.com/
- X: https://x.com/KRobbinsMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepKristinRobbins
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristinrobbinsmn
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinrobbinsmn

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d32d0b31-20af-4068-a5bd-42fd0a072ded