# Gene Dornink Gene Dornink is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 23. - Party: Republican - Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 23 - Serving since: 2023-01-03 - Current term: MN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/d3857eb4-0ec5-4406-840a-e338aad6a238 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d3857eb4-0ec5-4406-840a-e338aad6a238 (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 Dornink’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.02), from 84 donors and 123 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 17% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (MN 2025–26 session) 153 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 82% (93.0%). 12 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 nay · 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 39 bills: 39 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 61. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 55 of 67). Recent sponsored bills: - SF 5272: City of Austin Hormel Institute Bioimaging Center bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5272/ - SF 5059: Minnesota investment fund local government loan repayment funds restrictions temporary modification (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5059/ - SF 4925: Plant and soil amendment labeling requirements clarification (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4925/ - SF 4780: Misuse of earned sick and safe time definition provision (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4780/ - SF 4723: Exemption establishment for an electric generation facility (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4723/ - SF 4607: Provision that employer reporting of fraud is not retaliation (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4607/ - SF 4468: City of Easton new water tower appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4468/ - SF 4356: Albert Lea wastewater treatment facility improvements bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4356/ - SF 4355: Albert Lea authorization to extend its local sales tax for additional projects (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4355/ - SF 4174: City of Albert Lea construction materials used in certain projects refundable exemption provision and appropriation (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4174/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $11.9K (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=1250 - X: https://x.com/GeneDornick - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/senatorgenedornink - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gene-dornink-b63a3858/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d3857eb4-0ec5-4406-840a-e338aad6a238