# Jim Nash

Jim Nash is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 48A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 48A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d7012c12-e223-4409-823b-ba3e55be6677

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d7012c12-e223-4409-823b-ba3e55be6677 (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 Nash’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

139 classified statements: 139 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 | Nash | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 2.9% | 2.9% | 241 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 5.8% | 9.3% | 419 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 12.2% | 31.9% | 679 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.7% | 1.8% | 460 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 11.5% | 12.7% | 360 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.7% | 1.4% | 337 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 47% (State House Republicans 18%); Agriculture and Food 12% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Taxation 12% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Armed Forces and National Security 5.9% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Commerce 5.9% (State House Republicans 3.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.22 (standard error 0.01), from 125 donors and 755 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

294 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 94.3% (97.5%). 9 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 49 bills: 49 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 62. 14.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 7 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4687: Automatic appointment confirmation eliminated when the legislature does not take up a confirmation. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4687/
- HF 4685: Senate and house appointments not confirmed within 30 days rejected. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4685/
- HF 4591: State government policy and finance bill. (became law, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4591/
- HF 4317: Peace officer access to surplus badges provided. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4317/
- HF 4090: Gambling; prize and ticket limits modified. (in committee, 2026-05-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4090/
- HF 3678: Certain terms in state procurement contracts prohibited. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3678/
- HF 3679: Continuing operations of the legislature provided in advance of the legislature becoming duly organized, chief clerk of the house of representatives and the… (passed one chamber, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3679/
- HF 3683: Inclusions of the impacts of fraud in budget forecasts required. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3683/
- HF 3682: Grantee fraud risk rating system and corresponding grants management required, and money appropriated. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3682/
- HF 3676: Safe at Home program; protections, remedies, and various provisions provided and modified; and criminal penalties established. (became law, 2026-08-01) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3676/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $20.9K (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.

- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimNashMN/status/2104781806809526681
- 2026-08-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimNashMN/status/2092078131804782980
- 2026-08-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimNashMN/status/2090180855243174040
- 2026-08-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JimNashMN/status/2087404270337290717
- 2026-08-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimNashMN/status/2084016522142347269
- 2026-07-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimNashMN/status/2082553643278999860
- 2026-07-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimNashMN/status/2082123294573011373
- 2026-07-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimNashMN/status/2077962605558186244
- 2026-07-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimNashMN/status/2077499764162117633
- 2026-07-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/JimNashMN/status/2077502717157572859

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15441
- Campaign site: https://www.jimnashformn.com/
- X: https://x.com/JimNashMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepJimNash/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jnashmn
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-nash-09bb3b3

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d7012c12-e223-4409-823b-ba3e55be6677