# Chris Swedzinski

Chris Swedzinski is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 15A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 15A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d9abe93e-6eba-4658-a0cd-68610585606b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9abe93e-6eba-4658-a0cd-68610585606b (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 Swedzinski’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.21 (standard error 0.01), from 21 donors and 741 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 27% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

299 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 93.7% (97.5%). 15 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 nay · 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, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 53. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5118: Local government aid reduced for denial of projects that would expand tax base. (in committee, 2026-05-06) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5118/
- HF 5072: License processing fee for a lifetime substitute teaching license application prohibited. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5072/
- HF 4982: Funding from the clean water fund provided for a demonstration project to treat landfill leachate for PFAS, chloride, and other contaminants; and money… (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4982/
- HF 4981: Funding from environment and natural resources trust fund provided for a demonstration project to treat landfill leachate for PFAS, chloride, and other… (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4981/
- HF 4807: Scope of vehicles requiring an overweight vehicle special permit expanded, local ordinances affecting aggregate mining or production facilities restricted,… (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4807/
- HF 4756: Tax compliance requirements removed for counties. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4756/
- HF 4670: Identification of a lifetime permit to discharge a firearm or bow and arrow from a stationary motor vehicle on drivers' licenses and Minnesota identification… (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4670/
- HF 4716: Construction materials sales and use tax exemption provided for projects financed through an act relating to capital investment. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4716/
- HF 4672: In-state residency and work requirement for recipients of North Star Promise scholarships imposed, and scholarships limited to students enrolled in programs… (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4672/
- HF 4308: Annual payments by the Monticello nuclear generating plant terminated, distributed solar energy standard modified, sales tax exemption on residential natural… (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4308/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,850 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15369
- Campaign site: https://www.chrisswede.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepChrisSwede
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepChrisSwedzinski/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chrisswedzinski

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9abe93e-6eba-4658-a0cd-68610585606b