# Krista Knudsen

Krista Knudsen is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 5A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 5A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/d9b75b0d-6065-4efc-81e2-03084dee070a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9b75b0d-6065-4efc-81e2-03084dee070a (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 Knudsen’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

325 classified statements: 325 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 | Knudsen | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 11.1% | 2.9% | 45 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 8.9% | 9.3% | 307 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 29.5% | 31.9% | 423 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 1.8% | 12.7% | 677 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.6% | 1.4% | 363 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 32% (State House Republicans 11%); Immigration 29% (State House Republicans 4.7%); Government Operations and Politics 25% (State House Republicans 18%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 14% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Education 14% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.46 (standard error 0.03), from 49 donors and 491 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 68% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

298 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 23 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 38 bills: 38 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 233. 5.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 43 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4568: Life-sustaining treatment for unemancipated minor patients provided. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4568/
- HF 4320: Individuals participating in certain public assistance programs prohibited from using money transmission to send money to a foreign country, and money… (in committee, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4320/
- HF 4269: Office of the Legislative Auditor directed to evaluate the postsecondary enrollment options program, and report required. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4269/
- HF 4152: Health plans required to credit enrollees for services provided by an out-of-network provider at a lower cost than the plan's in-network providers, and… (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4152/
- HF 4270: Payments to postsecondary institutions and schools for the postsecondary enrollment options program modified. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4270/
- HF 3995: Frazee; North River Drive improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3995/
- HF 3576: Authority for third-party road tests for school bus drivers amended, and technical changes made. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3576/
- HF 3212: Nine-county regional waste management system in northwest Minnesota funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3212/
- HF 3213: Becker County; Heartland State Trail appropriation amended. (in committee, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3213/
- HF 3036: Tribally licensed residential substance use disorder treatment providers required to enroll in the substance use disorder demonstration project. (in committee, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3036/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,021 (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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/KristaForHouse/status/2112736044261183684
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KristaForHouse/status/2108627557663031381
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/KristaForHouse/status/2108650591471976735
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KristaForHouse/status/2107959855814509004
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/KristaForHouse/status/2107239357954285806
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/KristaForHouse/status/2106555196734341275
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/KristaForHouse/status/2105476307576312260
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/KristaForHouse/status/2105649828843712891
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/KristaForHouse/status/2104775158330257904
- 2026-09-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/KristaForHouse/status/2103480399469142064

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15592
- Campaign site: https://www.kristaknudsenforhouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/KristaForHouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kristaknudsenforhouse/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kristaknudsonforhouse
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4SYr3JMV77j4bC6AfQ9n2g
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krista-knudsen-for-house/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/d9b75b0d-6065-4efc-81e2-03084dee070a