# Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 1.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 1
- Serving since: 2017-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/de9b28f6-a2a8-4edd-98cb-2b3ff2e6382c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/de9b28f6-a2a8-4edd-98cb-2b3ff2e6382c (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 Johnson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans.

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

12 classified statements: 12 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Johnson | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 272 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 16.7% | 37.3% | 304 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 8.3% | 2.3% | 15 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Crime and Law Enforcement 50% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Economics and Public Finance 50% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Taxation 50% (State Senate Republicans 7.1%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.14 (standard error 0.03), from 103 donors and 116 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

145 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 87% (93.0%). 12 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · 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 yea · 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 36 bills: 36 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 50. 2.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 17 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5306: Radar infrastructure grants appropriation (in committee, 2026-05-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5306/
- SF 5175: City of East Grand Forks industrial park municipal infrastructure bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5175/
- SF 5184: Thief River Falls Airport runway extension and other capital improvements bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5184/
- SF 5136: Civil cause of action establishment for disparagement of perishable food products (in committee, 2026-04-15) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5136/
- SF 4958: Tax reduction authority modifications (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4958/
- SF 4457: Counties, municipalities, and townships for planning and assistance to support drinking water regionalization appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4457/
- SF 4411: Shelters left on ice overnight requirements modifications (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4411/
- SF 3949: Depredation compensation payments appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3949/
- SF 3947: City of Kennedy water storage tanks bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3947/
- SF 3948: Limitation on the value of prizes awarded for a county agricultural society to be exempt from the licensure requirement modification (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3948/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $30.8K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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.

- 2026-04-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Senmarkjohnson/status/2046631937524056493
- 2026-04-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/Senmarkjohnson/status/2044789824402432470
- 2025-11-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/Senmarkjohnson/status/1993803889468903918
- 2025-09-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/Senmarkjohnson/status/1965893175710724436
- 2025-07-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/Senmarkjohnson/status/1947440015740489832
- 2025-06-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/Senmarkjohnson/status/1934440247586119998
- 2025-06-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/Senmarkjohnson/status/1933899689356828946
- 2025-05-29 · Post on X · labels: bipartisanship · https://x.com/Senmarkjohnson/status/1928186572299444466
- 2025-05-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/Senmarkjohnson/status/1923531943519375600
- 2025-03-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/Senmarkjohnson/status/1897109975698432226

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1217
- Campaign site: https://www.markjohnsonmnsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/Senmarkjohnson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Senator.Mark.Johnson
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatormarkjohnson
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-johnson-4a67a9289

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/de9b28f6-a2a8-4edd-98cb-2b3ff2e6382c