# Erica Schwartz

Erica Schwartz is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 18A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 18A
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e62d342c-ae38-4607-88d7-3a7f3f7e248b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e62d342c-ae38-4607-88d7-3a7f3f7e248b (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 Schwartz’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.12 (standard error 0.03), from 39 donors and 180 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 14% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

284 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 93.2% (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 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 yea · 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/
- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · Repassage, as amended by Conference · SF 2077 Omnibus Outdoor Heritage Fund, Legacy and Lands bill · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF2077/

## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 120. 4.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 50 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5071: St. Peter local sales tax modified. (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5071/
- HF 4771: South Central College classroom and lab space improvements and boiler replacement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4771/
- HF 4772: South Central College dental assisting program classroom and lab space funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4772/
- HF 4773: South Central College boiler system replacement funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4773/
- HF 4696: Authority for state-level implementation of federal Workforce Pell Grants provided. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4696/
- HF 4603: Internal Revenue Code conformed to the federal exclusion from gross income for employer student loan payments. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4603/
- HF 4486: Mankato Regional Airport air traffic control tower funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4486/
- HF 4431: Low-interest student loan program created, rulemaking authorized, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4431/
- HF 4500: Funding provided for the health professional education loan forgiveness program for physicians licensed to practice medicine in the area of obstetrics and… (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4500/
- HF 3225: St. Peter; water treatment facility improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3225/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.6K (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/15644
- Campaign site: https://ericaformn.org/
- X: https://x.com/EricaSchwartzMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Representative-Erica-Schwartz/61572976454010/#

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e62d342c-ae38-4607-88d7-3a7f3f7e248b