# Steve Cwodzinski

Steve Cwodzinski is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 49.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 49
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e67843ce-752d-4cc0-abb9-4a45b8b8fdca

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e67843ce-752d-4cc0-abb9-4a45b8b8fdca (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 Cwodzinski’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.70 (standard error 0.06), from 72 donors and 123 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

153 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 100% (93.0%). 1 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 59 bills: 59 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 80. 1.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 28 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 79: A Senate resolution celebrating the 175th anniversary of the Young Men's Christian Association (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SR79/
- SR 76: A Senate resolution commemorating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SR76/
- SF 4637: State historic sites contracts permission (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4637/
- SF 4560: Commanders task force establishment (in committee, 2026-05-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4560/
- SF 4544: City of Eden Prairie special tax increment financing rules authorization (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4544/
- SF 4135: Secretary of state to prepare and distribute a voter information guide prior to each statewide general election requirement (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4135/
- SF 3870: Omnibus Education policy bill (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3870/
- SF 3944: Exception to age and size limitation requirement for customized living and 24-hour customized living (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3944/
- SF 3821: Board of School Administrators reporting requirements modification (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3821/
- SF 3659: Climate literacy seal establishment (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF3659/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,600 (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1234
- Campaign site: https://cwodforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/CwodMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cwodforsenate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cwodmn
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK51Pc5fQV9gUUfjcBiaLiA/playlists

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e67843ce-752d-4cc0-abb9-4a45b8b8fdca