# Ann Rest

Ann Rest is a Democratic member of the Minnesota Senate for district 43.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 43
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ec588921-873b-4335-8fa1-2e3485008d3e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ec588921-873b-4335-8fa1-2e3485008d3e (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 Rest’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.42 (standard error 0.05), from 60 donors and 120 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

150 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 95.1% (93.0%). 4 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 66 bills: 64 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 81. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 55 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5239: Robbinsdale new public works facility bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5239/
- SF 5052: Omnibus Tax Bill (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5052/
- SF 4987: Blue Line Extension light rail transit line construction materials refundable sales and use tax exemption provision (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4987/
- SF 4986: Hennepin County local sales tax authority provisions modifications and county health care facilities and ballpark authority grants for certain improvements… (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4986/
- SF 4787: Advertising services tax creation (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4787/
- SF 4687: Deposit limit on consumer protection restitution account removed, and distribution limits set (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4687/
- SF 4678: Number of members of the house of representatives and the senate modifications (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4678/
- SF 4682: Blaine authorization to impose certain special taxes (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4682/
- SF 4690: Various individual income and corporate franchise taxes and property taxes policy and technical changes provisions modifications, obsolete JOBZ provisions… (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4690/
- SF 4077: City of Crystal Douglas Drive water main improvements appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4077/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $17.3K (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=1051
- Campaign site: https://www.annrest4mn.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenatorAnn
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ann.rest
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senator.rest
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-rest-02760516/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ec588921-873b-4335-8fa1-2e3485008d3e