# Zack Stephenson

Zack Stephenson is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 35A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 35A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ed5f1cc0-ff12-461e-9016-0ef27f180430

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ed5f1cc0-ff12-461e-9016-0ef27f180430 (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 Stephenson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

84 classified statements: 84 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Stephenson | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 7.1% | 2.5% | 88 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 19.1% | 10.4% | 136 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 50.0% | 39.2% | 226 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 4.8% | 2.9% | 155 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 9.5% | 14.4% | 440 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 2.4% | 1.0% | 94 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 38% (State House Democrats 15%); Health 24% (State House Democrats 15%); Crime and Law Enforcement 17% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 9.5% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Economics and Public Finance 9.5% (State House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.47 (standard error 0.02), from 302 donors and 791 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 72% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

297 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 100% (97.5%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · 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 · 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 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 nay · 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/

## Legislation (MN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 86. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 3060: Electric utility prohibited from restricting the installation of electricity producing facilities on Minnesota Tribal government land. (in committee, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3060/
- HF 3026: Notice provisions governing surplus lines brokers modified. (in committee, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3026/
- HF 2974: Landlords required to make apportioned and submetered utility service bills for residential buildings due not less than 31 days from the date of bill issuance. (in committee, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2974/
- HF 2782: Certain brewers exempted from brand registration requirements. (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2782/
- HF 2745: Monthly return requirements clarified for certain brewers. (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2745/
- HF 2710: Test and professional licensure preparation services provided relating to economic development, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2710/
- HF 2702: Candidate elected to the office of state senator or state representative permitted to resign the position prior to the commencement of the term for which the… (in committee, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2702/
- HF 1858: Social district licenses established relating to alcohol consumption. (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1858/
- HF 1651: Rum River Dam pedestrian bridge provided, money transferred to the active transportation account, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-02-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1651/
- HF 1634: Municipalities that establish, own, or operate a municipal cannabis store authorized to also hold a lower-potency hemp edible retailer license. (in committee, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF1634/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $81.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/zackstephenson/status/2114847926363345065
- 2026-10-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/zackstephenson/status/2106469292845793583
- 2026-09-01 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/zackstephenson/status/2094606199962452020
- 2026-08-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/zackstephenson/status/2092639728675836095
- 2026-08-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/zackstephenson/status/2089898167504372147
- 2026-08-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/zackstephenson/status/2089808966507262136
- 2026-08-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/zackstephenson/status/2088996393788621132
- 2026-08-05 · Post on X · https://x.com/zackstephenson/status/2085141371912962072
- 2026-08-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/zackstephenson/status/2084763475658616953
- 2026-08-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/zackstephenson/status/2084763478456254701

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15507
- Campaign site: https://www.zack.mn/
- X: https://x.com/zackstephenson
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zackstephensonformnhouse
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zackstephenson
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCav49G4Qadx60nf9fIbS40Q
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zackstephenson/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ed5f1cc0-ff12-461e-9016-0ef27f180430