# Kristi Pursell

Kristi Pursell is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 58A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 58A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ed73b309-bb2f-4805-a33b-a3fb760e6664

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ed73b309-bb2f-4805-a33b-a3fb760e6664 (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 Pursell’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.74 (standard error 0.04), from 133 donors and 493 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

299 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 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 244. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5139: Cooperative development grant program established. (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5139/
- HF 4865: Northfield; marked Trunk Highway 19 intersection roundabout funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4865/
- HR 8: A house resolution recognizing Minnesota's Year of Water. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HR8/
- HF 4473: Northfield authorized to impose a local sales and use tax. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4473/
- HF 4230: Health plans required to cover treatment of inherited metabolic diseases. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4230/
- HF 4179: Minnesota Parkinson's Research Trust Fund established, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4179/
- HF 3940: Rulemaking to require environmental impact statement for large animal projects required. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3940/
- HF 3793: Certain users of large amounts of groundwater required to apply for their own water-use permit instead of modifying an existing municipal permit. (in committee, 2026-05-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3793/
- HF 3704: Sale and distribution of certain seeds coated or treated with systemic insecticides without the approval of the commissioner of agriculture, and application… (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3704/
- HF 3417: Lonsdale; clean water infrastructure funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3417/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.4K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15571
- Campaign site: https://www.kristipursell.com/
- X: https://x.com/pursell4mnhouse
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kacorn13
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pursell4mnhouse
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristi-pursell-37895b9a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ed73b309-bb2f-4805-a33b-a3fb760e6664