# Jason Rarick

Jason Rarick is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 11.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 11
- Serving since: 2019-02-13
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f15c0d42-4380-4f9b-b66d-14ffe61e1a40

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f15c0d42-4380-4f9b-b66d-14ffe61e1a40 (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 Rarick’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans.

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

5 classified statements: 5 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Rarick | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 20.0% | 9.5% | 57 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 80.0% | 37.3% | 4 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 20.0% | 2.3% | 2 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 50% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Education 25% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Government Operations and Politics 25% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Agriculture and Food 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.2%); Armed Forces and National Security 0% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.03), from 96 donors and 120 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

146 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 93.3% (93.0%). 11 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 63 bills: 63 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 87. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 55 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5222: Duluth International Airport improvements appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5222/
- SF 5139: Class 2 agricultural property classification modification to include certain farm wineries (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5139/
- SF 5098: Public disclosure of information requirement related to child fatalities and near fatalities (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5098/
- SF 5036: Carlton County Transfer Station capital improvements appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5036/
- SR 72: A Senate resolution reaffirming its commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Minnesota and Taiwan; reaffirming… (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SR72/
- SF 4988: Bulk dry goods haulers per-axle weight increase authorization provision (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4988/
- SF 4964: Nondiscrimination and faith-statement restrictions removal on eligible institutions and enrollment options (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4964/
- SF 4892: Willard Munger state trail rehabilitation appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4892/
- SF 4793: Exemption modification for certain property owned by an Indian tribe (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4793/
- SF 4794: Exemption modification for certain property owned by an Indian tribe (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4794/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $20.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 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.

- 2025-05-28 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/JasonRarick/status/1927726562536980957
- 2025-05-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/JasonRarick/status/1927398186114523252
- 2025-05-27 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/JasonRarick/status/1927435635872391428
- 2025-05-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JasonRarick/status/1925656646782452210
- 2025-05-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/JasonRarick/status/1925657001616424983

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1240
- Campaign site: https://www.jasonrarick.com/
- X: https://x.com/JasonRarick
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SenatorRarick/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe2DaFi0kCys9fyjPaiZW1w

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f15c0d42-4380-4f9b-b66d-14ffe61e1a40