# Mark Koran

Mark Koran is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 28.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 28
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f20a4255-6c65-4091-a0f5-aea70f133cdb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f20a4255-6c65-4091-a0f5-aea70f133cdb (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 Koran’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans.

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

237 classified statements: 237 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 | Koran | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 5.5% | 2.3% | 50 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 13.5% | 9.5% | 97 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 26.2% | 37.3% | 250 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 0.4% | 15.4% | 327 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 2.9% | 1.3% | 49 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 52% (State Senate Republicans 17%); Immigration 21% (State Senate Republicans 4.1%); Economics and Public Finance 19% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Crime and Law Enforcement 13% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Health 9.7% (State Senate Republicans 9.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.03), from 27 donors and 122 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 40% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

153 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 93.5% (93.0%). 18 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 nay · 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 125 bills: 125 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 94. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 55 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5279: Operating referendum ballot notice modification (in committee, 2026-05-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5279/
- SF 5245: Voter registration compliance with federal law requirement provisions, secretary of state allocation of money to counties to assist them with compliance with… (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5245/
- SF 5246: Marked U.S. Highway 8 reconstruction appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5246/
- SF 5244: City of Cambridge infrastructure improvements along marked Trunk Highway 95 bond issue and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5244/
- SF 5228: Sustainable construction and demolition waste grant program establishment (in committee, 2026-04-29) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5228/
- SF 5166: Working group on ending land disposal of mixed municipal solid waste establishment (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5166/
- SF 5148: City of North Branch regional veterans memorial appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5148/
- SF 5099: Fraud risk scoring and fraud risk score benchmarks requirement for grants to political subdivisions (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5099/
- SF 5115: Certain materials in covered state funded projects to be manufactured in the United States requirement provision (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5115/
- SF 4985: Students Together Respecting the Importance and Purpose of Education in Schools ISTRIPES) program student mentoring program establishment and appropriation (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4985/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,650 (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.

- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MarkkoranMN/status/2112908672930046054
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/MarkkoranMN/status/2111455965883052061
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MarkkoranMN/status/2109737684226712055
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/MarkkoranMN/status/2109317081606860823
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MarkkoranMN/status/2108936216083100114
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MarkkoranMN/status/2108007770012180804
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MarkkoranMN/status/2108033951725928592
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MarkkoranMN/status/2108034796618236166
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/MarkkoranMN/status/2108264078628020474
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/MarkkoranMN/status/2107665968671432870

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1228
- Campaign site: https://www.markkoranmn.com/
- X: https://x.com/MarkkoranMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarkKoranforSenate
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/markkoran
- YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ35uTTGcOvgc-2AgCa8l0LKTQzrxhhix
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markkoran

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f20a4255-6c65-4091-a0f5-aea70f133cdb