# Elliott Engen

Elliott Engen is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 36A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 36A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f27e2742-5c0f-4dba-a37f-76592f91f6f0

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f27e2742-5c0f-4dba-a37f-76592f91f6f0 (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

-23% of Engen’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, the lowest of 2,335 State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 119 donors and 485 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

297 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 95.1% (97.5%). 24 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 nay · Passage · SF 4401 Omnibus Cannabis bill · pass · https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4401/
- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · 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 52 bills: 52 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 159. 1.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 89 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 3590: State auditor's duties expanded. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3590/
- HF 3299: Refundable individual income tax credit established for family members who provide child care. (in committee, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3299/
- HF 3253: Central bank digital currency defined and definition of money revised for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code. (in committee, 2025-04-29) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3253/
- HF 3254: Sale of food with certain artificial dyes prohibited. (in committee, 2025-04-29) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3254/
- HF 3208: Term limits placed on legislators and executive officers, and constitutional amendment proposed. (in committee, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3208/
- HF 3209: Criminal penalties for swatting increased. (in committee, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3209/
- HF 3149: Political contribution refund program repealed. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3149/
- HF 2949: Legislators and executive branch appointees prohibited from receiving compensation from any nonprofit organization that receives state grant funding. (in committee, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2949/
- HF 2948: Highway toll collection authority eliminated, reallocation of certain user fee revenue provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2948/
- HF 2880: Direct primary care agreements clarified to not be health insurance. (in committee, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF2880/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $10.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). -23% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15613
- Campaign site: https://www.elliottengen.com/
- X: https://x.com/ElliotEngenMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepElliottEngen
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elliotengenmn
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvAxz_QcPx5GrXdze3DCrvQ
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliott-engen-871543223/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f27e2742-5c0f-4dba-a37f-76592f91f6f0