# Dawn Gillman

Dawn Gillman is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 17A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 17A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f4047f6d-971d-41be-bbce-e15dac5829ae

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f4047f6d-971d-41be-bbce-e15dac5829ae (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 Gillman’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

957 classified statements: 957 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Gillman | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.9% | 2.9% | 404 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 3.9% | 9.3% | 506 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 10.4% | 31.9% | 693 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.6% | 1.8% | 478 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 2.9% | 12.7% | 633 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.2% | 1.4% | 431 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 28% (State House Republicans 18%); Economics and Public Finance 25% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 18% (State House Republicans 15%); Health 12% (State House Republicans 10%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 11% (State House Republicans 6.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 38 donors and 483 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 97.2% (97.5%). 8 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 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 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 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 32 bills: 32 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 108. 6.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 37 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5116: Hutchinson; Camp Craig Training Facility prior appropriation modified. (in committee, 2026-05-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5116/
- HF 5064: Coercing a pregnant minor female into seeking or obtaining an abortion prohibited, suspected cases of human trafficking of minors screened and reported,… (in committee, 2026-04-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5064/
- HF 4663: Glencoe authorized to impose local sales tax. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4663/
- HF 4594: Commissioner of natural resources prohibited from limiting number of native rough fish taken in one day or number possessed. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4594/
- HF 4407: Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act modified. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4407/
- HF 4024: Children's mental health grant funding provided for respite care services, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4024/
- HF 3687: Medical assistance and MinnesotaCare coverage of chiropractic services modified. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3687/
- HF 3520: Intensive residential treatment services and intensive nonresidential rehabilitative mental health services requirements modified, and room and board services… (in committee, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3520/
- HF 3296: Data centers excluded from gross annual retail energy sales for energy conservation and optimization purposes. (in committee, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3296/
- HF 3159: Road types on which a motorcycle may split or filter lanes limited. (in committee, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3159/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 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/dawn_gillman/status/2114537295747706954
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/dawn_gillman/status/2114537368875360414
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/dawn_gillman/status/2114537569346371915
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/dawn_gillman/status/2114708584713830546
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/dawn_gillman/status/2114709467489280178
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/dawn_gillman/status/2113784154810966478
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/dawn_gillman/status/2113444669803925881
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/dawn_gillman/status/2113462615003349329
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/dawn_gillman/status/2113696527160053831
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/dawn_gillman/status/2113759019437568102

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15600
- Campaign site: https://www.gillmanforhouse.com/
- X: https://x.com/dawn_gillman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dawn.gillman
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawn_gillman
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dawngillman

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f4047f6d-971d-41be-bbce-e15dac5829ae