# Ben Davis

Ben Davis is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 6A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 6A
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f5597924-50c0-4bfc-bd63-3d3b814274f8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f5597924-50c0-4bfc-bd63-3d3b814274f8 (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 Davis’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

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

508 classified statements: 508 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 | Davis | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 8.9% | 2.9% | 74 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 7.9% | 9.3% | 341 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 16.9% | 31.9% | 618 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.4% | 1.8% | 513 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 3.1% | 12.7% | 625 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 3.4% | 1.4% | 112 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Government Operations and Politics 34% (State House Republicans 18%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 23% (State House Republicans 6.2%); Health 15% (State House Republicans 10%); Economics and Public Finance 10% (State House Republicans 12%); Education 8.1% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.54 (standard error 0.03), from 41 donors and 469 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

296 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 98.6% (97.5%). 32 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 nay · 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 28 bills: 28 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 138. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 114 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5090: Disorderly house crime expanded. (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5090/
- HF 5084: Preborn child given recognized right to life, and constitutional amendment proposed. (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5084/
- HF 4258: Site visits for all enrolled medical assistance providers required, and medical assistance provider enrollment fees for provider types not previously subject… (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4258/
- HF 4095: Crime of disruption of worship services established. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4095/
- HF 4094: Crosby authorized to impose a local sales tax. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4094/
- HR 7: A House resolution providing for the impeachment of Keith Ellison, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota, for corrupt conduct in office and for crimes… (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HR7/
- HF 3724: Political subdivisions prohibited from establishing or enforcing ranked-choice voting. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3724/
- HF 3565: Sullivan Lake Dam replacement funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3565/
- HF 3591: Information requirements for public information lists modified. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3591/
- HF 3607: Retail establishments required to accept cash as payment. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF3607/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,000 (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.

- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBenDavis/status/2113240410931728624
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBenDavis/status/2113254898586255662
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBenDavis/status/2109834978544554017
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBenDavis/status/2109848165323096273
- 2026-10-06 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/RepBenDavis/status/2107279992073699750
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBenDavis/status/2106556034932236396
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBenDavis/status/2106777494628040852
- 2026-10-04 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBenDavis/status/2106869616341389437
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/RepBenDavis/status/2106051502779281748
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/RepBenDavis/status/2106053865846030727

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15594
- Campaign site: https://bendavismn.com/
- X: https://x.com/RepBenDavis
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bendavis6a
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BenDavisMN

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f5597924-50c0-4bfc-bd63-3d3b814274f8