# Ben Bakeberg

Ben Bakeberg is a Republican member of the Minnesota House for district 54B.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 54B
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f8d52f8b-1b8c-454d-87be-42edd3100511

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f8d52f8b-1b8c-454d-87be-42edd3100511 (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 Bakeberg’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.22 (standard error 0.02), from 126 donors and 479 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 95.8% (97.5%). 14 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 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 45 bills: 45 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 149. 2.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 85 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 5016: Prior Lake; marked Trunk Highway 13 trail improvements funding provided, bonds issued, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF5016/
- HF 4748: School security systems rulemaking required in State Fire Code. (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4748/
- HF 4569: Definition of "seasonal employee" under the Minnesota Paid Leave Law modified. (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4569/
- HF 4419: Abusive head trauma training requirements for child care centers modified. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4419/
- HF 4420: Correction order requirements modified. (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4420/
- HF 4418: Grant program to fund safety improvements at schools established, report required, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4418/
- HF 4384: Abusive head trauma training requirements for child care providers modified. (passed one chamber, 2026-05-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4384/
- HF 4115: Requirements for educating parents and caregivers about dangers of shaking infants and young children modified, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4115/
- HF 4116: Length of time to elapse before a new education mandate takes effect required. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4116/
- HF 4114: Contingent reduction in special education aid appropriations repealed. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4114/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $59.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15569
- Campaign site: https://www.benbakebergmn.com/about
- X: https://x.com/BenBakeburgMN
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RepBenBakeberg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benbakeburgmn
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-bakeberg-53883610b

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f8d52f8b-1b8c-454d-87be-42edd3100511