# Rich Draheim

Rich Draheim is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 22.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 22
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f9fb7c65-e0ab-484c-8517-b20267cc3f07

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f9fb7c65-e0ab-484c-8517-b20267cc3f07 (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

Draheim reported $3,750 in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.17 (standard error 0.03), from 44 donors and 122 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 23% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

152 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 90.1% (93.0%). 11 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 91 bills: 91 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 133. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 55 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5292: Disbursement modification of workforce development funds (in committee, 2026-05-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5292/
- SF 5259: Board of Trustees of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities requirement to designate a flagship institution (in committee, 2026-05-05) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5259/
- SF 5255: City of Granada clean water and wastewater infrastructure improvements appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5255/
- SF 5161: PROMISE grant program prior appropriation termination (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5161/
- SF 5127: City of Belle Plaine public safety facility improvements appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5127/
- SF 5054: Water aeration permits for shallow lakes issuance requirements modifications (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5054/
- SF 4884: Certain cities requirement to modernize certain building project documentation procedures (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4884/
- SF 4779: Noncompliant driver's licenses displaying of immigration status requirement provision (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4779/
- SF 4271: Notice of sign removal requirement (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4271/
- SF 4058: Minnesota Paid Leave Law exemption for certain individuals working in transportation occupations (in committee, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4058/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,750 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1225
- Campaign site: https://draheimforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenatorDraheim
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rich.draheim
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richdraheim
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-draheim-631a15a

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f9fb7c65-e0ab-484c-8517-b20267cc3f07