# Pete Johnson

Pete Johnson is a Democratic member of the Minnesota House for district 8A.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Minnesota House, district 8A
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fb643600-2577-4561-a902-6f158a5c40e4

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb643600-2577-4561-a902-6f158a5c40e4 (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 Johnson’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State House Democrats.

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

2 classified statements: 2 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Johnson | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 765 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 10.4% | 717 of 765 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 39.2% | 757 of 765 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 765 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 14.4% | 729 of 765 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 544 of 765 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.55 (standard error 0.06), from 25 donors and 195 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 61% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

300 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota House 100%). Party unity 99.3% (97.5%). 1 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-05-17 · voted nay · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 48 bills: 48 reached committee, 2 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 192. 4.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota House 4.4%; rank 53 of 131).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HF 4944: Investigative specialist grant program established, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4944/
- HF 4724: Shorter vesting schedules phased in for defined contribution and defined benefit firefighters relief associations. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4724/
- HF 4723: Retirement; public employees defined contribution plan provisions modified to include emergency medical providers, firefighters relief association retirement… (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4723/
- HF 4631: Employee and employer contributions to general employees retirement plan modified. (in committee, 2026-04-07) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4631/
- HF 4658: Teachers Retirement Association; early retirement reduction factors for annuity commencement before normal retirement age modified. (in committee, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4658/
- HF 4448: 2027 International Ice Hockey Federation U18 Men's World Championship funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4448/
- HF 4446: Survivor benefits eligibility expanded to include when a public safety officer dies in the line of duty from an exposure-related cancer. (in committee, 2026-04-16) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4446/
- HF 4249: Historic Denfeld pipe organ funding provided, and money appropriated. (in committee, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4249/
- HF 4126: Requirements for mandatory reports of child maltreatment modified, and criminal penalties for failure to report child maltreatment modified. (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4126/
- HF 4066: Functions performed by protective agent license holders and their employees classified, minimum preservice established, and training requirements for… (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/HF4066/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $13.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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.

- 2025-04-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/PeteJ_MN8A/status/1910116562847015394
- 2025-01-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/PeteJ_MN8A/status/1877393810533003376

## Links

- Official site: https://www.house.mn.gov/members/profile/15636
- Campaign site: https://votepete8a.com/
- X: https://x.com/PeteJ_MN8A
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeteJohnsonMN8A/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pete_johnson_mn_8a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb643600-2577-4561-a902-6f158a5c40e4