# Paul Utke

Paul Utke is a Republican member of the Minnesota Senate for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Minnesota Senate, district 5
- Serving since: 2023-01-03
- Current term: MN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fde08265-b73e-4a4b-ba87-d90d71319640

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fde08265-b73e-4a4b-ba87-d90d71319640 (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 Utke’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Minnesota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.28 (standard error 0.03), from 60 donors and 123 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 38% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MN 2025–26 session)

153 roll calls. Attendance 100% (Minnesota Senate 100%). Party unity 93.5% (93.0%). 18 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 82 bills: 82 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 156. 1.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Minnesota Senate 3.1%; rank 36 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SF 5230: Single dental administrator for the medical assistance program implementation delay (in committee, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5230/
- SF 5103: Contractual provisions prohibition between hospitals and health plan companies (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF5103/
- SF 4790: Life-sustaining treatment provision for unemancipated minor patients (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4790/
- SF 4783: Suspension of medical assistance payments during investigation of kickback fraud authorization provision (in committee, 2026-04-13) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4783/
- SF 4791: Hospital construction moratorium repeal (in committee, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4791/
- SF 4551: Providers, vendors, and individuals seeking to receive public money for providing services submission of proof of operation and finances for the most recent… (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4551/
- SF 4550: Legislative working group on intellectual and developmental disabilities creation (in committee, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4550/
- SF 4495: Individuals participating in certain public assistance programs prohibition from using money transmission to send money to a foreign country (in committee, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4495/
- SF 4210: City of Frazee North River Drive improvements appropriation and bond issuance authorization (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4210/
- SF 4260: Disability waiver rate system inflationary adjustments modifications and conforming changes provisions (in committee, 2026-03-09) https://openstates.org/mn/bills/2025-2026/SF4260/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $19.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 0% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.senate.mn/members/member_bio.html?mem_id=1218
- Campaign site: https://www.paulutke.com/
- X: https://x.com/SenUtke
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paul.utke
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-utke-15730a47

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fde08265-b73e-4a4b-ba87-d90d71319640