Elections for all 134 seats in the Minnesota House of Representatives took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Democrats held a 69-63-1 majority heading into the election.

Committee chair fundraising

State legislative committee chairs set a committee’s legislative agenda. Some committee chairs raise significantly more money than their non-chair counterparts in the state legislature. The average amount raised by delegates who did not serve as a committee chair was $47,485. The funds raised by each of the House’s 24 committee chairs are shown below.

Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee – Mike Sundin – $4,600
Climate and Energy Finance and Policy Committee – Jamie Long – $87,776
Commerce Finance and Policy Committee – Zack Stephenson – $116,239
Driver and Vehicle Systems Oversight Committee – Frank Hornstein – $7,856
Early Childhood Finance and Policy Committee – Dave Pinto – $94,964
Education Finance Committee – Jim Davnie – $4,675
Education Policy Committee – Ruth Richardson – $38,520
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee – Rick Hansen – $73,522
Ethics Committee – Jim Davnie – $4,675
Health Finance and Policy Committee – Tina Liebling – $52,516
House Capital Investment Committee – Fue Lee – $19,447
House Higher Education Finance and Policy Committee – Connie Bernardy – $27,070
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee – Alice Hausman – $1,528
House Redistricting Committee – Mary Murphy – $51,180
House Taxes Committee – Paul Marquart – $6,875
House Transportation Finance and Policy Committee – Frank Hornstein – $7,856
Human Services Finance and Policy Committee – Jennifer Schultz – $9,470
Industrial Education and Economic Development Finance and Policy Committee – Gene Pelowski Jr. – $29,782
Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee – Jamie Becker-Finn – $51,599
Labor, Industry, Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee – Rob Ecklund – $97,733
Legacy Finance Committee – Leon Lillie – $30,602
Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reform Finance and Policy Committee – Carlos Mariani – $2,100
Rules and Legislative Administration Committee – Ryan Winkler – $25,754
State Government Finance and Elections Committee – Michael Nelson – $23,266
Ways and Means Committee – Rena Moran – $13,297
Workforce and Business Development Finance and Policy Committee – Mohamud Noor – $35,520

The data above are based on campaign finance reports that active Minnesota PACs submitted to the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board. Political expenditures that are not controlled by candidates or their campaigns, known as satellite spending, are not included in candidate totals. Federal PACs are not required to report to state agencies. Transparency USA publishes campaign finance data following major reporting deadlines.

This article is a joint publication from Ballotpedia and Transparency USA, who are working together to provide campaign finance information for state-level elections. Learn more about our work here.