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U.S. Representative for Minnesota’s 1st District

Brad Finstad

Republican 3rd term Up 2026

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 4, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$2.8M raised · top PACs: Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative, American Bankers Association, American Crystal Sugar Compay
100LoyaltyMed 98
99AttendMed 98
11BipartMed 12
2BreaksMed 8
In office
House 2022–now
4 years in CongressMore senior than 34% of the House
Committees
  • Small Business 7th majority
  • Armed Services 16th majority
  • Agriculture 17th majority
Age
50

2026 election

Running for re-election
General election Nov 3, 2026

Also running

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 4, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date743623306742
118th Congress2023–24not tracked—3113621,2356

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does he focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 20% 8%
Armed Forces and National Security 9% 14%
Agriculture and Food 8% 31%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Crime and Law Enforcement and Labor and Employment; bills go to Agriculture and Food and Armed Forces and National Security.

  • He talks most about: Fraud Enforcement (Crime and Law Enforcement), Workforce Development (Labor and Employment), Agriculture and Food, Constituent Services (Government Operations and Politics), Government Spending (Government Operations and Politics).
  • 36 bills sponsored, most on Agriculture and Food.
2

Does he have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
ChairNutrition and Foreign Agriculture SubcommitteeAgriculture
MemberSmall Business Committee7th majority
MemberArmed Services Committee16th majority
MemberAgriculture Committee17th majority

Chair of the Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture Subcommittee, more senior than 34% of the House, in the majority.

  • 4 years in Congress: more senior than 34% of the House.
  • Majority: Republicans and the independents who caucus with them hold 219 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does he work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

His cosponsorships on Democratic bills

9% · peer median 9%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Finstad.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

9% of his cosponsorships go to Democratic bills (peer median 9%); closest in his party: Johnson and Fischbach.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on his own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can he get things done?

MethodBills tab →

His billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 34 · expected 27
Action in committee 18 · expected 7
Beyond committee 6 · expected 4
Passed House 2 · expected 2
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 83 of 433 in the House

1.60expected 1.22 · average member 1.00

2 of 34 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 1.60 against a peer median of 1.22.

  • On the move: H.R. 10353 (out of committee), H.R. 9576 (out of committee), H.R. 8881 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does he stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE +0.56

With his party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with his party on 9 of the 9 he voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Republicans yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Republicans on 100% of party-line votes, breaks 2 times (peer median 7).

  • Position: +0.56, inside the Republican middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Economics and Public Finance 1 of 48.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs him?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Finstad$2.8M raised8%29%49%14%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

37% of what he raised came from individuals; 8% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$2.8M raised, 49% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 17.1 points.

88 PACs of the 158 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills he faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to him: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Trade.

  1. Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative34% D
  2. American Bankers Association38% D
  3. American Crystal Sugar Compay56% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

175 bills

Finstad voted Yea on 62, Nay on 3, did not vote on 1, and sponsored or cosponsored 109 with no recorded vote.

7

Do his words match his actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.