Brad Finstad

U.S. Representative · MN-1 · Republican

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

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

1.60· expected 1.41

Meets expectations

Rank 83 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

How far Finstad’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

34 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 2 significant (got a roll call vote), 31 substantive, 1 commemorative. Compare the House

How Finstad’s ratings compare with every representative

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Finstad.

99/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 6 missed of 674

Voted on 668 of 674 roll calls; missed 6. Higher than 75% of House members.

15%100%

100/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 12 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 467 votes that split the parties. Higher than 88% of House members.

45%100%

11/ 100

Chamber median 12 · −1

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 52% of House members.

0%70%

+0.56

Republican middle 80%: 0.32 to 0.71

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

LiberalConservative

6 bills and joint resolutions sponsored in the 119th Congress, furthest along first. These are the bills counted in Finstad’s effectiveness score.

H.R. 8881 SBA Artificial Intelligence Utilization Act of 2026Directs the Small Business Administration to utilize artificial intelligence. AI-readCommerce · Passed a chamber Jun 24, 2026Substantive358 words Passed a chamber
H.R. 2931 Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025Requires SBA to relocate offices from sanctuary jurisdictions and prohibits establishing new offices there. AI-readCommerce · Passed a chamber Jun 9, 2025Substantive621 words Passed a chamber
H.R. 10353 SBIC Reporting Modernization Act of 2026Updates reporting requirements for Small Business Investment Company programs. AI-readCommerce · Out of committee Oct 9, 2026Substantive198 words Out of committee
H.R. 9576 National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Provides statutory authority for the Department of Justice's National Fraud Enforcement Division. AI-readCrime and Law Enforcement · Out of committee Sep 22, 2026Substantive191 words Out of committee
H.R. 1163 Prove It ActRequires federal agencies to demonstrate effectiveness of regulations through evidence-based evaluation. AI-readGovernment Operations and Politics · Out of committee May 4, 2026Substantive3.9k words Out of committee
H.R. 6978 Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits ActEstablishes requirements to verify integrity of immigration benefit applications and applicants. AI-readImmigration · Out of committee Jan 27, 2026Substantive186 words Out of committee

Stage comes from each bill’s latest action on congress.gov; the full history is on each bill page.