Elections for all 67 seats in the Minnesota State Senate took place on Nov. 8, 2022. Republicans held a 34-31-1 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 $64,398. The funds raised by each of the State Senate’s 26 committee chairs are shown below.

Aging and Long-Term Care Policy Committee – Karin Housley – $105,721
Agriculture and Rural Development Finance and Policy Committee – Torrey Westrom – $102,710
Civil Law and Data Practices Policy Committee – Andrew Mathews – $54,737
Driver and Vehicle Systems Oversight Committee – Scott Newman – $13,904
Education Finance and Policy Committee – Roger Chamberlain – $96,925
Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy Committee – David Senjem – $26,025
Environment and Natural Resources Finance Committee – Bill Ingebrigtsen – $20,950
Environment and Natural Resources Policy and Legacy Finance Committee – Carrie Ruud – $13,290
Finance Committee – Julie Rosen – $16,402
Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee – Michelle Benson – $306,029
Human Services Licensing Policy Committee – Paul Utke – $63,030
Human Services Reform Finance and Policy Committee – Jim Abeler – $109,930
Jobs and Economic Growth Finance and Policy Committee – Eric Pratt – $89,954
Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy Committee – Warren Limmer – $72,071
Labor and Industry Policy Committee – Jason Rarick – $52,042
Local Government Policy Committee – John Jasinski – $65,925
Mining and Forestry Policy Committee – Justin Eichorn – $70,586
MNsure Legislative Oversight Committee – Michelle Benson – $306,029
Rules and Administration Committee – Paul Gazelka – $693,381
Senate Capital Investment Committee – Thomas Bakk – $78,468
Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy Committee – Gary Dahms – $115,276
Senate Housing Finance and Policy Committee – Rich Draheim – $22,518
Senate Redistricting Committee – Mark Johnson – $77,292
Senate Taxes Committee – Carla Nelson – $97,053
Senate Transportation Finance and Policy Committee – Scott Newman – $13,904
State Government Finance and Policy and Elections Committee – Mary Kiffmeyer – $22,135
Technology and Reform Policy Committee – Mark Koran – $37,404
Veterans and Military Affairs Finance and Policy Committee – Andrew Lang – $43,641

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.