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Tom Emmer

Tom Emmer

Republican · MN U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

12 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2015

  • role Majority whip in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2023
  • role Represented Minnesota's 6th congressional district since 2015
  • role Served three terms in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011
  • role Chaired the National Republican Congressional Committee from 2019 to 2023
  • role Lost the 2010 Minnesota gubernatorial election to Mark Dayton by less than half a percentage point
  • background Attorney and lobbyist by background

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 100.0%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 17 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 10
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 36 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 10 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 100%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 8 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 0%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 2
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Tom Emmer. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

100.0%
of House roll calls voted

Full voting record (17 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 17 of 676 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2018 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House MN-06 · 2026 General Election

  • $2,216,247 raised
  • $2,171,626 spent
  • $182,186 cash on hand
$2.22M
$2.02M
$820.56K
Itemized (≥ $200)$670.91K
Unitemized (< $200)$149.66K
Other committees (PACs)$1.20M
Transfers from other committees$193.13K
Offsets to expenditures$5.71K
Other receipts$1.33K
$2.17M
Operating expenditures$1.61M
Contribution refunds$6.71K
Transfers to other committees$307.35
Other disbursements$553.20K
Cash on hand$182.19K
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through December 31, 2018 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Dec 31, 2018)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Tom Emmer campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2014$2,049,150$2,030,950$18,200
2016$1,887,294$1,767,928$137,565
2018$2,216,247$2,171,626$182,186
2020$2,845,770$2,579,117$448,839
2022$4,431,685$4,234,898$645,627
2024$8,158,685$7,115,861$1,688,452
2026$9,786,064$6,978,508$4,496,007

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $0 supporting · $547 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $118,034 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group

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Sponsored / cosponsored bills (46)

Data from Congress.gov

46
Page 1 of 2 · 46 bills
  • HR 10637Voter Vouching Transparency ActcosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • HR 10493Reclaim Local Control ActsponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • HR 10184Consumer Financial Protection Accountability and Reform Act of 2026cosponsoredAug 30, 2026
  • HR 10021To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to Earl L. Nolte for acts of valor as a member of the Army during World War II.cosponsoredAug 2, 2026
  • HR 9588FRAUD ActcosponsoredJul 1, 2026
  • HR 9025To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 1st Avenue Southeast in Austin, Minnesota, as the "John Madden Memorial Post Office".cosponsoredMay 25, 2026
  • HR 7320Minnesota Voter Integrity Act of 2026cosponsoredFeb 1, 2026
  • HR 7300Make Elections Great Again ActcosponsoredJan 29, 2026
  • HR 7296SAVE America ActcosponsoredJan 29, 2026
  • HR 7156SCAM ActsponsoredJan 19, 2026
  • HR 7030Securing Facilities for Mental Health Services ActsponsoredJan 12, 2026
  • HR 6955Main Street Capital Access ActcosponsoredJan 6, 2026
  • HR 5437Protection of Lawful Commerce in Stone Slab Products ActcosponsoredSep 16, 2025
  • HRES 719Honoring the life and legacy of Charles Charlie James Kirk.cosponsoredSep 15, 2025
  • HRES 669Honoring the victims and survivors of the mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and School in Minneapolis, Minnesota.cosponsoredSep 1, 2025
  • HR 4398Veteran Burial Timeliness and Death Certificate Accountability ActsponsoredJul 14, 2025
  • HR 4382America’s Olympic and Paralympic Games Commemorative Coins ActcosponsoredJul 13, 2025
  • HRES 519Condemning the attacks on Minnesota lawmakers in Brooklyn Park and Champlin, Minnesota, and calling for unity and the rejection of political violence in Minnesota and across the United States.cosponsoredJun 16, 2025
  • HR 3633Digital Asset Market Clarity ActcosponsoredMay 28, 2025
  • HR 3533Blockchain Regulatory Certainty ActsponsoredMay 20, 2025
  • HR 3484Business Owners Protection Act of 2025cosponsoredMay 18, 2025
  • HR 3234Keeping Deposits Local ActsponsoredMay 6, 2025
  • HR 2725Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025cosponsoredApr 7, 2025
  • HR 2392STABLE Act of 2025cosponsoredMar 25, 2025
  • HR 2365Securities Clarity Act of 2025sponsoredMar 25, 2025
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Committee assignments (2)

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

Frequent co-sponsors

Data from Congress.gov

The members Emmer most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Emmer, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

Stock trades (STOCK Act)

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Emmer connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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Comments

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Committee activity

Committee votes cast