Minnesota Guide
Upcoming Election
Your Elected Officials
Governor
A
Tim Walz (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
Lieutenant Governor
A
Peggy Flanagan (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE DECRIMINALIZE MEDICAL USE
Attorney General
U.S. Senate
A
Tina Smith (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE DECRIMINALIZE MEDICAL USE

Senator Tina Smith supports federal legalization and regulation of adult-use marijuana. She supports a model of marijuana oversight similar to the current oversight on tobacco and alcohol. Smith understands the systematic racist roots of cannabis policy and advocates to combat this through thoughtful policies.

U.S. Senate
B
Amy Klobuchar (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE DECRIMINALIZE

In the 10th Democratic Debate, Senator Klobuchar said, “It is realistic to want to legalize marijuana. I want to do that too. I also think you need to look back at people’s records. You maybe can’t do that on day one, as he said. I think you want a process that you go through because there are too many people that have things on their records that stopped them from getting jobs.”

The senator went on to say that legalization should be coupled with investments in substance misuse treatment.

However, as a Senator, she has not cosponsored any of the bills pending to end federal prohibition. 

U.S. House District 2
A+
Angie Craig (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
U.S. House District 3
A+
Dean Phillips (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
U.S. House District 4
A+
Betty McCollum (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
U.S. House District 5
A+
Ilhan Omar (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
U.S. House District 6
C-
Tom Emmer (R)
U.S. House District 7
F
Michelle Fischbach (R) NO MEDICAL USE
U.S. House District 8
State Senate District 1
D+
State Senate District 2
F
Steve Green (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State Senate District 11
D-
Jason Rarick (R)

Senator Rarick declared in an interview that he "can't get behind" legalizing recreational marijuana, although he thinks "we should be backing off a little bit" on marijuana enforcement.

State Senate District 13
C-
Jeff Howe (R)
State Senate District 14
A-
Aric Putnam (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State Senate District 17
F
Glenn Gruenhagen (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State Senate District 20
C
Steve Drazkowski (R) DECRIMINALIZE
State Senate District 21
B
Bill Weber (R) MEDICAL USE
State Senate District 33
C
Karin Housley (R)
Special Election
State Senate District 37
State Senate District 39
A
Mary Kunesh (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State Senate District 40
A-
John Marty (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State Senate District 49
State Senate District 59
B+
Bobby Joe Champion (D) MEDICAL USE
State Senate District 64
A
Erin Murphy (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State House District 1B
F
Deb Kiel (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State House District 8A
A
Liz Olson (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State House District 10A
F
Ron Kresha (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State House District 12A
F
Paul Anderson (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State House District 12B
F
Mary Franson (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State House District 13B
F
Tim O'Driscoll (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State House District 15A
F
Chris Swedzinski (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State House District 15B
F
Paul Torkelson (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State House District 16A
F
Dean Urdahl (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State House District 18A
A-
Jeff Brand (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State House District 19B
F
John Petersburg (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State House District 21A
C
Joe Schomacker (R) DECRIMINALIZE
State House District 24A
F
Duane Quam (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State House District 24B
A+
Tina Liebling (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State House District 26A
C
Gene Pelowski (D) DECRIMINALIZE
State House District 26B
F
Greg Davids (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State House District 28A
F
Brian Johnson (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State House District 29A
F
Joe McDonald (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State House District 29B
F
Marion O'Neill (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State House District 31B
F
Peggy Scott (R) NO MEDICAL USE
State House District 34B
C
Melissa Hortman (D) DECRIMINALIZE
State House District 38A
C
Michael Nelson (D) DECRIMINALIZE
State House District 38B
A
Samantha Vang (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State House District 39A
A
Erin Koegel (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State House District 40B
A-
Jamie Becker-Finn (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State House District 43B
A+
Mike Freiberg (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State House District 44A
C
Peter Fischer (D) DECRIMINALIZE
State House District 44B
C
Leon Lillie (D) DECRIMINALIZE
State House District 49A
C
State House District 51A
A-
Michael Howard (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State House District 53B
C
Rick Hansen (D) DECRIMINALIZE
State House District 54A
A-
Brad Tabke (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State House District 56B
A
John Huot (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State House District 58B
C+
Patrick Garofalo (R) DECRIMINALIZE
State House District 59A
A+
Fue Lee (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State House District 61A
A
Frank Hornstein (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State House District 62A
A
Aisha Gomez (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State House District 62B
A
State House District 64A
A-
Kaohly Her (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE
State House District 67B
A
Jay Xiong (D) LEGALIZE, TAX, AND REGULATE