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2022 General Election Legislative Grades & Endorsements

Last Updated:  August 10th, 2022

The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus issues grades for candidates in the following races:

  • Minnesota’s Constitutional Officers
    • Governor & Lt. Governor
    • Attorney General
  • Minnesota’s Legislative Seats
    • State Senator
    • State Representative

Our connected political fund, the Minnesota Gun Owners Political Action Committee, issues endorsements in these races.

Our grades are based on a number of factors, including a candidate survey that was sent to each candidate, their public record of votes and statements, and grades from like-minded gun rights organizations. All grading recommendations are reviewed and approved by our board.

You can view our Legislative Scorecard for incumbent legislators to see their votes on any legislation, amendments, or procedural motions that we scored in the current legislative session.

Our candidate survey covers a number of gun rights topics, including constitutional carry, self-defense law reform (stand your ground), licensing and registration, universal background checks, the right to keep and bear arms, and related topics.

In order to receive a grade of A- or higher, a candidate must support all of our legislative priorities, including Stand your Ground and Constitutional Carry, and must oppose all gun control legislation. Our PAC only endorses candidates who receive the grade of A- or higher, support our core legislative priorities of Constitutional Carry and Stand your Ground, and asks for our endorsement in the survey process.

Candidates who have a track record in office, such as a voting record and/or authorship of bills, will also have their record taken into account for grading and endorsement purposes.

Federal Races

The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus & PAC does not grade or issue endorsements in federal races.

State Senate

Race Name Party Grade Endorsement Received Survey Voting Record Notes
SD 1 Mark Johnson R A+ ENDORSED YES 100% Running unopposed
SD 2 Steve Green R A ENDORSED YES 100%
SD 2 Edward Strickland R ? NO
SD 2 Leonard Alan Roy DFL ? NO
SD 3 Grant Hauschild DFL ? NO
SD 3 Andrea Zupancich R A (P) ENDORSED YES
SD 4 Dan Bohmer R A (P) ENDORSED YES
SD 4 Rob Kupec DFL ? NO
SD 5 A. John Peters DFL ? NO
SD 5 Paul J. Utke R A+ ENDORSED YES
SD 6 Justin Eichorn R A+ ENDORSED YES 100%
SD 6 Steve Samuelson DFL ? NO
SD 7 Ben DeNucci DFL A (P) YES
SD 7 Robert Farnsworth R A (P) YES
SD 8 Alex Moe R ? NO
SD 8 Jen McEwen DFL F NO
SD 9 Cornel Walker DFL ? NO
SD 9 Jordan Rasmusson R A ENDORSED YES 100%
SD 10 Nathan Wesenberg R A (P) YES Despite a strong survey response, we’ve chosen not to endorse a candidate in this race.

Endorsed candidates must demonstrate a willingness to work with our organization to advance our legislative goals like constitutional carry and stand your ground.

Mr. Wesenberg has made numerous statements about our organization that are factually untrue and deliberately hostile towards our members and supporters.

We have provided a link to Mr. Wesenberg’s survey for voters to use as they evaluate this race.

View Nathan Wesenberg’s Survey.

SD 10 Suzanne M. Cekalla DFL ? NO
SD 10 Brent Krist DFL ? NO
SD 11 Michelle Boyechko DFL ? NO
SD 11 Jason Rarick R A ENDORSED YES
SD 12 Torrey Westrom R A ENDORSED YES
SD 12 Ashley Klingbell WTP ? NO “We the People” Party.
SD 12 Kari Dorry DFL F NO
SD 13 Alissa Brickman DFL ? NO
SD 13 Jeff Howe R A+ ENDORSED YES
SD 14 Tama Theis R A ENDORSED YES 100%
SD 14 Aric Putnam DFL F NO
SD 15 Anita Gaul DFL ? NO
SD 15 Gary Dahms R A ENDORSED YES
SD 16 Andrew Lang R A+ ENDORSED YES 100% Sponsored multiple pro-gun bills but did not receive survey
SD 16 Fernando Alvarado DFL ? NO
SD 17 Chad Tschimperle DFL ? NO
SD 17 Glenn Gruenhagen R A+ ENDORSED YES 100% Sponsored multiple pro-gun bills but did not receive survey
SD 18 Mark Wright R A (P) ENDORSED YES
SD 18 Nick Frentz DFL F NO
SD 19 Kate E. Falvey DFL ? NO
SD 19 John R. Jasinski R ? NO
SD 20 Bradley Robert Drenckhahn DFL ? NO
SD 20 Steve Drazkowski R A+ ENDORSED YES 100%
SD 21 Bill Weber R A ENDORSED YES 100%
SD 22 Rich Draheim R ? NO
SD 23 Gene Dornink R A+ ENDORSED YES
SD 23 Brandon Lawhead DFL ? NO
SD 24 Aleta Borrud DFL F NO
SD 24 Carla Nelson R C NO Senator Nelson helped kill statewide rifle use and has obstructed several Pro-2A bills in the Senate
SD 25 Ken Navitsky R A {P) ENDORSED YES
SD 25 Bill Rood GLC F YES
SD 25 Liz Boldon DFL F NO
SD 26 Eric M. Leitzen LMN ? NO
SD 26 Daniel Wilson DFL ? NO
SD 26 Jeremy Miller R A ENDORSED YES
SD 27 Andrew Mathews R A ENDORSED YES
SD 27 Emy Minzel DFL F YES Supports 30 day waiting period, red flag gun confiscation, supports UBCs, opposed to constitutional carry
SD 28 Victoria Ann Bird DFL ? NO
SD 28 Mark Koran R A+ ENDORSED YES 100%
SD 29 Bruce Anderson R A ENDORSED YES 100%
SD 29 Chris Brazelton DFL ? NO
SD 30 Diane Nguyen DFL ? NO
SD 30 Eric Lucero R A+ ENDORSED YES 100%
SD 31 Cal K. Bahr R A+ ENDORSED YES 100%
SD 31 Jason Ruffalo DFL ? NO
SD 32 Kate Luthner DFL ? NO
SD 32 Michael Kreun R A (P) ENDORSED YES
SD 33 Karin Housley R ? NO
SD 33 Nancy McLean DFL ? NO
SD 34 Karen Attia R A (P) ENDORSED YES
SD 34 John Hoffman DFL ? NO
SD 35 Kari Rehrauer DFL ? NO
SD 35 Jim Abeler R ? NO
SD 36 Roger Chamberlain R A ENDORSED YES
SD 36 Heather Gustafson DFL F NO
SD 37 Warren Limmer R ? NO 100%
SD 37 Farhio Khalif DFL ? NO
SD 38 Brad Kohler R ? NO
SD 38 Susan Pha DFL ? NO
SD 38 Mary O’Connor LMN ? NO
SD 39 Mary K Kunesh DFL F NO 0%
SD 39 Pam Wolf R ? NO
SD 40 Rachel Japuntich R C NO Did not return survey but told Chair she supported several gun control measures
SD 40 John Marty DFL F NO
SD 41 Judy Seeberger DFL ? NO
SD 41 Tom Dippel R A (P) ENDORSED YES
SD 42 Bonnie Westlin DFL F NO
SD 42 Paul Hillen R ? NO
SD 43 Ann H. Rest DFL F NO
SD 43 Andrew Thomas Schuler LMN ? NO
SD 44 Tou Xiong DFL F NO 0%
SD 44 Paul Babin R A (P) ENDORSED YES
SD 45 Kathleen Fowke R ? NO
SD 45 Kelly Morrison DFL F NO 0%
SD 46 Ron Latz DFL F NO 0%
SD 47 Nicole Mitchell DFL F NO
SD 47 Dwight Dorau R ? NO
SD 48 Julia Coleman R ? NO
SD 48 Dan Kessler DFL F NO
SD 49 Steve Cwodzinski DFL F NO
SD 49 Marla Helseth R ? NO
SD 50 Doug Fulton R ? NO
SD 50 Alice Mann DFL F NO 0%
SD 51 Melissa Halvorson Wiklund DFL F NO
SD 51 Frank Pafko R A (P) ENDORSED YES
SD 52 Stephen Lowell R A (P) ENDORSED YES
SD 52 Jim Carlson DFL F NO
SD 53 Matt Klein DFL F NO
SD 53 Chris Rausch R A (P) ENDORSED YES
SD 54 Eric Pratt R B YES Does not support Constitutional Carry
SD 54 Alicia Donahue DFL ? NO
SD 55 Lindsey Port DFL F NO
SD 55 Pam Myhra R A ENDORSED YES
SD 56 Jim Bean R A (P) ENDORSED YES
SD 56 Erin Maye Quade DFL F NO
SD 57 Jackie Craig DFL F NO
SD 57 Zach Duckworth R ? NO
SD 58 Bill Lieske R A (P) ENDORSED YES
SD 58 Clarice Grabau DFL F NO
SD 59 Bobby Joe Champion DFL F NO
SD 60 Kari Dziedzic DFL F NO
SD 61 Scott Dibble DFL F NO
SD 62 Omar Fateh DFL F NO
SD 62 Andrew Schmitz R B (P) YES Does not fully support Constitutional Carry
SD 63 Shawn Holster R A (P) ENDORSED YES
SD 63 Todd C. Scott DFL ? NO
SD 63 Zaynab Mohamed DFL F NO
SD 64 Erin Murphy DFL F NO
SD 64 Robert Bushard R B (P) YES Supports raising the age to purchase a firearm to 21
SD 65 Paul Holmgren R A (P) ENDORSED YES
SD 65 Sandy Pappas DFL F NO
SD 66 Jeremy J. Peichel LIB ? NO
SD 66 Clare Oumou Verbeten DFL F NO
SD 66 Mikki M Murray R ? NO

State House

Race Name Party Grade Endorsement Received Survey Voting Record Notes
HD 1A James Sceville DFL ? NO
HD 1A John Burkel R A+ ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 1B Debra (Deb) Kiel R B YES 100% May support waiting periods (1-2 days)
HD 1B Cynthia (Cindy) Ansbacher DFL ? NO
HD 2A Reed Olson DFL ? NO
HD 2A Matthew J. Grossell R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 2B Matt Bliss R A ENDORSED YES
HD 2B Erika Bailey-Johnson DFL ? NO
HD 3A Rob Ecklund DFL ? NO 76%
HD 3A Roger J. Skraba R A (P) YES
HD 3B Natalie Zeleznikar R ? NO
HD 3B Mary Murphy DFL F NO 0%
HD 4A Heather Keeler DFL F NO Supports banning “assault rifles”, red flag laws, and universal gun registration.
HD 4A Lynn Halmrast R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 4B Jim Joy R A (P) YES
HD 4B John Hest DFL A (P) YES
HD 5A Brian M. Hobson DFL ? NO
HD 5A Krista Knudsen R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 5B Mike Wiener R ? NO
HD 6A Ben Davis R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 6A Richard (Rick) Blake DFL ? NO
HD 6B Sally Boos DFL ? NO
HD 6B Josh Heintzeman R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 7A Spencer Igo R A ENDORSED YES
HD 7A Julie Sandstede DFL ? NO 43%
HD 7B David Lislegard DFL ? NO 76%
HD 7B Matt Norri R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 8A Art Johnston R ? NO
HD 8A Liz Olson DFL F NO 0%
HD 8B Becky Hall R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 8B Alicia Kozlowski DFL F NO
HD 9A Jeff Backer R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 9A Nancy Jost DFL ? NO
HD 9B Tom Murphy R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 9B Jason Satter DFL ? NO
HD 10A Ron Kresha R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 10A Nancy Fetzek DFL ? NO
HD 10B Hunter Froelich DFL A (P) YES
HD 10B Isaac Schultz R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 11A Jeff Dotseth R A ENDORSED YES
HD 11A Pete Radosevich DFL ? NO
HD 11B Nathan Nelson R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 11B Eric Olson DFL ? NO
HD 12A Paul H. Anderson R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 12A Edie Barrett DFL ? NO
HD 12B Jeremy Vinar DFL F YES Supports a ban on “assault weapons”, magazine restrictions, red flags, UBCs, and banning home manufacture of firearms
HD 12B Mary Franson R A+ ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 13A Lisa Demuth R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 13A Andrea Robinson DFL ? NO
HD 13B Melissa Bromenschenkel DFL ? NO
HD 13B Tim O’Driscoll R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 14A Bernie Perryman R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 14A Tami Calhoun DFL ? NO
HD 14B Aaron Henning R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 14B Dan Wolgamott DFL F NO 0%
HD 15A Keith VanOverbeke DFL ? NO
HD 15A Chris Swedzinski R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 15B Paul Torkelson R A+ ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 15B Tom Kuster DFL ? NO
HD 16A Robert M Wright DFL ? NO
HD 16A Dean Urdahl R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 16B Dave Baker R ? NO 100%
HD 16B Margaret J Karsten DFL ? NO
HD 17A Jennifer Carpentier DFL F NO
HD 17A Dawn Gillman R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 17B Bobbie V. Harder R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 18A Susan Akland R B YES Supports raising age to own long guns to 21
HD 18A Jeff Brand DFL F NO 6%
HD 18B Dar Vosburg R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 18B Luke Frederick DFL ? NO
HD 19A Brian Daniels R A+ ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 19A Carolyn Treadway DFL ? NO
HD 19B Abdulahi Ali Osman DFL ? NO
HD 19B John Petersburg R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 20A Pam Altendorf R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 20A Laurel Stinson DFL ? NO
HD 20B Elise Diesslin DFL F NO
HD 20B Steven E. Jacob R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 21A Joe Schomacker R ? NO 100%
HD 21A Patrick T. Baustian DFL ? NO
HD 21B Michael Heidelberger DFL ? NO
HD 21B Marj Fogelman R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 22A Bjorn Olson R ? NO
HD 22A Marisa Ulmen DFL ? NO
HD 22B Marcia Stapleton DFL ? NO
HD 22B Brian H. Pfarr R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 23A Peggy Bennett R A ENDORSED YES 81%
HD 23A Mary Hinnenkamp DFL F NO
HD 23B Thomas A Stiehm DFL ? NO
HD 23B Patricia Mueller R A ENDORSED YES
HD 24A Duane Quam R A+ ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 24A Keith McLain DFL ? NO
HD 24B Tina Liebling DFL F NO 0%
HD 24B Katrina Pulham R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 25A Wendy Phillips R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 25A Kim Hicks DFL ? NO
HD 25B John Joseph Robinson R C (P) YES Supports waiting periods, unconvinced on Constitutional Carry
HD 25B Andrew Smith DFL ? NO
HD 26A Stephen James Doerr R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 26A Gene Pelowski Jr. DFL F NO 0%
HD 26B Gregory M. Davids R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 27A Shane Mekeland R A+ ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 27A Ronald Thiessen DFL ? NO
HD 27B Kurt Daudt R A+ ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 27B Brad Brown DFL ? NO
HD 28A Brian Johnson R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 28A Barbara J Kruschel DFL ? NO
HD 28A Erik Johnson DFL ? NO
HD 28B Katie Malchow DFL ? NO
HD 28B Anne Neu Brindley R ? NO 100%
HD 29A Joe McDonald R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 29A Sherri Leyda DFL ? NO
HD 29B Marion O’Neill R ? NO 100%
HD 30A Walter Hudson R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 30A Sonja Buckmeier DFL ? NO
HD 30B Chad Hobot DFL ? NO
HD 30B Paul Novotny R ? NO 100%
HD 31A Harry Niska R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 31A Betsy O’Berry DFL ? NO
HD 31B Bill Fisher DFL ? NO
HD 31B Peggy Scott R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 32A Nolan West R B YES 81%
HD 32A Ashton Ramsammy DFL ? NO
HD 32A Richard A Paul DFL ? NO
HD 32B Matt Norris DFL ? NO
HD 32B Donald W Raleigh R A+ ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 33A Patti Anderson R A ENDORSED YES
HD 33A Hanna Valento DFL F NO
HD 33B Mark Bishofsky R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 33B Joe Widmer DFL F NO
HD 33B Josiah Hill DFL ? NO
HD 34A Brian Raines DFL ? NO
HD 34A Danny Nadeau R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 34B Scott Simmons R ? NO
HD 34B Melissa Hortman DFL F NO 0%
HD 35A John Heinrich R ? NO 100%
HD 35A Zack Stephenson DFL F NO 0%
HD 35B Jerry Newton DFL F NO
HD 35B Polly Matteson R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 36A Kiz Taylor R ? NO
HD 36A Elliott Engen R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 36A Susie Strom DFL ? NO
HD 36B Heidi Gunderson R ? NO
HD 36B Brion Curran DFL F NO
HD 37A Kristin Robbins R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 37A Caitlin Cahill DFL F NO
HD 37B Kristin Bahner DFL F NO 0%
HD 37B John Bristol R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 38A Michael “Mike” Nelson DFL F NO 0%
HD 38B Samantha Vang DFL F NO 0%
HD 38B Robert Marvin R ? NO
HD 39A Rod Sylvester R A (P) ENDORSED NO
HD 39A Erin Koegel DFL F NO 0%
HD 39B Sandra Feist DFL F NO
HD 39B Mike Sharp R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 40A Ben Schwanke R ? NO
HD 40A Kelly Moller DFL F NO 0%
HD 40B Jamie Becker-Finn DFL F NO 0%
HD 40B Allen Shen R C YES Supports licensing to own firearms and raising the age to 21 to purchase a firearm
HD 41A Mark Wiens R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 41A Pat Driscoll DFL ? NO
HD 41B Tina Folch DFL F NO
HD 41B Shane Hudella R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 42A Ned Carroll DFL ? NO
HD 42A Kathy Burkett R ? NO
HD 42B Ginny Klevorn DFL F NO 0%
HD 42B Jackie Schroeder R ? NO
HD 43A Cedrick R. Frazier DFL F NO
HD 43B Mike Freiberg DFL F NO 0%
HD 44A Peter M Fischer DFL F NO 0%
HD 44A Alex Pinkney R ? NO
HD 44B Leon M. Lillie DFL F NO 0%
HD 44B William Johnston R A (P) YES Would not pledge to work with MN Gun Owners Caucus
HD 44B TJ Hawthorne LP A (P) YES
HD 45A Andrew Myers R ? NO
HD 45A Lauren Bresnahan DFL ? NO
HD 45B Lorie Cousineau R ? NO
HD 45B Patty Acomb DFL F NO 0%
HD 46A Karl Olson R ? NO
HD 46A Larry Kraft DFL F NO
HD 46B Cheryl Youakim DFL F NO 0%
HD 47A Amanda Hemmingsen-Jaeger DFL ? NO
HD 47A Bob Lawrence R A ENDORSED YES
HD 47B Kelly Fenton R ? NO
HD 47B Ethan Cha DFL ? NO
HD 48A Nathan Kells DFL ? NO
HD 48A Jim Nash R A+ ENDORSED YES
HD 48B Greg Boe R A ENDORSED YES 100%
HD 48B Lucille “Lucy” Rehm DFL F NO
HD 49A Ryan Chase R ? NO
HD 49A Laurie Pryor DFL F NO 0%
HD 49B Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn DFL F NO 0%
HD 49B Thomas Knecht R ? NO
HD 50A Sami Cisman R ? NO
HD 50A Heather Edelson DFL F NO 0%
HD 50B Steve Elkins DFL F NO 0%
HD 50B Beth Beebe R ? NO
HD 51A Michael Howard DFL F NO 0%
HD 51A Ryan Wiskerchen R ? NO
HD 51B Chad Anderson R ? NO
HD 51B Nathan Coulter DFL F NO
HD 52A Fern A. Smith R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 52A Liz Reyer DFL F NO
HD 52B Ruth Richardson DFL F NO 0%
HD 52B Cynthia Lonnquist R ? NO
HD 53A Todd Kruse R D (P) YES Supports registration, licensing, insurance, and a waiting period tied to abortion access, raising age to 21
HD 53A Mary Frances Clardy DFL F NO
HD 53A Brent Jacobson LMN ? NO
HD 53B Laura E Pride LMN ? NO
HD 53B Steven Swoboda R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 53B Rick Hansen DFL F NO 0%
HD 54A Erik Mortensen R A YES 100% Despite a strong survey response, we’ve chosen not to endorse a candidate in this race.Endorsed candidates must demonstrate a willingness to work with our organization to advance our legislative goals like constitutional carry and stand your ground.

Mr. Mortensen has made numerous statements about our organization that are factually untrue and deliberately hostile towards our members and supporters.

We have provided a link to Mr. Mortensen survey for voters to use as they evaluate this race.
View Erik Mortensen’s Survey.

HD 54A Ryan Martin LMN ? NO
HD 54A Brad Tabke DFL F NO 0%
HD 54B Brendan Van Alstyne DFL ? NO
HD 54B Ben Bakeberg R B (P) YES
HD 55A Gabriela Kroetch R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 55A Jess Hanson DFL F NO
HD 55B Van Holston R B (P) YES Supports a 3 day waiting period for firearm purchases
HD 55B Kaela Berg DFL F NO
HD 56A Robert Bierman DFL F NO 0%
HD 56A Joe Landru R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 56B Joe Scanlon R B (P) YES Is unsure on waiting periods
HD 56B John Huot DFL F NO 0%
HD 57A Jon Koznick R B NO 100% Did not answer question about Constitutional Carry
HD 57A Greg Henningsen DFL ? NO
HD 57B Jeff Witte R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 57B Erin Preese DFL F NO
HD 58A Kristi Pursell DFL ? NO
HD 58A Gary Bruggenthies R ? NO
HD 58B Steve Dungy DFL ? NO
HD 58B Pat Garofalo R B YES 100%
HD 59A Fue Lee DFL F NO 0%
HD 59B Esther Agbaje DFL ? NO
HD 60A Diana Halsey R ? NO
HD 60A Sydney Jordan DFL F NO 0%
HD 60B Mohamud Noor DFL F NO 0%
HD 61A Frank Hornstein DFL F NO 0%
HD 61B Jamie Long DFL F NO 0%
HD 62A Aisha Gomez DFL F NO 0%
HD 62B Hodan Hassan DFL F NO 0%
HD 62B Taylor Hammond R ? NO
HD 63A Kyle Bragg R ? NO
HD 63A Samantha Sencer-Mura DFL F NO
HD 63B Emma Greenman DFL F NO
HD 64A Dan Walsh R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 64A Kaohly Vang Her DFL F NO 0%
HD 64B Dave Pinto DFL F NO 0%
HD 64B Lorraine Englund R ? NO
HD 65A John Schonebaum R ? NO
HD 65A Samakab Hussein DFL F NO
HD 65A Miki Frost LMN ? NO
HD 65B Maria Perez-Hedges DFL F NO
HD 65B Kevin Fjelsted R ? NO
HD 66A Trace Johnson R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 66A Leigh Finke DFL F NO
HD 66B Athena Hollins DFL F NO
HD 66B Jay Hill R A (P) ENDORSED YES
HD 67A Beverly Peterson R ? NO
HD 67A Liz Lee DFL ? NO
HD 67B Jay Xiong DFL F NO 0%
HD 67B Fred Turk R D YES Supports Registration, Licensing, & Universal Background Checks

Grading & Endorsement Notes

Candidates who do not submit a survey are marked as such and graded on existing records and/or other public statements that they have made.

A (P) next to a grade indicates a provisional grade where the grade was based almost entirely on a candidate’s survey due to their lack of public record / voting record on gun rights issues.

A “?” indicates that we did not receive a completed survey from the candidate.

Any candidate that accepts a donation or endorsement from an anti-gun organization will receive an automatic “F”.

Endorsed candidates can download our 2022 endorsement graphics at this link.

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