Following yesterday’s adjournment of October’s special legislative session, the Minnesota AFL-CIO released its 2020 legislative scorecard. The report shows how every lawmaker voted on issues important to both union members and all working Minnesotans.
“With nearly two weeks remaining to vote, it is vital that working Minnesotans know where their State Representatives and Senators stand on key labor issues like infrastructure, healthcare, safety, schools, and more.” said Minnesota AFL-CIO President Bill McCarthy. “This is yet another tool that voters can use to make informed choices on their ballot.”
The 2020 scorecard includes votes from 2020’s regular legislative session and multiple special sessions, including Wednesday and Thursday’s House and Senate votes on the bonding bill that is now headed to Governor Walz’s desk. The votes were identified based on the Minnesota AFL-CIO’s legislative priorities and additional consultations with affiliate unions. The Minnesota AFL-CIO is a constant advocate at the Capitol for shared Labor priorities.
The scorecard also assigns a percentage score to every lawmaker based on their labor issue votes. The following lawmakers received a 100% score this year (*asterisk denotes a 100% lifetime score):
Rep. Patty Acomb* Rep. Kristin Bahner Rep. Jamie Becker-Finn*
Rep. Connie Bernardy Rep. Robert Bierman* Rep. Jeff Brand*
Rep. Hunter Cantrell* Rep. Andrew Carlson Rep. Lyndon Carlson
Rep. Shelly Christensen* Rep. Anne Claflin* Rep. John Considine
Rep. Jim Davnie Rep. Ray Dehn Rep. Rob Ecklund
Rep. Heather Edelson Rep. Steve Elkins* Rep. Peter Fischer
Rep. Mike Freiberg Rep. Aisha Gomez* Rep. Laurie Halverson
Rep. Rick Hanson Rep. Hodan Hassan* Rep. Alice Hausman
Rep. Kaohly Her* Rep. Frank Hornstein Rep. Melissa Hortman
Rep. Michael Howard* Rep. John Huot* Rep. Sydney Jordan*
Rep. Ginny Klevorn* Rep. Erin Koegel Rep. Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn*
Rep. Mary Kunesh-Podein Rep. Fue Lee Rep. John Lesch
Rep. Tina Liebling Rep. Ben Lien Rep. Leon Lillie
Rep. Todd Lippert Rep. Dave Lislegard Rep. Jamie Long*
Rep. Tim Mahoney Rep. Alice Mann Rep. Carlos Mariani
Rep. Sandra Masin Rep. Kelly Moller* Rep. Rena Moran
Rep. Kelly Morrison* Rep. Mary Murphy Rep. Michael Nelson
Rep. Mohamud Noor* Rep. Liz Olson Rep. John Persell
Rep. Dave Pinto Rep. Laurie Pryor Rep. Ruth Richardson*
Rep. Steve Sandell* Rep. Julie Sandstede* Rep. Duane Sauke
Rep. Jennifer Schultz* Rep. Zack Stephenson* Rep. Brad Tabke*
Rep. Samantha Vang* Rep. Jean Wagenius Rep. Amy Wazlawik*
Rep. Ryan Winkler Rep. Dan Wolgamott* Rep. Jay Xiong*
Rep. Tou Xiong* Rep. Cheryl Youakim Sen. Tom Bakk
Sen. Karla Bigham* Sen. Jim Carlson Sen. Bobby Joe Champion
Sen. Greg Clausen Sen. Richard Cohen Sen. Steve Cwodzinski
Sen. Scott Dibble Sen. Kari Dziedzic Sen. Melisa Franzen
Sen. Nick Frentz* Sen. Foung Hawj Sen. Jeff Hayden
Sen. Jason Isaacson Sen. Susan Kent Sen. Matt Klein
Sen. Carolyn Laine Sen. Ron Latz Sen. Matt Little
Sen. Jerry Newton Sen. Sandra Pappas Sen. Ann Rest
Sen. Erik Simonson Sen. Charles Wiger Sen. Melissa Wiklund
A copy of the full report is available at https://aflcio.mn/343elns