Rep. Brad Finstad
Representative for Minnesota’s 1st District
![Photo of Rep. Brad Finstad [R-MN1]](/https/www.govtrack.us/static/legislator-photos/456869-200px.jpeg)
Earmarks
Finstad proposed $46 million in earmarks for fiscal year 2024, including:
- $5 million to Olmsted County for “Intersection at County State Aid Highway 44 and U.S. Highway 14 in Olmsted County”
- $5 million to City of Fairmont for “Fairmont Wastewater treatment facility”
- $5 million to City of Mankato for “Mankato Regional Wastewater Disinfection System Upgrade”
View all requests and justifications on Finstad’s website »
View analysis and download spreadsheet from Demand Progress Education Fund »
These are earmark requests which may or may not survive the legislative process to becoming law. Most representatives from both parties requested earmarks for fiscal year 2024. Across representatives who requested earmarks, the median total amount requested for this fiscal year was $39 million.
Earmarks are federal expenditures, tax benefits, or tariff benefits requested by a legislator for a specific entity. Rather than being distributed through a formula or competitive process administered by the executive branch, earmarks may direct spending where it is most needed for the legislator's district. All earmark requests in the House of Representatives are published online for the public to review. We don’t have earmark requests for senators. The fiscal year begins on October 1 of the prior calendar year. Source: Appropriations.house.gov. Background: Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House
Analysis
Ideology–Leadership Chart
Finstad is shown as a purple triangle ▲ in our ideology-leadership chart below. Each dot is a member of the House of Representatives positioned according to our ideology score (left to right) and our leadership score (leaders are toward the top).
The chart is based on the bills Finstad has sponsored and cosponsored from Jan 3, 2019 to Sep 12, 2024. See full analysis methodology.
Committee Membership
Brad Finstad sits on the following committees:
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House Committee on Agriculture
- Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture subcommittee Chair
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House Committee on Armed Services
Military Personnel, Readiness subcommittees
Bills Sponsored
Issue Areas
Finstad sponsors bills primarily in these issue areas:
Agriculture and Food (48%) Armed Forces and National Security (13%) Government Operations and Politics (13%) Transportation and Public Works (9%) Health (9%) Labor and Employment (9%)
Recently Introduced Bills
Finstad recently introduced the following legislation:
- H.Res. 1402: Commending the Minnesota State University, Mankato women’s and men’s basketball teams for winning …
- H.R. 8800: To designate the bald eagle as the national bird.
- H.J.Res. 145: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, …
- H.R. 8350: FARMER Act
- H.R. 8270: Conservation Reserve Program Modernization Act
- H.R. 8088: Applicant Medical Reimbursement Act of 2024
- H.R. 7900: EPA Accountability to Farm Country Act
View All » | View Cosponsors »
Most legislation has no activity after being introduced.
Voting Record
Key Votes
Missed Votes
From Aug 2022 to Sep 2024, Finstad missed 12 of 1,273 roll call votes, which is 0.9%. This is better than the median of 2.1% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses, major life events, and running for higher office.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- The House and Senate websites, for committee membership and voting records
- Office of Rep. Finstad for the photo
- GovInfo.gov, for sponsored bills
