U.S. Representative — Minnesota's 1st District
Brad Finstad
Republican · Minnesota
Republican U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)
- H.R.9576 — National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 2, 2026)
- H.R.9055 — Veteran Burial Benefit Correction Act (Introduced, May 29, 2026)
- H.R.9025 — To 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". (Introduced, May 26, 2026)
This bill designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 1st Avenue Southeast in Austin, Minnesota, as the "John Madden Memorial Post Office". - H.R.8881 — SBA Artificial Intelligence Utilization Act of 2026 (Introduced, May 19, 2026)
SBA Artificial Intelligence Utilization Act of 2026 This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to annually report on the SBA's use of artificial intelligence and machine learning. The report must include information about (1) the benefits and risks posed by the SBA's use of… - H.R.8848 — National Guard Relief Act (Introduced, May 15, 2026)
- H.R.7789 — Federal Loan Systems Modernization Act of 2026 (Introduced, Mar 4, 2026)
- H.R.7426 — USDA Express Loan Act of 2026 (Introduced, Feb 9, 2026)
- H.R.6978 — Preserving Integrity in Immigration Benefits Act (Introduced, Jan 8, 2026)
Recent floor votes (100 on record)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
- Voted Aye on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- H.R.2911 — Accounting STEM Pursuit Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
- H.R.8781 — Title IX Clarification Act of 2026 (Reported, May 19, 2026)
- H.R.1415 — No IRIS Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4686 — LIFT Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4658 — STUDENT Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4704 — ROTOR Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4473 — BIRD Health Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
- H.R.4673 — Save Our Bacon Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2025)
Voting analysis
Brad Finstad chairs the agriculture subcommittee on nutrition and foreign agriculture, represents a farming district, and files bills about agriculture more than about everything else combined. He has also not missed a vote.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Brad Finstad's cluster into: Agriculture and Food (19), Armed Forces and National Security (7), Government Operations and Politics (4), Health (4), Commerce (2), International Affairs (2).
Two amendments
His departures from the conference amount to a pair of amendment votes running in opposite directions, both on the losing side. Neither concerned agriculture. On the subject he chairs a subcommittee for, he and his party were never recorded apart.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R.8800 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 264 | Jul 21, 2026 | Failed | Aye (party: Nay) |
| H.R.7567 On Agreeing to the Amendment roll call 151 | Apr 30, 2026 | Failed | No (party: Yea) |
Among the Minnesota Republicans
Minnesota's House Republicans are few and closely aligned, with one of the tighter internal averages in the chamber. Finstad is beneath it.
Among the 4 Republicans in the Minnesota delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 1.5%. Brad Finstad is below that average at 0.9%.
The filings
Relief for the national guard, a next generation farmer measure, codification of an executive order on airspace sovereignty, use of artificial intelligence at the small business administration, and a national fraud enforcement division.
Of the 50 most recent of those, 50 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure
He won the seat in a special election partway through a Congress and has held it since, which places him in the middle band.
First elected in 2022, now serving across 3 terms. Brad Finstad falls in the mid cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Brad Finstad has 64 bills sponsored, 731 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Agriculture
- House Committee on Armed Services
- House Committee on Small Business
- House Committee on Agriculture: Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
- House Committee on Agriculture: General Farm Commodities, Risk Management, and Credit
- House Committee on Agriculture: Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry
- House Committee on Agriculture: Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture (Chair)
- House Committee on Armed Services: Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation
- House Committee on Armed Services: Tactical Air and Land Forces
- House Committee on Small Business: Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations
- House Committee on Small Business: Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains
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