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Keith Ellison

Democratic-Farmer-Labor · MN · Attorney General of Minnesota

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Keith Ellison was sworn in as Minnesota's 30th attorney general on January 7, 2019. From 2007 to 2019 he represented Minnesota's 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House, serving 12 years on the House Financial Services Committee.

Where Keith Ellison stands, based on their records

Supports

Healthcare Affordability (2 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records), Election Integrity (1 record),

Opposes

Data Privacy (1 record)

Track record

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 2 support
  • Reached a settlement with Sanofi that caps covered insulin products at $35 per monthly prescription for Minnesotans and provides free insulin to qualifying residents for five years.

    July 23, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: ag.state.mn.us · researched July 12, 2026

  • Voted for House concurrence in the Senate amendments to H.R. 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; the motion passed.

    March 21, 2010Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched July 12, 2026

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
  • As lead prosecutor in State v. Derek Chauvin, announced the jury's guilty verdicts in the murder of George Floyd.

    April 20, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: ag.state.mn.us · researched July 12, 2026

  • Voted for passage of S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013; the bill passed the House.

    February 28, 2013Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched July 12, 2026

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 1 support
  • Chief-authored House File 3475, proposing to ban deceptive statements about when, where, or how to vote. A committee advanced it in March 2006, but the bill went no further.

    March 13, 2006Supports Election Integrity

    Source: revisor.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026

Track record — Data Privacy

Data Privacy · 1 oppose
  • Voted against passage of H.R. 2048, the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015; the bill passed the House.

    May 13, 2015Opposes Data Privacy

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched July 12, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 1 support
  • Introduced a bill in September 2016 proposing to exempt bonds issued for historically Black colleges and universities from federal securities registration and taxes, making it cheaper for those schools to borrow. The bill never got a vote and died in committee (H.R. 6048).

    September 15, 2016Supports Civil Rights

    Source: congress.gov · researched July 12, 2026

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 6 support
  • Announced a $45 million multistate settlement with Block over alleged deceptive Cash App safety, fraud-protection, and customer-service practices, with Minnesota receiving $638,924.

    July 8, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: ag.state.mn.us · researched July 12, 2026

  • Announced that the Purdue Pharma and Sackler settlement became effective, providing $59 million to Minnesota and bringing the office's opioid-company recoveries for Minnesota to $633 million across 21 settlements.

    May 1, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: ag.state.mn.us · researched July 12, 2026

  • Introduced a bill proposing to bar publicly traded companies from buying back their own shares on the open market; it never got a vote and died with that Congress (House Bill 6096, 2018).

    June 13, 2018Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: congress.gov · researched July 12, 2026

  • Introduced a bill to tax certain financial trading transactions, proposing to use the money to expand economic opportunity and shore up the middle class. It drew 16 co-sponsors and died in committee without a vote (H.R. 6411, Inclusive Prosperity Act, 2012).

    September 14, 2012Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: congress.gov · researched July 12, 2026

  • Introduced H.R. 4766, the Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2010; its final recorded action was referral to the House Financial Services Committee.

    March 4, 2010Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: congress.gov · researched July 12, 2026

  • Introduced H.R. 5963, the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2008; its final recorded action was referral to the House Financial Services Committee.

    May 5, 2008Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: congress.gov · researched July 12, 2026

Track record — General

General · 6 records
  • Received the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party endorsement for reelection as attorney general.

    May 29, 2026

    Source: dfl.org · researched July 12, 2026

  • Voted against final House passage of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the law cutting corporate and individual income tax rates. The measure passed 224-201 (H.R. 1).

    December 20, 2017

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched July 12, 2026

  • Introduced H.R. 4386, the Money Remittances Improvement Act of 2014; it became Public Law 113-156.

    April 3, 2014

    Source: congress.gov · researched July 12, 2026

  • Voted against passage of S. 365, the Budget Control Act of 2011; the bill passed the House.

    August 1, 2011

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched July 12, 2026

  • Voted for House concurrence in the Senate amendments to H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008; the motion passed.

    October 3, 2008

    Source: clerk.house.gov · researched July 12, 2026

  • His state-house campaign committee amended its 2002 report to disclose a $4,399.92 unpaid advertising bill after a Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board complaint; the Board found the reporting violation resolved, dismissed the separate radio-ad allegation, and closed the investigation.

    September 17, 2003

    Source: cfb.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026

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Profile last researched August 7, 2026.