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Lisa Demuth

Republican · MN · Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives

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Lisa Demuth is speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives and represents District 13A. A business owner, she was first elected to the House in 2018, became House Republican leader in 2022, and was elected speaker in February 2025 after previously serving 11 years on the ROCORI School Board.

Campaign Finance Information — Governor & Lt Governor

Campaign Finance Information · Governor & Lt Governor · August 11, 2026

Data last updated July 24, 2026

Raised
$710,177
Spent
$166,272

Spending by outside groups

Money spent on this race by outside groups — such as PACs and super PACs — not by the candidate's own campaign. This spending is not coordinated with the candidate's campaign and does not go directly to the candidate.

Outside money spent supporting this candidate: $1,075,179

Groups that spent money supporting this candidate (1)
  • Restore Sanity$1,075,179

    Funded almost entirely by Restoration of America PAC and its backer, Uline shipping billionaire Richard Uihlein. · transparencyusa.org · cfb.mn.gov

Source: Minnesota CFB · 2026 cycle · register.cfb.mn.gov

Track record

Environment and Public Health

· 2 records

  • Publicly opposed House File 7, the requirement for Minnesota utilities to reach 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040, and supported unsuccessful amendments allowing more market flexibility.

    January 26, 2023Against

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

  • Supported unanimously approved emergency funding for the Minnesota Department of Health's initial COVID-19 response, including repayment safeguards for unused money.

    March 12, 2020For

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

Anti-Corruption

· 5 records

  • Led House passage of a 2026 package that included property-tax and vehicle-tab reductions, business tax conformity, anti-fraud measures, school-safety funding, and rural-hospital support.

    May 17, 2026For

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

  • Led House passage of Senate File 856 creating an independent Office of the Inspector General with enforcement authority and other anti-fraud provisions.

    May 7, 2026For

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

  • Supported the House's 134-0 vote to end the Housing Stability Services program following findings of large-scale fraud and weak oversight.

    March 19, 2026For

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

  • As speaker, secured an organizational agreement creating an empowered Fraud and Agency Oversight Committee and establishing shared committee control in the tied House.

    February 7, 2025For

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

  • Joined a House Republican letter requesting legislative hearings into the Feeding Our Future fraud and the Minnesota Department of Education's handling of payments.

    September 27, 2022For

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

Government Efficiency

· 4 records

  • Led House passage of Senate File 856 creating an independent Office of the Inspector General with enforcement authority and other anti-fraud provisions.

    May 7, 2026For

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

  • As speaker, secured an organizational agreement creating an empowered Fraud and Agency Oversight Committee and establishing shared committee control in the tied House.

    February 7, 2025For

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

  • Joined more than a dozen House Republican votes to end Minnesota's COVID-19 peacetime emergency and publicly called for a transparent, dated process to end the emergency powers.

    May 4, 2021For

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

  • Voted for a resolution ending the governor's COVID-19 peacetime emergency while preserving specified protective orders; the resolution failed on a party-line vote.

    April 16, 2020For

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

Government Spending Reduction

· 4 records

  • Supported the House's 134-0 vote to end the Housing Stability Services program following findings of large-scale fraud and weak oversight.

    March 19, 2026For

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

  • Led the tied House through enactment of a two-year state budget with $2 billion in cuts and roughly $5 billion less spending than the prior budget.

    June 9, 2025For

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

  • Announced a bipartisan budget framework negotiated by House leaders that reduced the current budget by $4 billion and the 2026-2027 budget by another $1.2 billion.

    April 2, 2025For

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

  • Voted for an audit of the Southwest Light Rail project and supported unsuccessful amendments to freeze project spending during the audit and terminate the project.

    March 11, 2022For

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

Public Safety and Crime Control

· 4 records

  • Authored House File 3757 making specified swatting calls a felony; the House passed it 127-0, and its provisions later became law in the 2024 public-safety act.

    May 2, 2024For

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

  • Supported House passage, 124-8, of legislation revising school-resource-officer force rules and requiring training and model policies.

    March 7, 2024For

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

  • Voted for Minnesota's hands-free driving bill and for legislation protecting school employees and contractors from financial losses caused by severe-weather school closures.

    March 22, 2019For

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

  • Authored House File 491 to make sexual relationships between secondary students and school employees or other authority figures criminal; the bill advanced from its first committee on a voice vote.

    January 30, 2019For

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

Social Programs and Welfare

· 1 record

  • Supported a Republican paid-family-leave alternative based on voluntary employer participation, an insurance-backed plan, and a small-business tax credit; the amendment failed before the House passed the competing bill.

    May 2, 2023Against

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

Public Education Quality

· 2 records

  • Supported House passage, 124-8, of legislation revising school-resource-officer force rules and requiring training and model policies.

    March 7, 2024For

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

  • Voted for Minnesota's hands-free driving bill and for legislation protecting school employees and contractors from financial losses caused by severe-weather school closures.

    March 22, 2019For

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

Personal Income Tax Reduction

· 2 records

  • Led House passage of a 2026 package that included property-tax and vehicle-tab reductions, business tax conformity, anti-fraud measures, school-safety funding, and rural-hospital support.

    May 17, 2026For

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

  • Supported the House's 132-0 passage of a federal tax-conformity bill covering 46 federal provisions and more than $100 million in state tax reductions.

    January 9, 2023For

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

General

· 5 records

  • Was elected speaker of the Minnesota House after the full chamber convened under a bipartisan power-sharing agreement.

    February 6, 2025

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

  • Was selected by House Republicans as speaker-designate for the 2025-2026 legislative session.

    November 8, 2024

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

  • Was elected Minnesota House Republican minority leader by her caucus for the 2023-2024 biennium.

    November 11, 2022

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

  • Received the NFIB Minnesota Guardian of Small Business award after earning a 100 percent score on the organization's 2021-2022 legislative voting record.

    July 21, 2022

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

  • Received the NFIB Minnesota Guardian of Small Business award based on her 2019-2020 votes, including opposition to a proposed gas-tax increase and paid-family-leave payroll tax.

    October 26, 2020

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

Integrity and Ethics

· 2 records

  • The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board dismissed a complaint alleging excess personal contributions, contribution-limit violations, and a disclaimer violation involving her governor committee and Ryan Wilson.

    May 11, 2026

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

  • The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously rejected her position that 67 occupied seats constituted a House quorum and held that 68 members were required.

    January 24, 2025

    Source: validate.perfdrive.com · researched July 12, 2026

Elections

Profile last researched July 12, 2026.