Zaynab Mohamed
Democratic-Farmer-Labor · MN · MN State Senator
Zaynab Mohamed serves in the Minnesota Senate and was a community advocacy manager for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Minnesota. She holds a human resources degree from the University of Minnesota.
Where Zaynab Mohamed stands, based on their records
Supports
Housing Affordability (5 records), Gun Control (1 record), Corporate Accountability (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 5 support
Was the Senate author of a law changing which sellers count as 'investor sellers' under Minnesota's contract-for-deed home sale rules (House File 1792). Both chambers passed it unanimously and the governor signed it on April 30, 2025.
April 30, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Also on this bill
- April 22, 2025 · Carried a bill through the Senate on a 63-0 vote that cleaned up Minnesota's rules for contracts for deed, a kind of seller-financed home purchase (House File 1792). It clarified which sellers count as investor sellers, the group that must follow extra buyer-protection rules. The governor signed it as Chapter 9 on April 30, 2025. (Supports Corporate Accountability, Supports Housing Affordability)
Carried a bill through the Senate on a 63-0 vote that cleaned up Minnesota's rules for contracts for deed, a kind of seller-financed home purchase (House File 1792). It clarified which sellers count as investor sellers, the group that must follow extra buyer-protection rules. The governor signed it as Chapter 9 on April 30, 2025.
April 22, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Also on this bill
- April 30, 2025 · Was the Senate author of a law changing which sellers count as 'investor sellers' under Minnesota's contract-for-deed home sale rules (House File 1792). Both chambers passed it unanimously and the governor signed it on April 30, 2025. (Supports Housing Affordability)
Lead author of a renter-protection law the governor signed on May 24, 2024. It let abuse victims break leases, protected tenants who organize or report code violations, and capped late fees at 8 percent of overdue rent (Senate File 3492, Chapter 118).
May 24, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Also on this bill
- May 17, 2024 · Co-authored a renter and landlord bill; the Senate passed the final version 35-31 and the governor signed it into law (Senate File 3492). (Supports Housing Affordability)
- April 8, 2024 · Passed SF3492, a tenant and landlord rights bill, on Senate third reading by a 37-29 vote. (Supports Housing Affordability)
Co-authored a renter and landlord bill; the Senate passed the final version 35-31 and the governor signed it into law (Senate File 3492).
May 17, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Also on this bill
- May 24, 2024 · Lead author of a renter-protection law the governor signed on May 24, 2024. It let abuse victims break leases, protected tenants who organize or report code violations, and capped late fees at 8 percent of overdue rent (Senate File 3492, Chapter 118). (Supports Housing Affordability)
- April 8, 2024 · Passed SF3492, a tenant and landlord rights bill, on Senate third reading by a 37-29 vote. (Supports Housing Affordability)
Passed SF3492, a tenant and landlord rights bill, on Senate third reading by a 37-29 vote.
April 8, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Also on this bill
- May 24, 2024 · Lead author of a renter-protection law the governor signed on May 24, 2024. It let abuse victims break leases, protected tenants who organize or report code violations, and capped late fees at 8 percent of overdue rent (Senate File 3492, Chapter 118). (Supports Housing Affordability)
- May 17, 2024 · Co-authored a renter and landlord bill; the Senate passed the final version 35-31 and the governor signed it into law (Senate File 3492). (Supports Housing Affordability)
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 support
Wrote the Minnesota Senate's firearms package, which bans new sales of assault-style weapons and magazines over 17 rounds, outlaws untraceable ghost guns, and penalizes careless gun storage (Senate File 4067). The Senate passed it 34-33.
May 4, 2026Supports Gun Control
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Carried a bill through the Senate on a 63-0 vote that cleaned up Minnesota's rules for contracts for deed, a kind of seller-financed home purchase (House File 1792). It clarified which sellers count as investor sellers, the group that must follow extra buyer-protection rules. The governor signed it as Chapter 9 on April 30, 2025.
April 22, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: revisor.mn.gov
Also on this bill
- April 30, 2025 · Was the Senate author of a law changing which sellers count as 'investor sellers' under Minnesota's contract-for-deed home sale rules (House File 1792). Both chambers passed it unanimously and the governor signed it on April 30, 2025. (Supports Housing Affordability)
Track record — General
General · 1 record
The Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board dismissed a complaint concerning a 2024 campaign-finance report after finding no prima facie violation.
December 23, 2025
Source: cfb.mn.gov
Past races Zaynab Mohamed ran in:
- Minnesota State Senate, District 63 · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 63; Minnesota · incumbent
- State Senator · August 11, 2026 · State Senate District 63; Minnesota · incumbent