Ben Bakeberg *
Republican · MN
Ben Bakeberg * is a Republican candidate for State Senator in State Senate District 54 (2024) in 2026.
Track record
Public Education Quality
· 3 records
Co-authored HF 62 and HF 2067, updating legal definitions of school absences and attendance-reporting procedures.
June 11, 2025For
Source: house.mn.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Authored HF 1435, enacted in 2025 to allow school districts to implement innovation-zone plans and P-TECH models without commissioner approval.
June 11, 2025For
Source: house.mn.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Served on the 2024 Student Attendance and Truancy Legislative Study Group, appointed by the House Minority Leader to evaluate strategies to increase attendance and reduce truancy.
December 31, 2024For
Source: assets.senate.mn · researched July 24, 2026
Public Infrastructure
· 1 record
Co-authored HF 202, providing funding for the Highway 169/282 interchange project in Jordan and authorizing Shakopee pedestrian-overpass signage lighting.
June 11, 2025For
Source: house.mn.gov · researched July 24, 2026
General
· 4 records
Authored HF 1439, creating the Carts to Careers program for food-industry training, outreach, and scholarships.
June 11, 2025
Source: house.mn.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Became Assistant Republican Floor Leader in the Minnesota House on March 17, 2025.
March 17, 2025
Source: lrl.mn.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Served as Co-Vice Chair of the Minnesota House Education Finance committee.
January 14, 2025
Source: house.mn.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Was elected to the Minnesota House in 2022 and began a second term representing House District 54B in January 2025.
January 14, 2025
Source: lrl.mn.gov · researched July 24, 2026
Elections
- State Senator · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 54; Minnesota
Profile last researched July 16, 2026.