Scott Jensen
Republican · MN · Family physician
Scott Jensen is a family physician and former Republican Minnesota state senator who represented District 47 from 2017 through 2020. He previously served on the Waconia school board, co-chaired the Minnesota attorney general's task force on lowering pharmaceutical drug prices, and was the Republican nominee for governor in 2022.
Track record
Anti-Corruption
· 1 record
Published a 2026 state-auditor platform calling for fraud prevention, accountability for fraudulent entities, stronger internal controls, compliance reviews, unannounced audits, local-government best-practice reviews, and public-pension transparency.
May 19, 2026For
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Government Efficiency
· 5 records
Published a 2026 state-auditor platform calling for fraud prevention, accountability for fraudulent entities, stronger internal controls, compliance reviews, unannounced audits, local-government best-practice reviews, and public-pension transparency.
May 19, 2026For
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Chief-authored Senate File 2089, which became 2019 Minnesota Laws Chapter 57 and modified membership of the nonemergency medical transportation advisory committee.
May 20, 2019For
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Chief-authored Senate File 328, which became 2019 Minnesota Laws Chapter 41 and modified a hospital construction-moratorium exception for Carver County.
May 17, 2019For
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Chief-authored Senate File 1732, which became 2019 Minnesota Laws Chapter 22 and authorized qualifying outpatient surgical centers to share facilities.
May 13, 2019For
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Chief-authored Senate File 2675, which became 2018 Minnesota Laws Chapter 180 and expanded permitted uses of the state's all-payer health-care claims data.
May 16, 2018For
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Government Spending Reduction
· 1 record
Released an education plan supporting public scholarships for private-school tuition, greater parental access to curriculum, truancy enforcement, and possible conversion of low-performing schools.
September 2, 2022For
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Corporate Accountability
· 3 records
Served as the sole Senate author and a conference-committee member for House File 3100, the Alec Smith Insulin Affordability Act, which became 2020 Minnesota Laws Chapter 73.
April 16, 2020For
Source: revisor.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Co-chaired the Minnesota attorney general's Advisory Task Force on Lowering Pharmaceutical Drug Prices, which issued a final report with 14 recommendations and 57 action steps.
February 19, 2020For
Source: ag.state.mn.us · researched July 12, 2026
Chief-authored Senate File 278, the Minnesota Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act, which passed the Senate 67-0 and became 2019 Minnesota Laws Chapter 39.
May 20, 2019For
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General
· 10 records
Appealed to the Eighth Circuit after a federal district court dismissed his amended lawsuit against the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice for lack of standing.
April 21, 2025
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Publicly urged Minnesota Republicans to rethink the party's endorsement process and abortion strategy after the party's 2022 losses.
July 24, 2023
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Received Donald Trump's endorsement in the 2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election.
October 26, 2022
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Received the Republican Party of Minnesota endorsement for governor on the ninth ballot at the 2022 state convention.
May 14, 2022
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Chief-authored Senate File 1618, which became 2019 Minnesota Laws Chapter 37 and designated the Captain Jeffrey Vollmer Memorial Highway.
May 20, 2019
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Chief-authored Senate File 2081, which became 2019 Minnesota Laws Chapter 46 and modified requirements for Minnesota's volunteer health-care provider program.
May 18, 2019
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Voted against an amendment barring conversion therapy for minors after saying he supported restrictions but would not risk defeat of the full health and human services budget bill.
May 3, 2019
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Joined Senate File 3279, requiring background checks for firearm transfers, as an author and was removed from the author list on May 1, 2018; the bill remained in committee.
May 1, 2018
Source: revisor.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Chaired the Senate Select Committee on Health Care Consumer Access and Affordability, which held nine meetings to develop affordability ideas for the health and human services budget committee.
July 12, 2017
Source: lrl.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Chief-authored Senate File 216, which became 2017 Minnesota Laws Chapter 46 and modified medical-assistance estate-claim provisions.
May 15, 2017
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Integrity and Ethics
· 2 records
A federal court reported that all medical-board complaints concerning his 2020-2022 public statements were dismissed without a contested hearing or corrective action and did not advance beyond information collection.
March 29, 2024
Source: govinfo.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Signed a conciliation agreement for his gubernatorial campaign committee acknowledging an inaccurate disclaimer on five Facebook advertisements and accepting a $250 civil penalty.
May 27, 2022
Source: cfb.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Elections
- State Auditor · August 11, 2026 · Minnesota
Profile last researched July 12, 2026.