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Minnesota State Senate

Senator Steve Cwodzinski

SeatSenate District 49
PartyDemocratic-Farmer-Labor
Capitol officeRoom 3207 · Minnesota Senate Building
Mailing addressRoom 3207, Minnesota Senate Building 95 University Ave. West, St. Paul, MN 55155
Capitol phone651-296-1314
Write tosen.steve.cwodzinski@senate.mn (official address)
TenureServing since January 3, 2023

Committees 4

Bills, 2025–2026 session 59 as principal author · 79 as coauthor

All 59 bills as principal author ›

Coauthor of HF 2433, HF 4492, SF 3210, HF 4482, HF 2067, HF 475, HF 62, SF 4368, SR 85, SF 3548, SF 3750, SF 4431 and 67 more.

Bills and sponsors: Open States bulk data (public domain dedication), 2026-10-public.pgdump; status is read from the official actions. About the momentum score

Effectiveness 94th Legislature, 2025–26

0.6833rd of 67 in the Senate
52nd percentile
Bills & joint resolutions authored56
… passed committee / chamber / both13 / 1 / 1
… became law0
Carried in the other chamber (became law)0 (0)
Points vs. Senate majority average17 ÷ 24.91 = 0.68
Most-authored topicsSchools (K–12) (25), Budget & taxes (17), State government & agencies (14)

Senate rankings · How the score works. A count of bill progress, not a judgment of the member's work.

Closest allies co-authorship, 2025–26

“Written together” = 2025–2026 session bills and joint resolutions on which both are principal author or coauthor (measures with more than 60 sponsors are left out). Sharing bills does not imply a personal or political alliance.

District 49

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Hennepin
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Walter Hudson (30A), Danny Nadeau (34A), Xp Lee (34B), Kristin Robbins (37A), Kristin Bahner (37B), Huldah Hiltsley (38A), Samantha Vang (38B), Sandra Feist (39B), Ned Carroll (42A), Ginny Klevorn (42B), Cedrick Frazier (43A), Mike Freiberg (43B), Andrew Myers (45A), Patty Acomb (45B), Larry Kraft (46A), Cheryl Youakim (46B), Alex Falconer (49A), Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn (49B), Julie Greene (50A), Steve Elkins (50B), Mike Howard (51A), Nathan Coulter (51B), Fue Lee (59A), Esther Agbaje (59B), Sydney Jordan (60A), Mohamud Noor (60B), Katie Jones (61A), Jamie Long (61B), Aisha Gomez (62A), Anquam Mahamoud (62B), Samantha Sencer-Mura (63A), Emma Greenman (63B)
Senate District 49 and neighboursSenate District 17: Glenn Gruenhagen (R)Senate District 37: Warren Limmer (R)Senate District 43: Ann Rest (DFL)Senate District 45: Ann Johnson Stewart (DFL)Senate District 46: Ron Latz (DFL)Senate District 48: Julia Coleman (R)Senate District 49: Steve Cwodzinski (DFL)Senate District 50: Alice Mann (DFL)Senate District 51: Melissa Wiklund (DFL)Senate District 52: Jim Carlson (DFL)Senate District 54: Eric Pratt (R)Senate District 55: Lindsey Port (DFL)Senate District 56: Erin Maye Quade (DFL)Senate District 58: Bill Lieske (R)Senate District 59: Bobby Joe Champion (DFL)Senate District 60: Doron Clark (DFL)Senate District 61: Scott Dibble (DFL)Senate District 62: Omar Fateh (DFL)Senate District 63: Zaynab Mohamed (DFL)HennepinWrightDakotaScottCarver17374345464849505152545556585960616263
District 49 outlined; neighbours link to their members. Full map › · Census 2024 boundaries, simplified.

Official district map: see the official Senate page.

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