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Tom Emmer

RepublicanTom Emmer

U.S. Representative · Minnesota

Minnesota's 6th district

RepublicanFederal

U.S. Representative from Minnesota

4 tracked promises

Minnesota · Minnesota's 6th district

Minnesota's 6th district

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How they won their seat

Tom Emmer won the 2024 U.S. House election in Minnesota (District 6) with 62.4% of the vote (260,095 votes).

62.4%
Win share
260,095
Votes for winner
416,496
Total cast
  • Tom Emmer · Republican62.4%
  • Jeanne Hendricks · Democratic-Farmer-Labor37.4%
  • 1 Other Candidate0.1%

Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.

Inferred legislative agendas

Tom Emmer's record includes multiple sponsored bills related to financial regulation, particularly concerning cryptocurrency and digital assets, such as the Securities Clarity Act (H.R.2365) and the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act (H.R.1919). Additionally, several bills are related to mental health services, including those aimed at securing facilities for mental health services and improving student mental health. Focus areas (from the record): Financial Regulation · Cryptocurrency · Mental Health Services · Election Integrity · Rural Issues Alignment with declared positions: Mixed. Emmer's sponsored bills align with his declared positions on cryptocurrency regulation and financial privacy, particularly through the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act and the Securities Clarity Act. However, there is insufficient evidence of declared claims on mental health services or rural issues, which are also prominent in his record. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of the sponsored bills in achieving their intended outcomes; The full scope of Emmer's work outside of the sponsored bills and votes; Any potential changes in positions or priorities not reflected in the current record. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Tom Emmer has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.

Showing 2019. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.

Activity in office

What Tom Emmer has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score. The tracked-positions tile counts sourced stated positions — claims about what they believe, not conduct — and is likewise never scored.

Roll-call data last updated September 7, 2026 · source: Voteview.

Bills sponsored over time

10bills sponsored
10 awaiting status
035810Bills2019: 10 awaiting status102019

Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.

Bill success rate

0%
0 of 0 sponsored bills became law

Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.

Campaign finance over time

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Cash on hand · 2026
$8.2M
Raised, 20262026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$2.5M$5M$7.5M$10M2026: raised $8.2M2026: spent $7.1M20262026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $499K (11%)11%Large individual (itemized): $1.6M (34%)34%PAC / committee: $2.5M (55%)55%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$499K11%
  • Large individual (itemized)$1.6M34%
  • PAC / committee$2.5M55%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Integrity

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The score, once promises are rated, is a signed −100…+100 breakdown weighted by significance and evidence confidence — never a single opaque grade. How this is measured.

Integrity over time

The integrity timeline appears here once this official's promises are rated. In office since Jan 2019.
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Topic coverage

4 promises across 3 topics

What this record covers — the number of tracked promises per topic. This is coverage, not a verdict; the kept/against shading within each bar mirrors the Integrity breakdown above.

  • Cryptocurrency Regulation2
  • Election Integrity1
  • Financial Privacy1
Kept Worked against No opportunity / not yet scored

Evidence & significance

Evidence quality

Strongest source cited per promise.

  • Primary (official record)4100%

Significance mix

How weighty the tracked promises are (1 = minor, 5 = defining).

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20
31
42
51

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

4 tracked promises

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Pass the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act (H.R.1919) into law to permanently prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing, developing, testing, or implementing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) directly to individuals.

Financial PrivacySpecific · measurablePromised Mar 2025
SourcesU.S. House Clerk Roll Call 201· archivedGovTrackRipon AdvanceCongress.gov (Library of Congress)· archivedOffice of Congressman Tom Emmer· archived
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Enact the Securities Clarity Act (H.R.2365) to amend the securities laws so that a digital token ('investment contract asset') is legally distinct from, and excluded from the definition of, the security it may have been sold as part of.

Cryptocurrency RegulationSpecific · measurablePromised Mar 2025
SourcesThe BlockCongress.gov (Library of Congress)· archivedGovTrack
Not yet rated

Enact the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (H.R.3533) to ensure non-custodial blockchain developers and service providers -- miners, validators, and wallet providers who do not control customer funds -- are not classified or regulated as money transmitters.

Cryptocurrency RegulationSpecific · measurablePromised Jan 2025
SourcesCryptopolitanCongress.gov (Library of Congress)· archivedOffice of Congressman Tom Emmer· archivedcrypto.news
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Advance the Minnesota Voter Integrity Act of 2026 (H.R.7320), which would withhold federal Help America Vote Act election-assistance funds from Minnesota until the Secretary of State cooperates with the Department of Justice's review of the state's voter registration and voting practices.

Election IntegrityPromised Feb 2026
SourcesOffice of Congressman Tom Emmer· archivedCongress.gov (Library of Congress)Quiver Quantitative

Verified record

123 sponsored bills · finance on file

Facts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.

Campaign financeas of Mar 31, 2026

FEC 2026 cycle — raised $8,309,786, spent $5,409,564, cash on hand $0.

View the FEC filing ↗

Voting record

Total votes
655
Yea
507
Nay
139
Present
0
Not voting
9

Full voting record

655 votes
  • S32Yea
  • S307Yea
120 of 655
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Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Positions on record

4 positions on record

The record on this issue — recorded votes this official cast, and sourced claims about what they believe. Each is labelled with which it is, because a vote is what someone did and a statement is what they said. Neither is scored, and neither affects the Integrity Score.

  • Election IntegrityStated position

    Advance the Minnesota Voter Integrity Act of 2026 (H.R.7320), which would withhold federal Help America Vote Act election-assistance funds from Minnesota until the Secretary of State cooperates with the Department of Justice's review of the state's voter registration and voting practices.

    SourcesCongress.gov (Library of Congress)Quiver QuantitativeOffice of Congressman Tom Emmer· archived
    View position & sources
  • Financial PrivacyStated position

    Pass the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act (H.R.1919) into law to permanently prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing, developing, testing, or implementing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) directly to individuals.

    SourcesU.S. House Clerk Roll Call 201· archivedGovTrackRipon AdvanceCongress.gov (Library of Congress)· archivedOffice of Congressman Tom Emmer· archived
    View position & sources
  • Cryptocurrency RegulationStated position

    Enact the Securities Clarity Act (H.R.2365) to amend the securities laws so that a digital token ('investment contract asset') is legally distinct from, and excluded from the definition of, the security it may have been sold as part of.

    SourcesCryptopolitanCongress.gov (Library of Congress)· archivedcrypto.newsOffice of Congressman Tom Emmer· archived
    View position & sources
  • Mass Surveillance, Tracking, and Flock SafetyRecorded vote

    On record voting AYE on Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, an amendment to prohibit warrantless searches of United States persons' communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats to life or bodily harm, consent searches, and known cybersecurity threat signatures. The amendment failed on a 212 to 212 tie.

    SourcesHouse Roll Call Vote 114, 118th Congress, 2nd Session: On Agreeing to the Amendment, Biggs of Arizona Amendment No. 1 to H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. Failed by recorded vote, 212 ayes to 212 noes, April 12, 2024.
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Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

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No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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