Skip to main content

Politicians make promises on their stump — we watch and hold them accountable.

Help keep the record honest →Create an account
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

Their congressional district

View district dashboard →

Running against

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 indicates a pattern of activity in financial services, mental health, and regulatory issues, as evidenced by his sponsorship of bills such as the Securing Facilities for Mental Health Services Act and the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act. His committee membership on the House Committee on Financial Services is reflected in his involvement with financial technology and digital assets. Focus areas (from the record): Mental Health · Financial Services · Regulatory Reform · Blockchain Technology · Gun Rights Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There are no declared positions or tracked promises on file to compare against Emmer's legislative activity, which limits the ability to assess alignment. What this can't tell you: The record does not reveal any stated goals or intentions; There is no information on the effectiveness of the sponsored bills; The absence of declared positions limits understanding of his overall policy priorities. 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 2023. 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.

Bills sponsored
7

Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.

Bills sponsored over time

7bills sponsored
7 pending
035810Bills2023: 7 pending72023

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 7 sponsored bills became law
7 pending

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

Campaign finance over time

$0
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

Not yet rated

No promises have been rated yet, so there is no Integrity Score to show. Lifecycle promises (in progress, not yet rated) are tracked but never scored.

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.
Not yet scoredNot yet rated 4— tracked, but not counted toward Integrity

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).

10
20
31
42
51

Significance weights each promise in the Integrity Score.

Tracked promises

4 tracked promises

Not yet rated

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
Sourceshttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025201https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr1919https://riponadvance.com/featured/emmer-hill-kim-introduce-cbdc-anti-surveillance-state-act/https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1919https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/emmer-s-flagship-cbdc-anti-surveillance-state-act-passes-house-of-representatives
Not yet rated

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
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2365/texthttps://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr2365/texthttps://www.theblock.co/post/348350/reps-emmer-soto-reintroduce-securities-clarity-act-as-congress-eyes-crypto-legislation
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
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3533/texthttps://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/emmer-s-securities-clarity-act-and-blockchain-regulatory-certainty-act-pass-house-financial-services-committee-markuphttps://crypto.news/tom-emmer-revives-blockchain-regulatory-certainty-act-that-protects-non-custodial-developers/https://www.cryptopolitan.com/tom-emmer-introduces-legislation/
Not yet rated

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
Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7320https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/emmer-cosponsors-minnesota-voter-integrity-act-of-2026-to-secure-minnesota-s-electionshttps://www.quiverquant.com/news/Press+Release:+Tom+Emmer+Cosponsors+Minnesota+Voter+Integrity+Act+of+2026

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
609
Yea
470
Nay
130
Present
0
Not voting
9

Full voting record

609 votes
  • HRES1399Not voting
  • HCONRES108Not voting
  • HRES1398Not voting
  • HRES1398Not voting
120 of 609
Page 1 / 31

Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Stated positions

3 positions on record

What this official says they believe — sourced claims, shown distinctly from tracked promises and from any assessment of what they did. A stated position is never scored and never 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.

    Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7320https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/emmer-cosponsors-minnesota-voter-integrity-act-of-2026-to-secure-minnesota-s-electionshttps://www.quiverquant.com/news/Press+Release:+Tom+Emmer+Cosponsors+Minnesota+Voter+Integrity+Act+of+2026
    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.

    Sourceshttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025201https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/119/hr1919https://riponadvance.com/featured/emmer-hill-kim-introduce-cbdc-anti-surveillance-state-act/https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1919https://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/emmer-s-flagship-cbdc-anti-surveillance-state-act-passes-house-of-representatives
    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.

    Sourceshttps://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3533/texthttps://emmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/emmer-s-securities-clarity-act-and-blockchain-regulatory-certainty-act-pass-house-financial-services-committee-markuphttps://crypto.news/tom-emmer-revives-blockchain-regulatory-certainty-act-that-protects-non-custodial-developers/https://www.cryptopolitan.com/tom-emmer-introduces-legislation/
    View position & sources →
Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

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

Office context & community edits
Suggest a correction to this official's info

Suggest a sourced correction to the biography, party, jurisdiction, common name, or photo. Your suggestion is reviewed before it changes the record.

Sign in and complete the Contributor Agreement to propose an edit.

Help complete the record on this official

What you see above is only what volunteers have catalogued so far — never the whole picture. Know a campaign promise that's missing, or have a source showing one was kept or broken? Add it, and StumpWatch tracks Tom Emmer more completely. Every submission must cite where it came from, stays neutral, and is open to correction.

StumpWatch is live, and the record is still growing. Many promises and positions aren’t tracked yet, and some features are still in beta. Add a sourced promise and help keep the record honest.

Help keep the record honest →