DemocratIn office since Nov 2022

Leigh Finke

Minnesota State Representative, District 66A since 2022. Ran in 2 elections between 2022 and 2024, winning 2. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Minnesota State Representative, District 66A

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 3 yrs; Since 2022
Bills became law: 0; 38 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.0%; Chamber median 0.0%
With party: 100%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +70.9; Won 2026
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Judiciary Finance and Civil Law · co-chair
Commerce Finance and Policy
Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 38 sponsored · 0 became law

No bills in this list for the 2025–2026 session.

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Finke sits in the Minnesota House of Representatives

Finke is closer to the center than 12% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Samantha Vang, Jess Hanson, Esther Agbaje

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:53 PM ET

With Finke’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats100%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills5%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Minnesota House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Finke’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Date	Bill	Finke	Dem. majority	Rep. majority	Result
May 17, 2026	HF 1849: Term limits provided for governor and lieutenant governor, and constitutional amendment…	No	No	Yes	Failed 64–69
May 17, 2026	HF 5149: Law enforcement access to sensitive locations restricted, civil remedies established,…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 67–63
May 14, 2026	HF 5140: Ownership, possession, and sale of semiautomatic military-style assault weapons and…	Yes	Yes	No	Failed 67–67
Apr 16, 2026	HF 5015: School safety plans enhanced, student discipline provisions modified, anonymous reporting…	No	No	Yes	Failed 63–68
Apr 9, 2026	HF 4907: Motor vehicle registration tax modified, and money transferred.	No	No	Yes	Failed 67–67

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Finke was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

2022202320242025202620272028Minnesota House of Representatives, District 66A

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	Minnesota House of Representatives, HD-66A	Won	D+70.9	D+67.8	+3.1
2024	Minnesota House of Representatives, HD-66A	Won	D+62.4	D+67.8	−5.4
2022	Minnesota House of Representatives, HD-66A	Won	D+62.6	D+68.1	−5.5