RepublicanIn office since Nov 2016

Nolan West

Minnesota State Representative, District 32A since 2016. Ran in 5 elections between 2016 and 2024, winning 5. Ran for re-election in 2026; the count goes on.

Minnesota State Representative, District 32ABorn 1990

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 9 yrs; Since 2016
Bills became law: 0; 43 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.0%; Chamber median 0.0%
With party: 98%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +16.5; Won 2024
Elections: 6; 2016–2026

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Children and Families Finance and Policy · co-chair
Commerce Finance and Policy
Ways and Means

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 43 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 West sits in the Minnesota House of Representatives

West is closer to the center than 73% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Cal Warwas, Jim Nash, Joe Schomacker

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

With West’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans98%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills53%

Black tick: the average of Republicans 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: West’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	West	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
May 17, 2026	HF 1849: Term limits provided for governor and lieutenant governor, and constitutional amendment…	Yes	Yes	No	Failed 64–69
May 14, 2026	HF 5140: Ownership, possession, and sale of semiautomatic military-style assault weapons and…	No	No	Yes	Failed 67–67
Apr 16, 2026	HF 5015: School safety plans enhanced, student discipline provisions modified, anonymous reporting…	Yes	Yes	No	Failed 63–68
Apr 9, 2026	HF 4907: Motor vehicle registration tax modified, and money transferred.	Yes	Yes	No	Failed 67–67
Apr 9, 2026	HF 4487: Onetime property tax refund or credit provided, and money appropriated.	Yes	Yes	No	Failed 67–67

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

Career

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

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Minnesota House of Representatives, District 37B Minnesota House of Representatives, District 32A

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-32A	Counting	R+0.1	R+7.4	−7.3
2024	Minnesota House of Representatives, HD-32A	Won	R+16.5	R+7.4	+9.1
2022	Minnesota House of Representatives, HD-32A	Won	R+14.6	R+6.6	+8.0
2020	Minnesota House of Representatives, HD-37B	Won	R+4.9	R+4.2	+0.7
2018	Minnesota House of Representatives, HD-37B	Won	R+0.7	R+4.2	−3.5
2016	Minnesota House of Representatives, HD-37B	Won	R+0.7	R+4.2	−3.5