DemocratIn office since Nov 2018

Samantha Vang

Minnesota State Representative, District 38B since 2018. Ran in 4 elections between 2018 and 2024, winning 4. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Minnesota State Representative, District 38B

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 7 yrs; Since 2018
Bills became law: 1; 33 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 0.0%; Chamber median 0.0%
With party: 100%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +58.4; Won 2026
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

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

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Legacy Finance · co-chair
Agriculture Finance and Policy
Ways and Means

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

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 33 sponsored · 1 became law

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HF 2563 Legacy finance bill.
Natural Resources Department · Became law May 2025

HF 2627 Legacy bill; Lessard-Sams Outdoor Heritage Council and Greater Minnesota Regional Park and Trails Commission…
Governmental Operations-State · Failed in the House May 2026

HF 4372 Meat processing training and retention incentive grantees allowed more time to complete projects.
Agriculture and Agriculture Department · Failed in the House Apr 2026

HF 3879 Outdoor heritage fund; prior appropriations extended and modified, and money appropriated.
Appropriations · Failed in committee May 2026

HF 5048 Analysis of the statewide economic impact of increased immigration enforcement in Minnesota funding…
Appropriations · Failed in committee Apr 2026

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

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Vang sits in the Minnesota House of Representatives

Vang is closer to the center than 13% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Leigh Finke, Jess Hanson, Esther Agbaje

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

With Vang’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats100%
Cosponsorships of the other party's bills8%

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: Vang’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Date	Bill	Vang	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 Vang was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

20182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Minnesota House of Representatives, District 40B Minnesota House of Representatives, District 38B

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-38B	Won	D+58.4	D+45.1	+13.3
2024	Minnesota House of Representatives, HD-38B	Won	D+48.8	D+45.1	+3.7
2022	Minnesota House of Representatives, HD-38B	Won	D+45.6	D+46.7	−1.1
2020	Minnesota House of Representatives, HD-40B	Won	D+37.5	D+37.3	+0.2
2018	Minnesota House of Representatives, HD-40B	Won	D+45.7	D+37.3	+8.4