Candidate · November 3, 2026

Tom Emmer

On the ballot for U.S. House · Minnesota's 6th District

RepublicanIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$11M
cash on hand
$3.0M
issues with public statements
11
outside spending for or against
$153K

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Minnesota's 6th District1
Party on the ballotRepublican1,2,3
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Minnesota's 6th District in the U.S. House.4
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

His campaign website says he was first elected to Congress in 2014 and serves as House Majority Whip, and his official biography says he also sits on the House Financial Services Committee.5,6 His campaign website says he earned a political science degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a law degree from William Mitchell College of Law.5 It says he spent more than 20 years running his own law practice and served on the city councils of Independence and Delano.5 It says he held a seat in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2004 to 2008 and led the National Republican Congressional Committee.5

Why they say they're running

His campaign website describes his campaign as standing for Midwest values and supporting the America First agenda while delivering results for Minnesotans, and says he advocates for policies that prioritize the Sixth District.7

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, MN-64
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, MN-64

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Taxes and Budget

Taxes on tips and overtime

His campaign website's issues page says he helped enact the working families tax cut, which it says includes provisions that exempt tips and overtime pay from taxes.9

Federal income tax rates

The same page says that law makes the tax cuts passed under President Trump permanent for families and businesses.9

Federal spending levels

It says he is dedicated to reducing Washington's spending, has acted to decrease the growing debt and will keep looking for ways to cut waste, and that he prefers the regular appropriations process to large omnibus bills.9

  1. Increase overall federal spending
  2. Hold overall spending near current levels
  3. Cut overall federal spending
  4. Cut spending enough to balance the budget within 10 years
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Foreign Policy and Defense

Military spending

Its security section says he supports President Trump's peace through strength policies and has consistently voted to restore military strength and give troops the resources they need.9

Elections and Government Reform

Proof of citizenship to register to vote

Its elections section says he supports the SAVE Act, which it says would require people to prove citizenship before they register and would require states to remove ineligible voters from their rolls.9

  1. Require documents proving citizenship to register
  2. Check citizenship against government records instead of requiring documents
  3. Keep relying on applicants' sworn statement, under penalty of perjury, that they are citizens
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Immigration

Immigration enforcement inside the country

Its border section lists among his accomplishments passing the Laken Riley Act, which it says ensures that people in the country illegally who commit crimes are quickly and permanently deported.9

Education

Vouchers and education savings accounts

Its education section says he champions school choice policies and wants to empower local school boards.9

US Department of Education

It also says he is working to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.9

  1. Close the department and move or end its programs
  2. Shrink it and give states more control over federal school money
  3. Keep the department and its programs, or expand it
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Crime, Policing and Prisons

Police funding

Its law enforcement section says he funded mental health programs for local police and sheriff's departments and is working so that state and local law enforcement agencies are equipped to keep communities safe.9

Economy, Jobs and Trade

Cryptocurrency rules

Its financial privacy section says he is working alongside President Trump so that everyday Americans can obtain cryptocurrency and other digital assets while their financial privacy is protected, and that his measure to ban a central bank digital currency passed the House in 2024.9

Infrastructure and Transportation

Highway and transit funding

Its roads section says money meant for roads, bridges and highways should be spent only on those, and that he helped secure federal funding for road and wastewater projects in the district.9

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Tom Emmer served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Tom Emmer sponsored or cosponsored 5 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.62

Raised$10,861,547
Spent$9,578,754
Cash on hand$2,971,245

Where the money came from

Individual donors$3.1M · 28%
PACs and other political committees$2.5M · 23%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$5.3M · 48%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$10K · 0%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $152,683 supporting and $0 opposing Tom Emmer this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 22, 2026.63

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS$152,683—

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.