Candidate · November 3, 2026
Tyler Bass
On the ballot for U.S. House · Minnesota's 3rd District
- issues with public statements
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§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · Minnesota's 3rd District1 |
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| Party on the ballot | Republican1, |
| Status | Challenger |
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§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 graduated from Luther College in 2010 with a B.A. in exercise science.4 It says he founded the in-home personal training business At Home Fitness in 2013, worked for two years as a licensed life and health insurance agent, and has also started a sports recruiting platform, a credit repair company and an insurance sales firm.4 It says he earned a general contractor’s license and now runs Cities Exteriors, a general contracting business.4
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running to bring practical work experience, common sense and accountability to Washington, and that he backs legal immigration and border security and wants American workers to get a fair chance.4,
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitebassforcongress.com5,
6 - Facebookfacebook.com/tylerbassforcongress5
- X (Twitter)x.com/tbass4congress5
- TikToktiktok.com/@bass.for.congress5
- LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/tylerbass89548275
§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.
Health Care
His campaign website says he would bring back individually underwritten insurance policies as they existed before the Affordable Care Act, says high-risk pools or subsidized options could cover people with serious pre-existing conditions, and wants to move toward group-style coverage through association health plans, small-business pooling and interstate group options.7
- One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
- Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
- Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
- Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals
Immigration
His campaign website says every immigrant here illegally should be deported, however long they have lived in the country, that ICE and law enforcement should have full support, and that people here illegally should leave on their own or be removed.5
- Abolish ICE and move any remaining enforcement work to other agencies
- Deport only people convicted of serious crimes or who threaten national security
- Focus on people with criminal records and recent border crossers
- Deport as many people here without legal permission as possible, with or without criminal records
His campaign website says there should be no exceptions for immigrants here illegally, including those who have been in the country a long time, and that they should leave on their own or be removed.5
- No new legal status, including for people brought here as children
- Legal status only for people brought here as children, such as DACA recipients
- Legal status, but not citizenship, for most who pass background checks and pay a fine
- A path to citizenship for most who meet requirements such as background checks
His campaign website says he supports legal immigration and wants to explore a government-backed online system matching employers with immigrants who apply for legal permission to work in hard-to-fill, physically demanding jobs; the same page says he wants to stop immigration entirely and would ideally halt all immigration, H-1B visas included, for 10 years. The site says H-1B loopholes should be cut, calls the $100,000 fee on new H-1B petitions a first step, and calls for audits of job-placement firms and checks that the person hired is the one who interviewed.4,
Guns
His campaign website says he will never vote for a ban on the AR-15, for limits on magazine size or for new hurdles for law-abiding gun owners.5
- Ban the sale of these rifles
- Keep sales legal, with added limits such as a minimum buying age of 21
- No bans or added limits on these rifles
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website’s fraud plan says organizations that want federal or state money to run programs for children and adults with special needs should first show two years of tax returns proving they can run at a profit, or two years of documented operation they paid for themselves, and says he would set up a team to investigate fraud cases in the district.9
His campaign website says property taxes keep climbing and that he wants to take Washington’s influence, including the effects of Federal Reserve rate decisions, out of local property tax bills.5,
In his answers to a WCCO candidate questionnaire posted on his campaign website, he says he would work in Congress to lower federal income taxes, end double taxation and preserve families’ ability to leave assets to loved ones.11
In his answers to a WCCO candidate questionnaire posted on his campaign website, he says that on federal spending he would start with waste and fraud in programs the government funds, before asking families to pay more.11
Economy, Jobs and Trade
In his answers to a WCCO candidate questionnaire posted on his campaign website, he says he supports the USMCA but that trade agreements succeed only when wages keep pace.11