Promise Tracker › Brad Finstad
U.S. Representative, Minnesota 1st district · Republican
Brad Finstad
29 statements indexed, set against 676 recorded votes.
676 recorded votes
- Voted for52878.1%
- Voted against13920.6%
- Did not vote60.9%
Turned up for 98.7% of the votes they could have cast, above the middle of the House, which is 97.5%.
Finstad voted 99 times out of every 100 they could. That is more than the middle of the House, which is 98.
They vote the same way as Mike Johnson more than anyone else. The two agreed 100 times out of 100.
Across the aisle they line up most with Henry Cuellar. They agreed 54 times out of 100.
- First took office
- August 12, 2022
- Terms served
- 3 terms in the House
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- Born
- May 30, 1976
Sources: Clerk of the House and congress-legislators.
What Was Said, and What Was Done
29 statements quoted from the Congressional Record and set against Brad Finstad’s votes. The most recent are below, one from each item of business, each linking to what it is set against.
- 2026-06-23SBA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE UTILIZATION ACT OF 2026“Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Williams for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my bill, H.R. 8881, the SBA Artificial Intelligence Utilization Act. In a time when artificial intelligence and machine learning continue to become more accessible and revolutionize the way businesses operate, it is important to ensure our Federal agencies adopt AI responsibly, especially in the SBA.”
- 2026-06-11CONDEMNING ACTORS SEEKING TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AND EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF RE“Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman Sessions for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 1335. For far too long, fraud has run rampant through our federally funded, State-administered programs in States like mine, Minnesota.”
- 2026-05-14RECOGNIZING SCOTT WINSLOW“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Scott Winslow of Fountain, Minnesota, for his recent appointment to the Minnesota USDA Farm Service Agency State Committee. Scott is a fifth-generation farmer in Fillmore County, where he raises corn, soybeans, hogs, and beef cattle.”
- 2026-05-14RECOGNIZING LANDON UTHKE“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Paralympic gold medalist and southern Minnesota native, Landon Uthke, on his remarkable performance at the 2026 Paralympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina, Italy.”
What Their Votes Add Up To
Measures that reached a final vote, grouped by subject. A yes here means pass the thing, which is why the count leaves out motions to recommit, to table and to proceed: on those a no can be support. Which subject a measure belongs to is this site's reading, and every measure in every subject is listed. A subject below links to its own measures.
- Voted for
- Voted against
Voting With Their Party
On the 471 votes this Congress where a majority of Democrats took one side and a majority of Republicans took the other, Brad Finstad voted on 466 and was with the Republican majority on 464 of them.
466 party line votes cast
- With their party46499.6%
- Against their party20.4%
Votes Against Their Own Party
- 30-Apr-2026H R 7567Voted No · On Agreeing to the Amendment
- 4-Sep-2025H R 4553Voted No · On Agreeing to the Amendment
Who They Vote With
In Their Own Party
Of the votes both took part in.
- Mike JohnsonRepublican · LA · agreed on 99.6% of 514 shared votes
- Michelle FischbachRepublican · MN · agreed on 99.2% of 664 shared votes
- Matt Van EppsRepublican · TN · agreed on 98.6% of 363 shared votes
- Guy ReschenthalerRepublican · PA · agreed on 98.6% of 647 shared votes
- Julia LetlowRepublican · LA · agreed on 98.6% of 627 shared votes
Voting Across the Aisle
- Henry CuellarDemocrat · TX · agreed on 53.8% of 658 shared votes
- Donald G. DavisDemocrat · NC · agreed on 50.2% of 653 shared votes
- Marie Gluesenkamp PerezDemocrat · WA · agreed on 49.1% of 658 shared votes
- Jared F. GoldenDemocrat · ME · agreed on 49.0% of 649 shared votes
- Vicente GonzalezDemocrat · TX · agreed on 47.1% of 631 shared votes
Where the Words Are
The Congressional Record marks Brad Finstad as speaking in 30 items of business across 24 sitting days of this Congress.
Many of those appearances are procedural: yielding time, a request to revise and extend, a call for the yeas and nays. The count comes from the Record's own speaker tagging, which is not complete, so a member may have spoken more often than it shows.
- June 23, 2026SBA ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE UTILIZATION ACT OF 2026; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 105
- June 11, 2026CONDEMNING ACTORS SEEKING TO DEFRAUD THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AND EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF RE
- May 14, 2026RECOGNIZING SCOTT WINSLOW; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 82
- May 14, 2026RECOGNIZING LANDON UTHKE; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 82
- May 14, 2026RECOGNIZING AIDAN OLDENBURG; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 82
- May 14, 2026RECOGNIZING TAYLOR HEISE; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 82
- May 13, 2026NATIONWIDE CONSUMER AND FUEL RETAILER CHOICE ACT OF 2025; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 81
- May 13, 2026CELEBRATING SLEEPY EYE ST. MARY'S KNIGHTS GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM; Congressional Record Vol. 172, No. 81
The eight most recent, each linking to that day's Record at govinfo.
Every Recorded Vote
All 676 recorded votes of the 119th Congress in which the Clerk of the House lists Brad Finstad. The most recent 4 below, each linking to the official record of that vote.
- 16-Sep-2026S 2403Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
- 16-Sep-2026H R 9497Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- 16-Sep-2026H R 9340Voted for (Yea) · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
- 16-Sep-2026H J RES 213Voted for (Yea) · On Passage
Elsewhere in the Record
- Everyone who represents Minnesota Both chambers, with a link to each member's page.
- Find your representatives Every member of the 119th Congress, by state.
The other Minnesota representatives in this Congress: Pete Stauber and Angie Craig.
How these records are gathered, and what they leave out, is set out on the Promise Tracker.