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Keith Ellison

Former

Democrat · MN-5 · U.S. House

No longer in office — profile reflects their service in the 114th–119th Congresses (2015–present).

Reported net worth

2019
−$149k
Most recent filing (2019)
Assets
$3k$48k
Liabilities
$100k$250k
Net worth
−$247k−$52k

From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
D+0.80
Healthcare
D+0.68
Immigration & Border
D+0.77
Guns
D+0.98
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
D+0.98
Environment & Energy
D+0.88
Crime & Policing
D+0.28
Defense & Veterans
D+0.05
Economy & Labor
D+0.70
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.39
Civil Rights & Social
D+0.92
Education
D+0.87
Government & Democracy
D+0.85
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+1.00

Each issue runs left right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Keith Ellison's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

On the political map

Keith Ellison (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightEllison

Each small dot is a current member (Dem · Rep); the larger dots are party platforms — click one for its closest members. Economic axis: taxes, healthcare, labor, energy. Social axis: abortion, guns, immigration, civil rights, crime.

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Ellison's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Recent notable votes

YEA
Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act of 2018
2018-12-20 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
2018-12-20 · Passed
YEA
First Step Act of 2018
2018-12-20 · Passed · Crime & Policing, Civil Rights & Social
YEA
Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act
2018-12-20 · Passed
YEA
Innovations in Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships Act
2018-12-20 · Passed · Education, Economy & Labor
NAY
Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the House amendment to the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 695) to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a voluntary national criminal history background check system and criminal history review program for certain individuals who, related to their employment, have access to children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities, and for other purposes.
2018-12-20 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Taxes & Fiscal
NAY
Shiloh National Military Park Boundary Adjustment and Parker's Crossroads Battlefield Designation Act
2018-12-20 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Government & Democracy
YEA
Innovations in Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships Act
2018-12-20 · Passed · Education, Economy & Labor
YEA
NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension Act of 2018
2018-12-20 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization Act of 2018
2018-12-20 · Passed · Environment & Energy
YEA
JACK Act
2018-12-20 · Passed · Government & Democracy
YEA
Veterans Small Business Enhancement Act of 2018
2018-12-20 · Passed · Defense & Veterans, Economy & Labor

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