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Bernie Perryman — State Senate District 14
Republican · Minnesota general election, November 3, 2026.
ABernie PerrymanRepublican
Sitting legislator (MN House 2023-present (District 14A)); candidate for State Senator, District 14 (Republican).
LifeAFamilyAReligious libertyB2nd AmendmentALimited gov’tAFiscalA
Sitting Republican legislator; voted the conservative way on scored roll calls: pro-life 4/4, marriage/gender 7/7, Second Amendment 6/6, limited government 2/2, fiscal 2/2. MCCL questionnaire: 11 pro-life of 11 answered; NRA-PVF grade A (NRA-PVF Endorsed). Party default applied for religious liberty. iVoterGuide rates Conservative.
- Life: Voted the conservative way on 4 of 4 recorded votes (100%). Conservative: voted for pregnancy-center grants (HF 25, 2025) and the 2026 motion to take up the preborn right-to-life amendment (HF 5084); against the 2023 PRO Act (HF 1) and the 2023 health bill repealing abortion restrictions (SF 2995).
- Family: Voted the conservative way on 7 of 7 recorded votes (100%). Conservative: voted for the 2025 girls' sports bill (HF 12), the 2026 motion to take up the girls' sports bill (HF 12), the 2026 motion to take up the women's athletics exemption (HF 1233), and the 2026 motion to take up the biological-sex athletics bill (HF 2685); against the 2023 trans refuge law (HF 146), the 2023 conversion-therapy ban (HF 16), and the 2024 ERA constitutional amendment (SF 37).
- Religious liberty: No specific position found; Republican; iVoterGuide rates Conservative.
- 2nd Amendment: Voted the conservative way on 6 of 6 recorded votes (100%). Conservative: voted against the 2023 public safety bill with red-flag/background-check provisions (SF 2909), the 2024 binary-trigger/straw-purchase bill (HF 2609), the 2024 safe-storage mandate (HF 4300), the 2024 lost/stolen firearm reporting mandate (HF 601), the 2026 motion to advance the assault-weapons ban (HF 3433), and the 2026 motion to take up the assault-weapons/magazine bill (HF 5140).
- Limited gov’t: Voted the conservative way on 2 of 2 recorded votes (100%). Conservative: voted against the 2024 ERA constitutional amendment (SF 37) and the 2023 paid-leave mandate (HF 2).
- Fiscal: Voted the conservative way on 2 of 2 recorded votes (100%). Conservative: voted against the 2023 omnibus tax bill (HF 1938) and the 2024 tax omnibus (HF 5247).
Also running for State Senate District 14
- FAric Putnam(D)