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Mary Kunesh-Podein is a Democrat State Senate representative for Minnesota district 39 and holds an OppScore of -3.18. OppScore is a nonpartisan political rating system that scores politicians from -5.00 to +5.00 across the Five Points of Opportunity, using published voting records and public disclosures.
Mary Kunesh is a Democratic-Farmer-Labor state senator representing Minnesota's 39th district since 2021. A former public school educator and library media specialist of Lakota heritage, she is the first Indigenous woman to serve in the Minnesota Senate. Her legislative work centers on education funding, Native American issues, and equity policies.
We hold little public record for Mary Kunesh-Podein so far, so most of this score is inferred from their stated party and general positions rather than from documented votes. It will change as a record appears, or when they complete the OppScore self assessment.
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