Assistant Majority Leader
Senator Grant Hauschild
⚲ HERMANTOWN┃DISTRICT 03
Senator Grant Hauschild was elected in 2022 to represent Senate District 3, the largest and most rural district in the state, which encompasses Lake, Cook, and Koochiching counties, parts of St. Louis and Itasca counties, and the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa and the Grand Portage Band of Chippewa reservations. His district also includes the Superior National Forest, Voyageurs National Park, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
He serves as Vice Chair of the Senate Taxes Committee and the Senate Labor Committee, and also serves on the Education Policy Committee and the Environment, Climate, and Legacy Committee. In 2024, he was elected an Assistant Majority Leader, and also serves as a co-chair of the Civility Caucus and is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition. Senator Hauschild lives in Hermantown with his wife and two children.
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
VICE CHAIR
Taxes
Labor
MEMBER
Education Policy
Environment, Climate, and Legacy
Legislative Accomplishments
- Voted for nation-leading data center regulations that require strong energy and environmental standards, ensure data centers pay their fair share, prevent increased energy costs from being passed to ratepayers, and ensure clean energy is used.
- Secured extended unemployment insurance benefits for laid-off Northshore, Hibtac, and Minorca miners.
- Authored $125 million in property tax relief bringing the total average refund to over $1600 for qualifying homeowners in 2026.
- Led first major permitting and regulatory reforms in a generation, cutting red tape and reducing bureaucratic hurdles for economic development and job growth.
- Authored legislation establishing the regulatory and development framework for the exploration and development of helium extraction in Minnesota.
- Authored an Iron Range bonding bill delivering over $80 million in funding for critical infrastructure projects and historic property tax relief for Northland residents.
- Led efforts to stabilize rural Emergency Medical Services in Minnesota through new emergency state aid and the innovative “sprint medic” pilot program.
- Created a new School Seasonal Tax Base Replacement Aid Program to offset voter-approved operating referendum levies in districts with seasonal recreational properties, which reduces tax rates by as much as 50% in school districts with large amounts of cabins.
- Secured millions in state bonding dollars for infrastructure and other district capital improvement projects.
Latest News from Senator Grant Hauschild
Senator Hauschild Calls for Immediate State and Federal Diesel Relief for Northern Minnesota
Senator Grant Hauschild Statement on Governor Walz’s Action on Nonferrous Mining
