Minnesota · November 3, 2026

2026 Minnesota State House District 48B Voter Guide

Compare Caleb Steffenhagen and Lucy Rehm across 12 issues. Review positions supported by verifiable evidence and original sources, then make your own voting decision based on Christian principles.

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12-question comparison

Where do Caleb Steffenhagen and Lucy Rehm stand?

Research reviewed through September 28, 2026. Sources are linked with every answer.

Limiting state spending growth

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Should Minnesota reduce the overall growth of state government spending rather than increase taxes to fund continued spending growth?

Caleb Steffenhagen

Yes

Lucy Rehm

No

Higher income-tax rates for high earners

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Should Minnesota raise state income-tax rates on high-income earners to fund additional government spending?

Caleb Steffenhagen

No

Lucy Rehm

Yes

Penalties for officials whose negligence allows major fraud

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Should state officials face financial or employment consequences when their negligence allows significant fraud to occur?

Caleb Steffenhagen

Unknown

Lucy Rehm

Unknown

Ban assault weapons in Minnesota

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Should Minnesota ban the sale and possession of commonly defined assault weapons?

Caleb Steffenhagen

No

Lucy Rehm

Yes

Notify immigration authorities after violent-crime arrests

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Should Minnesota law enforcement notify federal immigration authorities when an undocumented immigrant is arrested for a violent crime?

Caleb Steffenhagen

Yes

Lucy Rehm

No

Abortion as a fundamental right

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Should Minnesota law recognize abortion as a fundamental right?

Caleb Steffenhagen

No

Lucy Rehm

Yes

Taxpayer funding for elective abortion

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Should Minnesota taxpayer-funded health programs pay for elective abortions?

Caleb Steffenhagen

No

Lucy Rehm

Yes

Gender-transition procedures for minors

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Should minors be permitted to receive puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or sex-reassignment surgery for the purpose of gender transition?

Caleb Steffenhagen

No

Lucy Rehm

Yes

Girls’ sports limited to biological females

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Should participation on girls’ and women’s athletic teams be limited based on biological sex?

Caleb Steffenhagen

Yes

Lucy Rehm

No

Schools notifying parents about their child’s gender transition

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Should public schools notify parents before treating their minor child as a gender different from the child’s biological sex?

Caleb Steffenhagen

Yes

Lucy Rehm

No

Public funding for private and religious schools

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Should state education funding be permitted to follow students to qualifying private or religious schools chosen by their parents?

Caleb Steffenhagen

Yes

Lucy Rehm

No

Religious organizations allowed to hire according to their beliefs

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Should religious organizations and religious schools be permitted to make employment decisions consistent with their sincerely held religious beliefs?

Caleb Steffenhagen

Yes

Lucy Rehm

No

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Research methodology

Evidence before inference.

Researchers look first for direct candidate answers, then official votes, campaign statements, and other reliable records. When the wording does not exactly match the question, the answer may be inferred through candidate records and affiliated-party material and is identified as such.

No totals or candidate scores are calculated. When no reliable position is found, the result remains Unknown. All answers and sources are reviewed for accuracy.