Tyler Bass
TLDR: Tyler Bass grew up in Blooming Prairie in southern Minnesota and graduated from Luther College in 2010 with a degree in exercise science. He founded At Home Fitness, an in-home personal training company, and later started a sports recruiting platform and a credit repair company and worked as a licensed life and health insurance agent. He now runs Cities Exteriors, a general contracting business, and lives in Minnetonka. He won the Aug. 11 Republican primary over Quentin Wittrock.
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Tyler BassRepublican- Running for
- U.S. House Minnesota District 3
- Work
- General contractor; owner of Cities Exteriors
- Lives in
- Minnetonka
- Background
- Grew up in Blooming Prairie; graduated from Blooming Prairie High School ballotpedia.org
- Luther College, B.A. in exercise science, 2010; played football there bassforcongress.com
- Founded At Home Fitness, an in-home personal training business (2013) bassforcongress.com
- Licensed life and health insurance agent for two years; founded Bass Financial LLC; started Recruited Athletes (2016) and Sota Credit, a credit repair company (2019) bassforcongress.com
- Licensed general contractor; runs Cities Exteriors (concrete, gutters and exterior projects) bassforcongress.com
- Won the Aug. 11, 2026 Republican primary with 55.43% of the vote hometownsource.com
- Website
- bassforcongress.com
- [email protected]
- Phone
- 763-309-9167
- Raised
- No reports filed fec.gov
- Interviews
- Ballotpedia Candidate Connection
- Also running
- Kelly Morrison (DFL)
Q: Where does Bass stand on cost of living?
A: Calls for increasing the housing supply, reducing regulations on construction and bringing mortgage rates down. Opposes new government housing programs and rental subsidies, saying "more supply, less regulation" is what makes housing affordable.
bassforcongress.comQ: Where does Bass stand on health care?
A: A former insurance agent, he wants to let insurers again price individual policies based on health ("bring back real underwriting"), with high-risk pools or subsidies for people with serious pre-existing conditions, and wider access to group-style coverage through association health plans and small-business pooling.
bassforcongress.comQ: Where does Bass stand on immigration?
A: Supports deporting all immigrants in the country illegally. Says that "in a perfect world" he would "pause all immigration" for 10 years.
eplocalnews.orgQ: Where does Bass stand on immigration?
A: Supports making it mandatory for employers to prioritize U.S. citizens in hiring and making it "impossible for employers to hire illegal labor." Also supports "a faster and more efficient legal path to citizenship for visa-holding immigrants" while enforcing existing immigration laws.
ballotpedia.orgQ: Where does Bass stand on tariffs and trade?
A: In his WCCO questionnaire answers, says "I support USMCA, but trade agreements work only when wages keep pace," and that he would work to bring manufacturing home and reduce regulations that keep companies from building in America.
bassforcongress.comQ: Where does Bass stand on government fraud?
A: Proposes that any group seeking taxpayer money first show two years of tax returns or two years of proven operation, face loan-style "underwriting," and be subject to unannounced inspections and a dedicated fraud investigation team.
bassforcongress.comQ: Where does Bass stand on guns?
A: Says on his campaign website that he would not support banning AR-15s or restricting magazine capacity.
eplocalnews.orgQ: Where does Bass stand on elections?
A: Supports the SAVE America Act: proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, photo ID to vote, and removing noncitizens from voter rolls. Says he is "not claiming" Minnesota elections are stolen.
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