U.S. House Minnesota District 3
TLDR: Kelly Morrison (DFL) is running for another term against Tyler Bass (Republican). The winner serves a 2-year term, and every Bloomington voter has it on their ballot.
$30K traded
Morrison97%
Bass4%
Tyler BassRepublican- 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
- Raised
- No reports filed fec.gov
Kelly MorrisonDemocratic-Farmer-Labor, incumbent- Now
- U.S. Representative, Minnesota 3rd District (since Jan. 3, 2025)
- Work
- U.S. Representative; physician (OB-GYN)
- Lives in
- Wayzata
- Background
- Born in Minneapolis in 1969; bachelor's degree in history from Yale University; M.D. from Case Western Reserve University; residency in obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University ballotpedia.org
- OB-GYN in Minnesota for more than 20 years kellyforcongress.org
- Minnesota House of Representatives, 2019–2023; Minnesota Senate, 2023–2024 (won Senate District 45 in 2022 with 56.3%) ballotpedia.org
- Elected to the U.S. House Nov. 5, 2024; sworn in Jan. 3, 2025 clerk.house.gov
- Founding member of the Democratic Doctors Caucus; chair of the New Democrat Coalition's Reproductive Health Task Force (per her campaign) kellyforcongress.org
- Married to John, an Army combat veteran; three children; sixth-generation Minnesotan (per her campaign) kellyforcongress.org
- In office
- Sponsored the Rural Small Business Resilience Act (H.R. 804), on disaster help for rural small businesses; it passed the House 415–8 on Feb. 25, 2025, and is pending in the Senate clerk.house.gov
- Has sponsored 17 bills and resolutions in the 119th Congress, including the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4709), the Warrior Infertility Act (H.R. 7841), the Housing for All Veterans Act (H.R. 8985), the Small Business Liberation Act (H.R. 3986), the Small Business RELIEF Act (H.R. 6215) and the Voter Choice Act (H.R. 9634) congress.gov
- Committees: Small Business (subcommittees on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains; Contracting and Infrastructure) and Veterans' Affairs (subcommittees on Health; Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs) clerk.house.gov
- Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), the 2025 budget reconciliation law, both on House passage (May 22, 2025; passed 215–214) and on final approval (July 3, 2025; passed 218–214) clerk.house.gov
- Voted no on the Laken Riley Act (S. 5), on detaining immigrants charged with certain crimes (Jan. 22, 2025; passed 263–156) clerk.house.gov
- Voted no on the SAVE Act (H.R. 22), requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections (April 10, 2025; passed 220–208) clerk.house.gov
- Voted no on the stopgap funding bill (H.R. 5371) on Sept. 19, 2025 (passed 217–212) and on the final version that ended the fall 2025 government shutdown on Nov. 12, 2025 (passed 222–209) clerk.house.gov
- Voted yes on the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405) (Nov. 18, 2025; passed 427–1) clerk.house.gov
- Voted no on the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 (H.R. 7744) (March 5, 2026; passed 221–209) clerk.house.gov
- Voted yes on a bill requiring Temporary Protected Status for Haiti (H.R. 1689) (April 16, 2026; passed 224–204) clerk.house.gov
- Raised
- $1,361,933, $413,942 on hand fec.gov
Q: Where do they stand on cost of living?
Bass: 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.com
Morrison: Says Congress should be "lowering the costs of healthcare, housing, and child care." Supports ending tariffs, building more housing, investing in child care and renewable energy, and expanding Affordable Care Act tax credits. eplocalnews.org
Q: Where do they stand on health care?
Bass: 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.com
Morrison: Says she ran for office after seeing patients struggle to afford care and prescription drugs, and wants to make health care "more affordable and accessible." Opposes recent federal health care cuts and wants them reversed. kellyforcongress.org
Q: Where do they stand on immigration?
Bass: Supports deporting all immigrants in the country illegally. Says that "in a perfect world" he would "pause all immigration" for 10 years. eplocalnews.org
Bass: 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.org
Morrison: Says immigration enforcement should "focus on violent criminals and threats to public safety." Supports a secure border and broader immigration reform that preserves legal immigration; has criticized the Trump administration's enforcement in Minnesota. eplocalnews.org
Q: Where do they stand on tariffs and trade?
Bass: 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.com
Morrison: Says she has introduced legislation to exempt small businesses from tariffs and to get them tariff refunds, and wants to make it "easier to run a small business – not harder." kellyforcongress.org
Q: Where do they stand on government fraud?
Bass: 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.com
Morrison: Says she worked on four bipartisan Small Business Committee bills to investigate, prosecute and prevent fraud in federal programs and has voted for more than 10 anti-fraud measures. eplocalnews.org
Q: Where do they stand on guns?
Bass: Says on his campaign website that he would not support banning AR-15s or restricting magazine capacity. eplocalnews.org
Morrison: Supports expanded federal background checks and reinstating the federal assault weapons ban first passed in 1994. eplocalnews.org
