on december 7, 2019, drazkowski along with 3 other republican members of the mn house left the gop house caucus in order to form the new republican house caucus. drazkowski said “it doesn’t change the fact we’re still republican. as a matter of fact, our caucus of four is very committed to republican ideals and values,” he said. “we’ll be working very hard to strengthen our party throughout minnesota, strengthen party units and conservative organizations throughout the state so that we can win the election in two years instead of continuing on a course that could be very similar to the one (in november’s election) that really just took 25 percent of our republican membership in the house.” the four members were assigned seats together on the house floor and hired 3 staff members shortly before the 2019 session began. during the session, they announced several bills that featured their strong interest in constitutional issues and also presented their own budget proposal.