Dave Pinto (/ˈpɪntoʊ/ PIN-toh;[1] born April 12, 1972) is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2015.

[4] Pinto worked as a clerk for Judge Diana E. Murphy in the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, and in the office of U.S. Representative Bruce Vento.

[2] Pinto was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2014, after the retirement of DFL incumbent Michael Paymar, and has been reelected every two years since.

From 2019-2021, Pinto served as chair of the Early Childhood Finance and Policy Committee.

Since 2023, Pinto has chaired the Children and Families Finance and Policy Committee, and sits on the Public Safety Finance and Policy, Taxes, and Ways and Means Committees.