Currently holds the office of Minnesota House of Representatives - District 50B until January 6, 2025.
Candidate for Minnesota House of Representatives - District 50B in 2024 Minnesota General Election.
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Get StartedThe rights of women to make their own reproductive health choices under Minnesota law must be protected and the full range of reproductive health services must continue to be available to all women. Learn more
Everyone should enjoy equal rights under the law regardless of their sex, race, sexual orientation or gender identity. Learn more
Steve feels blessed to represent a city which has a professional, well-trained police department; where we can move about freely and feel safe in our homes and workplaces. Community policing is a local government function, and Bloomington’s police department in highly respected, statewide. Learn more
Steve has advocated strongly for the State to fully fund Special Education to remove the financial burden of this heretofore unfunded mandate from the backs of local property taxpayers and substantial progress was made this session. Learn more
Steve will fight to maintain State funding for local school districts. Learn more
However, he does not believe that there is any place in our society for private citizens to own or use military-style assault weapons, especially those equipped with large capacity magazines or bump stocks. He will support common sense gun safety laws which ban the sale of these types of weapons. Learn more
In the meantime, he supports the continuation of MinnesotaCare and the MNSure marketplace to provide affordable health insurance options for individuals and small businesses. Learn more
Ideally, we would all pay for our health care mostly from the taxes we pay, not from employer deductions from our paychecks. Medicare for all, if you will, with all the various public and private options that are available to Medicare members, today, instead of being limited to the plan offered by your employer. This would require Federal reforms. Learn more
Steve believes that everyone should have access to the health care they need at prices that they can afford, regardless of their age, place of employment or pre-existing conditions. Learn more
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