Steve Elkins
TLDR: Steve Elkins has represented western Bloomington in the Minnesota House since 2019 and is running unopposed for a fifth term. He is co-vice chair of the Commerce Finance and Policy Committee and serves on the Fraud Prevention, Health Finance and Taxes committees. Before the Legislature he served on the Bloomington City Council, the city's planning commission and housing authority, and the Metropolitan Council, and he worked in information technology. He has a bachelor's degree in economics from UC Berkeley and has lived in Bloomington with his wife, Judy, for more than 40 years.
Steve ElkinsDemocratic-Farmer-Labor, incumbent- Running for
- Minnesota House, District 50B
- Now
- State Representative, District 50B (in the House since 2019; 4th term)
- Work
- Information technology (data architect); economist by training
- Lives in
- Bloomington
- Background
- State Representative since 2019 (first elected 2018; now in 4th term) house.mn.gov
- Former Bloomington City Council member (first elected 2001; nine years), Planning Commissioner and Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) Commissioner; eight years on the Metropolitan Council elkinsforhouse.com
- IT career including data architect roles at Wells Fargo and Optum Technology ballotpedia.org
- B.A., economics, University of California, Berkeley house.mn.gov
- Transportation economist by education; came to Minnesota to set airfares for Republic Airlines; chaired the National League of Cities Transportation Policy Committee in 2010 (per campaign) elkinsforhouse.com
- Married (spouse Judy, a retired teacher); has lived in his Bloomington home for more than 40 years youtube.com
- In office
- Co-vice chair, House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee; member of Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy, Health Finance and Policy, and Taxes committees (2025–26) house.mn.gov
- Lead sponsor of House bill HF 2228 (2025): task force on homeowners and commercial property insurance revisor.mn.gov
- Lead sponsor of House bill HF 2700 (2025–26): add consumer health data to the sensitive-data protections of the Minnesota Consumer Data Privacy Act revisor.mn.gov
- Lead sponsor of House bill HF 1075 and HF 1076 (2025): require drug-benefit managers and health plans to pass rebates on to patients and include lower-cost drugs in formularies revisor.mn.gov
- Lead sponsor of House bill HF 1133–1136 (2025): housing-approval reforms covering interim ordinances, Metropolitan Land Planning Act, land-dedication rules and review of building applications revisor.mn.gov
- Lead sponsor of House bill HF 4456 (2026): require data brokers to register with the attorney general revisor.mn.gov
- Lead sponsor of House bill HF 4137 (2026): rulemaking to adopt the FORTIFIED Roof high-wind and hail standard revisor.mn.gov
- Lead sponsor of House bill HF 5142 (2026): hospital charity-care payment program revisor.mn.gov
- Website
- elkinsforhouse.com
- [email protected]
- Phone
- 612-578-2103
- Social
- Raised
- $5,500, $12,748 on hand cfb.mn.gov
Q: Where does Elkins stand on fraud and state spending?
A: Joined the House fraud-prevention committee to apply 25 years of IT experience to program integrity in social-services programs, and works on oversight of state computer-system modernization.
youtube.comQ: Where does Elkins stand on health care?
A: Says everyone should have access to the health care they need at prices they can afford; favors something like "Medicare for all" with public and private options, which he says would need federal reform. At the state level he pushes hospital price transparency and requiring drug-benefit managers to pass manufacturer rebates on to patients.
elkinsforhouse.comQ: Where does Elkins stand on housing?
A: Supports zoning and regulatory reforms to make it easier and cheaper to build housing, plus affordable-housing bonds and rent assistance.
elkinsforhouse.comQ: Where does Elkins stand on guns?
A: Supports banning the sale of military-style assault weapons and large-capacity magazines; voted for universal background checks and red-flag laws in 2019.
elkinsforhouse.comQ: Where does Elkins stand on schools?
A: Will "fight to maintain State funding for local school districts" and supports fully funding special education so its cost does not fall on local property taxpayers.
elkinsforhouse.comQ: Where does Elkins stand on climate and property insurance?
A: Says climate change is real. Chaired a legislative task force on rising property-insurance costs and encourages homeowners to install fortified roofs for insurance discounts.
youtube.comQ: Where does Elkins stand on elections?
A: Supports an independent redistricting commission, ranked-choice voting and ending "dark money" in campaigns.
elkinsforhouse.comQ: Where does Elkins stand on abortion and equal rights?
A: Supports protecting reproductive health choices under state law and passing the Equal Rights Amendment.
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