Minnesota House, District 50B
By JR
·2 min read
TLDR: Steve Elkins (DFL) is running unopposed. The winner serves a 2-year term, and it's on the ballot only for Bloomington voters in House District 50B (find yours in the voter guide).
Steve ElkinsDemocratic-Farmer-Labor, incumbent- 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
- Raised
- $5,500, $12,748 on hand cfb.mn.gov
