Senator Steve Drazkowski

04/23/2026

The Take It Back Act -- this is how Minnesota will recover your stolen fraud dollars.

The Senate Taxes Committee on Thursday approved a bill to force fraud criminals to pay back every dollar they stole from Minnesota taxpayers. SF 5032, the Take It Back Act, was authored by Sen. Steve Drazkowski (R-Mazeppa) and has broad support from both Republicans and Democrats in the House and Se...

04/23/2026

A tribute in the Senate today to one of Minnesota's heroes. Thank you for your service, Officer/Firefighter Schroeder.

04/09/2026

Our attorney general is personally compromised on fraud. He met with individuals who have been convicted. He accepted campaign contributions from individuals who were convicted of fraud.

He has no credibility on the fraud issue, and we should not be giving him any more power or any money.

04/08/2026

Local governments in Minnesota have been signing NDAs with companies that want to build data centers, allowing local officials to keep information secret from the taxpayers.

We are working on a bipartisan bill to stop this practice.

04/05/2026

Wishing everyone a blessed Easter!

03/26/2026

Gun free zones do not stop bad guys. For most of us this is common sense, but liberals continue to buried their heads in the sand. Law-abiding people follow the rules and disarm themselves, but the people who are intent on causing harm don't care.

03/13/2026

Democrats forcing working, law-abiding people to pay for people who refuse to work. It's time for this behavior to end!

03/10/2026

Democrats are the party of lawlessness.

03/04/2026

Minnesota Senate Democrats brought a bill to committee that spends $100 million of taxpayer money to pay the cities and counties that encouraged the violent protests over the past 2 months, supposedly for the purpose of reimbursing them for the costs that they substantially brought unto themselves. Minnesota Democrats are fiduciarily inept!

02/27/2026

The state surplus that will be in the headlines exists because President Trump's policies have created a stronger national economy, period.

Minnesota continues to spend more than it takes in, and Democrats blew a giant hole in our state budget when they had full control of government that we are still trying to repair. Democrats continue to attempt to take more and more from the hardworking taxpayers of this state, and the only thing that has slowed the bleeding is the work President Trump has done and the fact that House Republicans restored balance at the Capitol.

The next tasks are clear: we must stop the fraud, prosecute the criminals, end the reckless spending, and give the taxpayers of this state some relief.

Minnesota's Office of Management and Budget released its February budget forecast on Friday, showing a $3.7 billion surplus in the current two-year budget cycle. The forecast continued to predict structural imbalances ahead that could easily become significant budget deficits.

01/09/2026

I stand firmly and unapologetically with law enforcement.