Steve Drazkowski

In early 2019, Drazkowski referred Ilhan Omar, who currently serves as the representative of Minnesota's 5th congressional district, to the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board. The Board enforces Minnesota election ethics rules.

On December 7, 2018, Drazkowski along with three other Republican members of the Minnesota House left the GOP House Caucus in order to form the New Republican House Caucus. Drazkowski said “It doesn’t change the fact we’re still Republican. As a matter of fact, our caucus of four is very committed to Republican ideals and values,” he said. “We’ll be working very hard to strengthen our party throughout Minnesota, strengthen party units and conservative organizations throughout the state so that we can win the election in two years instead of continuing on a course that could be very similar to the one (in November’s election) that really just took 25 percent of our Republican membership in the House.” The four members were assigned seats together on the house floor and hired three staff members shortly before the 2019 session began. During the session, they announced several bills that featured their strong interest in constitutional issues and also presented their own budget proposal.

In 2012, Drazkowski and radio host Dave Thompson proposed an Employee Freedom Constitutional Amendment which would require a statewide referendum on amending the Minnesota Constitution to include a right-to-work clause weakening unions.

In May 2010, Drazokowski introduced legislation in the Minnesota House modeled after Arizona's controversial immigration law.

In 2006, Drazkowski ran unsuccessfully for the District 28 seat in the Minnesota Senate. He subsequently ran for and was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in the August 7, 2007 special election held after Rep. Steve Sviggum resigned to become Minnesota's Commissioner of Labor and Industry. He was re-elected in 2008, 2010, and 2012.

Steve is a member of the National Rifle Association, Whitetails Unlimited, Ducks Unlimited, and both the Lake City and Frontenac Sportsmens Clubs. Drazkowski is divorced; he and his ex-wife, Laura, have one child, a daughter named Kinsey. In 2006, before he was elected as a Minnesota state representative, Drazkowski was arrested and charged with assaulting his then-14-year-old daughter. Drazkowski was acquitted, but at the request of his ex-wife, the judge issued a temporary restraining order against him. He co-owns an online retail business, a shoe store in Winona and resides in Mazeppa.

Drazkowski was born in Winona, Minnesota, and grew up on a farm in Bluff Siding, Wisconsin. He graduated from Cochrane-Fountain City High School and earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in 1989 from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. In 1994, he earned a Master of Education degree from the University of Minnesota.

Steve Drazkowski (born November 27, 1964) is a Minnesota politician and member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party of Minnesota, he represents District 21B, which includes portions of Dodge, Goodhue, Wabasha and Winona counties in the southeastern part of the state.