Steve Simon

Democratic-Farmer-Labor · MN · Secretary of State of Minnesota

Steve Simon is Minnesota's 22nd Secretary of State and has served since January 2015. He previously served ten years in the Minnesota House of Representatives, chaired the House Elections Committee, worked as a Minnesota assistant attorney general, and practiced law privately.

Campaign Finance Information · Secretary of State · August 11, 2026

Data last updated July 24, 2026

Raised: $482,241
Spent: $243,548

Source: Minnesota CFB · 2026 cycle

Track record

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Anti-Corruption

· 2 records

Backed the Business Filing Fraud Prevention Act, which became law and authorized faster action against fraudulent business filings and new protections for identity-theft victims.
May 23, 2025For
Source: validate.perfdrive.com · researched July 12, 2026
Chief-authored House File 290, enacted as Chapter 16, modifying Minnesota's false-claims law.
April 18, 2013For
Source: revisor.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026

Election Integrity

· 8 records

Opposed a presidential executive order affecting election administration, said his office was exploring legal action, and defended Minnesota's mail-voting safeguards.
March 31, 2026For
Source: validate.perfdrive.com · researched July 12, 2026
Launched the Trusted Elections, Crafted Locally public-information campaign explaining local election administration, ballot protections, equipment testing, public access, and election law.
October 21, 2025For
Source: sos.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Certified that adequate security measures were in place for Minnesota's online voter-registration and absentee-ballot application tools after the office's annual security assessment.
December 27, 2023For
Source: lrl.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Chief-authored House File 2096, enacted as Chapter 185, providing online submission of voter-registration and absentee-ballot applications and modifying a campaign-finance definition.
April 30, 2014For
Source: revisor.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Chief-authored House File 894, enacted as Chapter 131, an omnibus election law covering voter registration, absentee voting, ballots, recounts, campaigns, voting data, and election administration.
May 20, 2013For
Source: revisor.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Carried Senate File 2251 in the House; enacted Chapter 184 moved Minnesota's state primary and changed related election dates and procedures.
March 8, 2010For
Source: revisor.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Chief-authored House File 1053, enacted as Chapter 133, requiring public officials to provide voter-registration maintenance data and establishing automatic registration for driver's-license and state-identification applicants.
May 14, 2009For
Source: revisor.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Chief-authored House File 1546, enacted as Chapter 165, providing automatic voter-registration updates.
March 27, 2008For
Source: revisor.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026

Data Privacy

· 5 records

Declined to provide the U.S. Department of Justice with private fields from Minnesota's voter-registration list without assurances about lawful use and security; the department filed suit against his office.
September 25, 2025For
Source: validate.perfdrive.com · researched July 12, 2026
Directed Minnesota Election Integrity Solutions to remove allegedly unlawful publication of registered-voter data and warned of legal action if it was not removed.
April 23, 2025For
Source: validate.perfdrive.com · researched July 12, 2026
The Minnesota Supreme Court reversed lower courts in Cilek v. Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State and held that his office properly limited disclosure from the statewide voter-registration system to information authorized by election law.
April 8, 2020For
Source: law.justia.com · researched July 12, 2026
Chief-authored House File 580, enacted as Chapter 76, strengthening data protections for victims of violence.
May 14, 2013For
Source: revisor.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Carried Senate File 3235 in the House; enacted Chapter 315 classified and authorized sharing of government data and regulated business-screening services.
May 8, 2008For
Source: revisor.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026

Civil Rights

· 4 records

Highlighted enactment of the Minnesota Voting Rights Act and other office-backed election laws intended to protect voting rights, election workers, and election-system resilience.
May 22, 2024For
Source: validate.perfdrive.com · researched July 12, 2026
Implemented Minnesota's Restore the Vote law by updating registration systems and joining advocates to register the first newly eligible voters who were no longer incarcerated for felony convictions.
June 1, 2023For
Source: validate.perfdrive.com · researched July 12, 2026
Chief-authored House File 681, enacted as Chapter 89, changing the limitations period for civil actions involving sexual abuse.
May 17, 2013For
Source: revisor.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026
Chief-authored House File 335, enacted as Chapter 90, prohibiting exclusion from jury service based on marital status or sexual orientation.
May 17, 2013For
Source: revisor.mn.gov · researched July 12, 2026

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