Steve Pape
Republican · Minnesota · 2026Top priorities
- Calls for stronger audits and transparency to prevent fraud and waste in state programs
- Supports lowering taxes and cutting regulations to address affordability
- Backs improving veterans' access to health care and VA services
Per the campaign site.
Biography
Pape enlisted in the U.S. Navy at 17 and served in Vietnam, later earning a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Minnesota and a manufacturing systems engineering master's degree from the University of St. Thomas, per the campaign site. He spent decades designing systems for the U.S. Department of Defense and served on a presidential commission on manufacturing competitiveness, per the campaign site.
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