Steve Boyd
Steve Boyd (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Minnesota's 7th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on August 13, 2024.
Boyd completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Steve Boyd was born in Turtle Lake, North Dakota. He was homeschooled. He attended Union College and earned an associate degree from Alexandria Technical College in 2005. His career experience includes working as a business owner.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Minnesota's 7th Congressional District election, 2024
Minnesota's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Republican primary)
Minnesota's 7th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 13 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Incumbent Michelle Fischbach defeated A. John Peters in the general election for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Michelle Fischbach (R) | 70.4 | 275,098 |
 | A. John Peters (D)  | 29.4 | 114,979 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 433 | ||
| Total votes: 390,510 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
A. John Peters advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | A. John Peters | 100.0 | 16,828 |
| Total votes: 16,828 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7
Incumbent Michelle Fischbach defeated Steve Boyd in the Republican primary for U.S. House Minnesota District 7 on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michelle Fischbach | 64.7 | 30,458 |
 | Steve Boyd | 35.3 | 16,645 | |
| Total votes: 47,103 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Annette Watson (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Boyd in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Steve Boyd completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Boyd's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Our home is in rural Kensington, Minnesota where we homeschool our children and run the small business I started in 2015. I have been involved in the community my entire adult life through volunteering, coaching youth sports, civic groups, and serving as a family in our local church.
I am running to be your representative, not out of a desire for power, but a desire to be a catalyst for the change we need at every level and a willingness to stand on those principles, regardless of consequence or outcome. The beauty of our system is that I can’t do that without your support, engagement, and accountability; so I humbly ask you to join me in the process of restoring this great nation.- We must secure our borders, northern and southern. It is a matter of national security. Our current administration is violating their oath of office by allowing this invasion of illegal and sometimes dangerous immigrants from all over the world. Their reckless actions are endangering the lives and livelihoods of American citizens which they have a duty to protect. These reckless, politically motivated policies are not humanitarian, rather they are causing harm to millions of men, women and children being exploited in the drug trade and sex trafficking. THIS MUST STOP NOW!
- Our federal government is over $34 TRILLION in debt and by the time you read this that number will likely be higher. That is nearly $100,000 in debt for every citizen. We simply cannot let this go on any longer, we must make meaningful cuts to spending. The government doesn’t generate any revenue on its own, everything it has is taken from taxpayers and our representatives have a responsibility to steward that which is collected with transparency and integrity. This lack of stewardship would get those in charge of stewarding those funds kicked out of their position in any other industry or organization but in government they keep getting re-elected.
- The role of the government is clearly defined in the Constitution. Our founders intended it to be limited and have clear jurisdictional lines. Three separate branches, not equal, but all serving a specific role clearly defined and providing a check of power on the other two. Today’s government operates with a 4th branch, the bureaucracy. It is a clear violation of the Constitution and Congress has delegated its lawmaking power to these unelected “experts” resulting in an explosion of regulations, red tape and governmental control. Good government is necessary, but it should be limited. For Congress, if it isn’t defined in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, they have no business being a part of it no matter how “good” the idea is.
Education - The federal government has no business in education, standards and performance have dropped as federal spending and involvement has increased. We are falling behind and our kids deserve better. Parent's need a say in their kids education and that can only be realized with local decision making and leadership, not federal.
Integrity, Leadership, Communication, are imperative
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 30, 2024
