Steve Brandt

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Steve Brandt

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Nonpartisan

Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 4, 2025

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Steve Brandt is a member of the Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation in Minnesota. He assumed office on January 3, 2022.

Brandt ran for re-election to the Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation in Minnesota. He won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2025)

General election

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Note: The vote totals below are from the first round of ranked-choice voting. If voting goes beyond the first round, Ballotpedia will include additional rounds of voting after results from the final round become available.

General election for Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Steve Brandt in round 1 , and Eric Harris Bernstein in round 1 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Eric Harris Bernstein	40.1	42,829	0	Won (1)
	Submit photo	Steve Brandt	33.7	35,911	0	Won (1)
		Bob Fine	25.7	27,445	0	1
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.5	497	0

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 106,682
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Brandt in this election.

2021

See also: City elections in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2021)

General election

General election for Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation

Select round: Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Steve Brandt in round 2 , and Samantha Pree-Stinson in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Samantha Pree-Stinson	34.5	29,495	2,704	Won (3)
	Submit photo	Steve Brandt	37.3	31,876	-12,464	Won (2)
		Pine Salica	28.2	24,137	2,616	3
	Submit photo	Kevin Nikiforakis	0.0	0	0	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Samantha Pree-Stinson	28.9	26,791	1,194	Won (3)
	Submit photo	Steve Brandt	47.9	44,340	1,668	Won (2)
		Pine Salica	23.2	21,521	735	3
	Submit photo	Kevin Nikiforakis	0.0	0	-5,815	2

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Samantha Pree-Stinson	26.8	25,597	0	Won (3)
	Submit photo	Steve Brandt	44.6	42,672	0	Won (2)
		Pine Salica	21.7	20,786	0	3
	Submit photo	Kevin Nikiforakis	6.1	5,815	0	2
		Undeclared Write-insUndeclared write-in candidates may advance past the first round in some ranked-choice elections. If the official source reports write-in votes by candidate name, Ballotpedia displays them alongside the ballot-qualified candidates. However, if write-in votes are reported without a name, they will instead be included in the total write-in votes figure in Round 1. Please consult the official elections source for more details about unnamed write-in candidate vote totals past Round 1.	0.8	755	0

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 95,625
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2025

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2021

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