# Mark Viste for Brooklyn Center City Council

> Official campaign site of Mark Viste, candidate for Brooklyn Center City Council (Brooklyn Center, Minnesota) in the general election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Website: https://viste4brooklyncenter.com

## Key facts
- Election Day: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Polls open 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM.
- Early voting in person: September 18 – November 2, 2026 at Brooklyn Center City Hall, 6301 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430.
- Registration: the pre-registration deadline was October 13, 2026. Minnesota allows same-day registration when voting early in person or at the polling place on Election Day.
- Find your polling place: https://pollfinder.sos.mn.gov/
- Request an absentee ballot: https://mnvotes.sos.mn.gov/abrequest/index

## About Mark Viste
- Brooklyn Center homeowner since 2001 (more than 25 years in the community).
- Senior Principal Scientist and Chief Engineer at Medtronic, where his team designs cardiac implant technology; former Chair of the Industry Advisory Board to the NSF-supported Center for Solid-State Electric Power Storage.
- Member of the Brooklyn Center Planning Commission.
- Served on the Daunte Wright and Kobe Dimock-Heisler Community Safety and Violence Prevention Committee, whose work led to a pilot embedding a social worker in the police department.
- Participant in Emerging Brooklyn Center, a resident and city-staff civic leadership program.
- Volunteers providing food, clothing and hygiene products to residents.
- Education: Ph.D. and Master's in Physical Chemistry, University of Chicago; Fulbright Fellowship, Munich, Germany; bachelor's degrees in German, English, Modern Foreign Languages, Math, Physics and Chemistry.
- Born and raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

## Priorities
- Every resident's right to be heard; the campaign is not funded by special-interest money.
- Expanding the tax base: investing in multicultural and small businesses, including a high-density corridor near Brookdale Library.
- Respectful, focused communication that keeps council meetings productive.
- Dignity for every community member — "Diversity fuels our future."
- Protecting tenants' rights, including Brooklyn Center's 2022 ordinance requiring 30-day pre-eviction notice and "just cause" for lease non-renewals.
- Public safety through an expanded-response model in which mental health professionals answer appropriate 911 calls.
- Ending Flock camera surveillance installed without Council authorization or resident consultation.

## Supporters
- Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL)
- Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
- 3.14 Action Fund

## Get involved
- Volunteer or host a fundraiser: https://viste4brooklyncenter.com/#get-involved
- Contact the campaign: viste4brooklyncenter@gmail.com or https://viste4brooklyncenter.com/#contact
- Contribute: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mark-viste-1

Prepared and paid for by Viste for Brooklyn Center, 7243 Logan Ave N, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430.