Stephen Everett Dille (March 16, 1945 – March 25, 2020) was a Minnesota politician and a member of the Minnesota Senate representing District 18, which includes portions of Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Stearns and Wright counties just west of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.
[1] Dille was an experienced rodeo cowboy, and was state champion calf roper, steer wrestler, and bull rider.
In high school he won the Minnesota All Around Cowboy title twice and placed fourth in the nation in steer wrestling.
[2] Dille served as a township supervisor in Dassel from 1977 to 1984, and as a Meeker County commissioner from 1985 to 1987.
[1] Dille was a member of the senate's Agriculture & Veterans, Capital Investment, Environment & Natural Resources, and Finance committees.