Victoria Steele is a former Democratic member of the Arizona State Senate representing District 9 from 2019 to 2023. She is a twice elected former Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives, serving District 9 in Tucson from 2013 to 2016. She is a board member of the National Organization for Women (NOW). In 2019, she began the podcast Wait, What? Politics with Zuma and Steele, co-hosting with journalist Jimmy Zuma. She was elected as a Justice of the Peace in 2022.
Victoria Steele | |
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| Member of the Arizona Senate from the 9th district | |
| In office January 14, 2019 – January 9, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Farley |
| Succeeded by | Eva Burch |
| Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 9th district | |
| In office January 2013 – January 11, 2016 Serving with Randy Friese | |
| Succeeded by | Matt Kopec |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Tucson, Arizona |
| Alma mater | Prescott College University of Phoenix |
| Website | victoriasteeleforjustice |
Prior to entering politics, she had a career in radio and television news. She also created the Native Ways program at The Haven, a substance-use residential treatment program for Indigenous women. As a politician, she was on the board of the National Caucus of the Native American State Legislators.
In July 2015, she announced that she would run in the 2nd congressional district of Arizona for the 2016 United States House of Representatives, hoping to challenge incumbent Martha McSally.[1] She resigned from the Arizona legislature in January 2016 to focus on her congressional race.[2] Steele was endorsed in the Democratic primary by U.S. Representative Raúl Grijalva.[3][4]
She is the State Legislative Coordinator for NOW and co-founder of the Tucson NOW Chapter.
Steele is of Seneca-Mingo and German heritage.[5]
References
edit- ^ The Tucson Weekly, "It's Official: State Rep. Victoria Steele is Running for Congress & Hopes to Unseat McSally," July 7, 2015
- ^ Nintzel, Jim (January 12, 2016). "State Rep. Victoria Steele Resigns To Focus on Congressional Run: Who Wants To Be a Lawmaker?". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- ^ TucsonSentinel.com. "Grijalva puts weight behind Steele candidacy". TucsonSentinel.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ^ "Grijalva Endorses Steele in CD2 Dem Primary: "Victoria Represents Big Goals and Big Ideas"". Tucson Weekly. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- ^ "Seven Native American women to sit on Arizona bench after General Election". Navajo-Hope Observer. Retrieved 2023-01-27.