{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sharon S. Steckman | image = Member of the Iowa House of Representatives Sharon Sue Steckman.jpg | image_size = | caption = | state_house = Iowa | district = 59th | term_start = January 12, 2009 | term_end = January 12, 2025 | predecessor = Bill Schickel | successor = Christian Hermanson | constituency = District 59 - (2023-Present)<br> District 53 - (2013-2023)<br> District 13 - (2009-2013) | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1947}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | party = Democratic | spouse = Alan L. Steckman | relations = | children = Jon, Matthew, Lisa, Aaron <br />nine grandchildren | alma_mater = B.S. Iowa State University;<br />M.S. Morningside College | occupation = Iowa State Representative | profession = Retired educator | signature = | website = [https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?personID=6580&ga=87] | footnotes = }}
'''Sharon Sue Steckman''' (born 1947 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American politician who was a member of the Iowa House of Representatives from 2008 to 2025. She has a B.S. degree in education from Iowa State University and a M.S. degree, also in education, from Morningside College.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legis.iowa.gov/Legislators/legislatorAllYears.aspx?PID=7499 |title=Sharon S. Steckman |publisher=Iowa General Assembly |access-date=2011-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111218030541/http://www.legis.iowa.gov/Legislators/legislatorAllYears.aspx?PID=7499 |archive-date=2011-12-18 }}</ref><!-- Note to editors: Project Vote Smart lists her degrees as being of "Arts," not of "Science," but the official legislative page seems more reliable to me. Her personal biography doesn't specify which it is. -->
{{As of|October 2011}}, Steckman is a member of several committees in the Iowa House – Ranking Chair of Education, State Government, Environmental Protection, and Education Appropriations committees. She is also the ranking member of the Education Committee and a member of the Midwestern Higher Education Compact. In October 2009, she was elected Assistant House Majority Leader,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sharonsteckman.com/ |title=Re-Elect Sharon Steckman for Iowa House |publisher=Sharonsteckman.com |access-date=2011-10-10 |archive-date=2011-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018104649/http://www.sharonsteckman.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> becoming Assistant House Minority Leader when the Democrats lost their majority in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legis.iowa.gov/Legislators/leadership.aspx?ga=83 |title=House leadership, 83rd General Assembly |publisher=Iowa General Assembly |access-date=2011-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524042201/https://www.legis.iowa.gov/Legislators/leadership.aspx?ga=83 |archive-date=2012-05-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legis.iowa.gov/Legislators/leadership.aspx?ga=84 |title=House leadership, 84th General Assembly |publisher=Iowa General Assembly |date=2003-01-13 |access-date=2011-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524041416/https://www.legis.iowa.gov/Legislators/leadership.aspx?ga=84 |archive-date=2012-05-24 }}</ref>
==Electoral history== <nowiki>*</nowiki>incumbent {{Compact election box no change begin}} {{Compact election box no change |election_title = Iowa House of Representatives primary elections, 2008 |election_note = District 13 |election_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2008/OfficialResultsReport2008Primary.pdf |title=Official Results Report – Statewide, 2008 Primary Election – 06-03-2008 |publisher=Iowa Secretary of State |date=2008-06-19 |access-date=2011-09-19 |page=99 |archive-date=2010-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827040721/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2008/OfficialResultsReport2008Primary.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |turnout_votes = 1,390 |result = |winner = Sharon Steckman <!-- no incumbent --> |winner_party = Iowa Democratic Party |winner_votes = 1,092 |winner_percent = 78.6 |candidate2 = Lionel L. Foster, Sr. |candidate2_party = Iowa Democratic Party |candidate2_votes = 177 |candidate2_percent = 12.7 |candidate3 = Texas W. Newman |candidate3_party = Iowa Democratic Party |candidate3_votes = 101 |candidate3_percent = 7.3}} {{Compact election box no change |election_title = Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2008 |election_note = District 13 |election_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/results/2008GeneralResults.html |title=November 4, 2008 General Election Results |publisher=Iowa Secretary of State |access-date=2011-09-19 |archive-date=2009-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408054656/http://www.sos.state.ia.us/elections/results/2008GeneralResults.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> |turnout_votes = 14,659 |result = gain |loser_party = Republican Party of Iowa |winner = Sharon Steckman <!-- no incumbent --> |winner_party = Iowa Democratic Party |winner_votes = 8,366 |winner_percent = 57.1 |candidate2 = Scott Tornquist |candidate2_party = Republican Party of Iowa |candidate2_votes = 6,267 |candidate2_percent = 42.8}} {{Compact election box no change |election_title = Iowa House of Representatives elections, 2010 |election_note = District 13 |election_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/elections/2010/gensummaryorr.pdf |title=Official Results Report, General Election held November 2, 2010 |publisher=Iowa Secretary of State |date=2010-12-16 |access-date=2011-09-19 |page=54 |archive-date=2018-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125175233/https://sos.iowa.gov/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> |turnout_votes = 10,382 |result = hold |loser_party = Republican Party of Iowa |winner = Sharon Steckman* |winner_party = Iowa Democratic Party |winner_votes = 6,235 |winner_percent = 60.1 |candidate2 = Brian R. Randall |candidate2_party = Republican Party of Iowa |candidate2_votes = 4,011 |candidate2_percent = 38.6}} {{Compact election box no change end}}
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==External links== {{Commons category|Sharon Steckman}}<!--for current and future use if material is uploaded--> {{Portal|Iowa}} * [http://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=6580 Representative Sharon Steckman] ''official Iowa General Assembly site'' * [http://www.sharonsteckman.com/ Re-Elect Sharon Steckman for Iowa House] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201215841/http://sharonsteckman.com/ |date=2011-02-01 }} ''official campaign site'' * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=103337 | fec= | congress= }} * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=9433 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics
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