{{Short description|American politician (born 1961)}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Steve Bieda |image = Warren Tree Lighting Parade 2017.jpg |state_senate = Michigan |district = 9th |term_start = January 1, 2011 |term_end = January 1, 2019 |predecessor = Dennis Olshove |successor = Paul Wojno |state_house1 = Michigan |district1 = 25th |term_start1 = January 1, 2003 |term_end1 = January 1, 2009 |predecessor1 = Gloria Schermesser |successor1 = Jon Switalski |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|1|21}} |birth_place = Warren, Michigan, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Democratic |education = Wayne State University (BA, MPA, LLM)<br>University of Detroit (JD) }} '''Steven Marion Bieda''' (born January 21, 1961) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who is the former Assistant Democratic Floor Leader of the Michigan State Senate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.senate.michigan.gov/leadership.html|title=Leadership|website=www.senate.michigan.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref>

Bieda has served in the Michigan Senate since 2011, representing the 9th district, which includes the communities of Center Line, Eastpointe, Fraser, Roseville, Warren, and portions of Clinton Township and Grosse Pointe Shores.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.macombdaily.com/article/MD/20171206/NEWS/171209807|title=Bieda announces candidacy for Levin's congressional seat|access-date=2018-03-22|language=en}}</ref>

In December 2017, Bieda announced he would seek election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018, representing Michigan's 9th Congressional District.<ref name=":0" /> He ultimately lost the nomination to now incumbent representative Andy Levin. In February 2023 Bieda was appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer to the 37th District Court in Warren, Michigan.

== Early life, education, and career == Bieda was raised in Warren, Michigan, and attended Cousino High School.<ref name="Bieda">{{cite web|url=http://senatedems.com/bieda/about-me/|title=About Senator Bieda|work=State Senator Steve Bieda }}</ref>

He received his bachelor's degree and Masters in Public Administration from Wayne State University, and later earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law as well as a Master of Laws in taxation from Wayne State University Law School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mirsnews.com/leg_bio.php?lid=424|title=MIRS News - Biographical Profile - Bieda, Steven|website=mirsnews.com|access-date=2018-03-23}}</ref>

Before seeking public office, Bieda worked as the Director of Labor Relations for the City of Warren, and as a Senior Policy Analyst for the Michigan House of Representatives.<ref name="Bieda" />

== Michigan House of Representatives == In 2002, Bieda was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives for the 25th District.

His first term as State Representative, Bieda voted against a 2004 measure banning same-sex marriage in Michigan, which caused pundits to rank him as one of the three most vulnerable members of the House.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.stevebieda.net/about-steve-bieda/|title=About Steve|website=Steve Bieda for Congress|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-31}}</ref>

He went on to be re-elected in 2004 and 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.macombdaily.com/article/MD/20101101/TMP02/311019995|title=Steven Bieda, Dem|access-date=2018-03-23|language=en}}</ref>

== Michigan State Senate == Bieda was elected to the Michigan State Senate in November 2010, and was re-elected in November 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Steven_Bieda|title=Steven Bieda - Ballotpedia|access-date=2018-03-23|language=en-US}}</ref>

Bieda has sponsored and passed more than 50 bills and public acts, in addition to co-sponsoring hundreds of others, as he's served in both the majority and minority during his tenure.<ref name=":1" />

In Lansing, Bieda is known as a "policy wonk"<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.politicscentral.org/andy-levin-vs-steve-bieda-far-congressman-levins-seat/|title=It's Andy Levin vs. Steve Bieda (so far) for Congressman Levin's seat - Politically Speaking|date=2017-12-06|work=Politically Speaking|access-date=2018-03-31|language=en-US}}</ref> and is noted to have "an ability to work with Republicans in the legislature; he finally got them to pass a law to pay compensation to innocent people who were wrongly convicted and imprisoned."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/michigan-needs-the-law-of-the-jungle/Content?oid=9485432|title=Why Michigan needs the 'law of the jungle'|last=Lessenberry|first=Jack|website=Detroit Metro Times|language=en|access-date=2018-03-31}}</ref>

Governor Whitmer appointed Mr. Bieda as Chairman of the Michigan Tax Tribunal within the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.

== Personal life ==

Bieda designed the reverse side of the U.S. Olympic Half Dollar that was issued in 1992. His design is an image of the Olympic torch and an olive branch. The inscriptions above and below read "United States of America" and "Half Dollar". A central inscription reads "Citius Altius Fortius" which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://moderncommemoratives.com/1992-olympic-half-dollar/|title=1992 Olympic Half Dollar Commemorative Coin|website=moderncommemoratives.com|date=15 June 2009 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-22}}</ref>

== Electoral history == Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,4670,7-127-1633_8722---,00.html|title=SOS - Previous Election Information|website=www.michigan.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-03-31}}</ref>

{{Election box begin no change|title=2002 Michigan House of Representatives, District 25}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Steve Bieda|votes=16,910|percentage=56.74}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Keith Sadowski|votes=12,893|percentage=43.26}} {{Election box total no change|votes=29,803|percentage=100.00}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=2004 Michigan House of Representatives, District 25}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Steve Bieda|votes=25,497|percentage=61.05}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Michael Wiecek|votes=16,269|percentage=38.95}} {{Election box total no change|votes=41,766|percentage=100.00}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=2006 Michigan House of Representatives, District 25}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Steve Bieda|votes=22,633|percentage=67.40}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Cecil D. St. Pierre Jr.|votes=10,151|percentage=30.23}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Michael Brylewski|votes=794|percentage=2.36}} {{Election box total no change|votes=33,578|percentage=100.00}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=2010 Michigan State Senate, District 9}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Steve Bieda|votes=42,039|percentage=54.34}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Michael Ennis|votes=33,258|percentage=42.99}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Green Party (United States)|candidate=Richard Kuszmar|votes=2,072|percentage=2.68}} {{Election box total no change|votes=77,369|percentage=100.00}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=2014 Michigan State Senate, District 9}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Steve Bieda|votes=48,146|percentage=67.96}} {{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Hawke Fracassa|votes=22,699|percentage=32.04}} {{Election box total no change|votes=70,845|percentage=100.00}}

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==External links== * [http://bieda.senatedems.com/ Official website]

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