{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Steve Westra |state_house = South Dakota |district = 13th |alongside = Mark Mickelson |term_start = January 11, 2013 |term_end = January 10, 2017 |predecessor = Susy Blake<br>Brian Liss |successor = Sue Peterson |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|8|8}} |birth_place = Sioux Falls, South Dakota, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |education = University of South Dakota (BS) |website = {{url|stevewestra.com|Official website}} }} '''Steven Westra'''<ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/137865 |title= Steve Westra's Biography |publisher= Project Vote Smart |accessdate= January 10, 2014}}</ref> (born August 8, 1969) is an American politician and a Republican member of the South Dakota House of Representatives representing District 13 since January 11, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sdlegislature.gov/legislators/historical_listing/LegislatorDetail.aspx?MemberID=3871|title = South Dakota Legislature}}</ref><ref name="CGA">{{cite web |url=http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=508 |title=Steven Westra |publisher=South Dakota Legislature |location=Pierre, South Dakota |accessdate=January 10, 2014}}</ref>
==Education== Westra earned his BS from the University of South Dakota.
==Elections== *2012 When incumbent Representatives Democrat Susy Blake and Republican Brian Liss left the Legislature and left both the District 13 seats open, Westra ran in the three-way June 5, 2012 Republican Primary and placed second with 984 votes; Westra and fellow Republican nominee Mark Mickelson were unopposed for the November 6, 2012 General election, where Mickelson took the first seat and Westra took the second seat with 5,145 votes (41.94%).<ref>{{cite web |url= http://electionresults.sd.gov/resultsSW.aspx?type=LEG&map=DIST |title= Official Results General Election November 6, 2012 |publisher= Secretary of State of South Dakota |location= Pierre, South Dakota |accessdate= January 10, 2014}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Legislators/MemberDetail.aspx?Member=508 Official page] at the South Dakota Legislature *[http://www.stevewestra.com/ Campaign site] * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=137865 | fec= | congress= }}<!-- Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template: * [http://ballotpedia.org/Steve_Westra Biography] at Ballotpedia * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=1411822 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics * -->
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