1. Sarah Steelman was born on Sarah Hearne; May 3,1958 and is an American Republican politician from Missouri and State Treasurer from 2005 to 2009.
19 Facts About Sarah Steelman
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Sarah Steelman recently served in the Office of Administration in Governor Mike Parson's administration.
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Sarah Steelman did not run for re-election as state treasurer in 2008, having run for governor, and was succeeded in office by Democrat Clint Zweifel on January 12,2009.
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Sarah Steelman was listed in a 2008 article in the New York Times as among seventeen women who may someday run for President of the United States.
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On November 29,2010, Steelman announced she would run for the US Senate in 2012.
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Sarah Steelman was defeated in the Republican primary by US Representative Todd Akin.
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Sarah Steelman is the second wife of David Steelman, former Republican Leader in the Missouri House.
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Sarah Steelman's father, John Hearne, is a senior partner in the Jefferson City law firm of Hearne and Green.
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Sarah Steelman's father-in-law is the late Dorman Steelman, a former chairman of the Missouri Republican Party.
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Sarah Steelman attended Jefferson City public schools before attending University of Missouri, from where she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a Master of Arts degree in Economics.
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Sarah Steelman worked as an economist for the Missouri Department of Revenue and as an adjunct professor of Economics at Lincoln University of Missouri in Jefferson City.
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In 1998, Sarah Steelman ran against incumbent Democratic State Senator Michael Lybyer, who was popular and running for a fifth term.
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Sarah Steelman represented Callaway, Osage, Gasconade, Maries, Phelps, Crawford, Texas, and Dent counties.
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Sarah Steelman briefly considered running for the US Senate in November 2002 against Senator Jean Carnahan, but instead she opted to run for re-election to her seat in the state Senate.
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Sarah Steelman became the second woman elected to that post, succeeding Nancy Farmer.
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Sarah Steelman was the first major convert to "Divest Terror", a Terror-free investing strategy of the Center for Security Policy that enjoys some national following.
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Sarah Steelman ran against Republicans Kenny Hulshof, Scott Long and Jen Sievers, losing to Hulshof's 194,616 votes with her 176,847.
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Sarah Steelman taught a class titled "Leadership and Changing Public Policy" during the Fall 2009 semester at Missouri State University.
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Sarah Steelman faced US 2nd district Congressman Todd Akin and St Louis businessman John Brunner in the August 2012 primary.