18 Facts About Steve Montenegro

Steve Montenegro is a Salvadoran-American Republican politician from Litchfield Park, Arizona who is a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, elected in 2022.

Steve Montenegro is a former member of the Arizona Senate.

Steve Montenegro was previously a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, from 2009 to 2017, where he was Speaker Pro Tempore.

Steve Montenegro resigned from the state senate on December 15,2017 to focus on his congressional campaign.

Steve Montenegro ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Arizona's 8th congressional district special election, 2018.

Steve Montenegro was born in El Salvador and at age four immigrated to the United States with his family.

Steve Montenegro holds an Associate of Arts in Theology from CBAN and Logos Christian University.

Steve Montenegro represents Legislative District 13, which includes Goodyear, Litchfield Park, Avondale, and Luke Air Force Base.

Steve Montenegro was a Donald Trump delegate at the 2016 Republican National Convention.

Steve Montenegro was a frequent defender of the President on national TV, where his status as a conservative Latino made him a popular foil for liberal hosts and guests like Jorge Ramos, Anna Navarro, Chris Cuomo, and Jake Tapper.

Steve Montenegro was the only Hispanic in the Arizona legislature to vote for the highly controversial Arizona SB 1070.

In 2025, Steve Montenegro was elected Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives.

Steve Montenegro has appeared alongside Patrick Byrne, Michael Flynn, Jovan Hutton Pulitzer, and other election conspiracy theorists in his capacity as an executive with The America Project.

In 2023, Steve Montenegro filed a complaint alleging corruption in the Tempe Council race but withdrew his claims within 24 hours, the same day it was revealed through the public record disclosure of texts with CyberNinja's CEO Doug Logan that he had met privately with Logan while the audit was underway at a hotel in Scottsdale.

Steve Montenegro resigned his seat in the Arizona Senate in order to run full time for the Republican nomination to the US House of Representatives in the special election in Arizona's 8th congressional district in 2018.

Steve Montenegro had been endorsed by US Representative Trent Franks.

Steve Montenegro was defeated in the GOP primary by former AZ State Senator Debbie Lesko, who went on to defeat the Democratic nominee Hiral Tipirneni.

Steve Montenegro has served on the Advisory Board of the Arizona Charter Academy.