Samantha Steckloff
2023 - Present
2025
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Samantha Steckloff (Democratic Party) is a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 19. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2025.
Steckloff (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Michigan House of Representatives to represent District 19. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Samantha Steckloff was born and lives in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Steckloff earned a B.A. in political science from Purdue University in 2006.[1][2] Her career experience includes working as an enrollment management coordinator and student service specialist with Wayne State University, an automotive spokesperson and consultant, and a program director with Hillel.[3] Steckloff has volunteered with the Multi-Cultural/Multi-Racial Community Council, the Commission on Children Youth and Families, the Community Health Commission, the Brenda Lawrence Women's Advisory Council, Gilda's Club, and the Farmington Hills Parks and Recreation Commission.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Steckloff was assigned to the following committees:
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2021-2022
Steckloff was assigned to the following committees:
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Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 19
Incumbent Samantha Steckloff defeated Kevin Hammer in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 19 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Samantha Steckloff (D) | 65.5 | 30,973 |
 | Kevin Hammer (R) | 34.5 | 16,288 | |
| Total votes: 47,261 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 19
Incumbent Samantha Steckloff advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 19 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Samantha Steckloff | 100.0 | 13,232 |
| Total votes: 13,232 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 19
Kevin Hammer advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 19 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin Hammer | 100.0 | 4,017 |
| Total votes: 4,017 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 19
Incumbent Samantha Steckloff defeated Anthony Paesano in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 19 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Samantha Steckloff (D) | 67.1 | 31,957 |
| Anthony Paesano (R) | 32.9 | 15,678 | |
| Total votes: 47,635 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 19
Incumbent Samantha Steckloff advanced from the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 19 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Samantha Steckloff | 100.0 | 15,158 |
| Total votes: 15,158 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 19
Anthony Paesano advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 19 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anthony Paesano | 100.0 | 5,641 |
| Total votes: 5,641 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Campaign finance
2020
See also: Michigan House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Michigan House of Representatives District 37
Samantha Steckloff defeated Mitch Swoboda and James Young in the general election for Michigan House of Representatives District 37 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Samantha Steckloff (D) | 63.9 | 34,590 |
 | Mitch Swoboda (R) | 34.1 | 18,464 | |
 | James Young (L) | 2.0 | 1,092 | |
| Total votes: 54,146 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 37
Samantha Steckloff defeated Michael Bridges and Randy Bruce in the Democratic primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 37 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Samantha Steckloff | 48.8 | 8,994 |
| Michael Bridges | 30.6 | 5,635 | |
 | Randy Bruce | 20.7 | 3,814 | |
| Total votes: 18,443 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 37
Mitch Swoboda advanced from the Republican primary for Michigan House of Representatives District 37 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mitch Swoboda | 100.0 | 6,669 |
| Total votes: 6,669 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 37
James Young advanced from the Libertarian convention for Michigan House of Representatives District 37 on July 18, 2020.
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
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2020
Samantha Steckloff completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Steckloff's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I'm a lifelong Michigander, City Council Member, and Farmington Public Schools graduate, and I'm proud to stand for Democratic values. I'm in this race because I can't keep waiting for someone else to take charge and make a difference for Michigan. We've got so many opportunities ahead of us, and I have the energy, experience, and vision to make the changes we need. I also understand what Michiganders are going through: After graduating into the worst recession in decades, battling breast cancer and medical bills at just 31,and watching my peers and elders alike struggle to pay growing bills with stagnant wages, I knew I had to be part of the solution. Our government and society should work for everyone, and right now, too many of us feel left behind. I've also seen how public service can change a community. I've been serving as a member of the Farmington Hills City Council since 2013, and it's such an incredible privilege to work for my neighbors and friends in the city that raised me. Now, I want to take my vision-and your voices-to Lansing. We've got a lot to do, but by working together we can achieve anything.
- Education:Michigan is only one of 3 states to constitutionally guarantee public funding for primary and secondary education to all residents, but we do not provide adequate funds to do so. Our goal to allocate per-pupil funding equally per student fails to recognize that different students have different abilities. I support funding each student based on need, funding early childhood and preschool education, investing in teacher development and training, providing free community college and increased student aid for our colleges and universities. I would also work with our trade unions to provide increased work/study opportunities.
- Health Care: We must protect those with preexisting conditions and guarantee coverage for essential benefits like emergency services, maternity care, and mental health treatment, while reducing the medical debt that hurts both patients and providers.
- Environment: Expand Public Trust Doctrine to include ground water; Reduce agricultural nutrient runoff which leads to toxic algae blooms; Incentivize capture and use of flare gases from landfills; Regulate hydraulic fracturing operations; Strengthen polluter pay laws; Ban sale and use of PFAS. Require public utilities to revert to Net Metering; Require public utilities to allow electric car and storage batteries to sell power back to the grid using dynamic pricing; Internalize full cost of fossil fuel production (health and climate effects, acid rain, etc.) to stimulate rapid adoption of renewable sources.
Featured local question Michigan is only one of 3 states to constitutionally guarantee public funding for primary and secondary education to all residents, but we do not provide adequate funds to do so. Our goal to allocate per-pupil funding equally per student fails to recognize that different students have different abilities. I support funding each student based on need, funding early childhood and preschool education, investing in teacher development and training, providing free community college and increased student aid for our colleges and universities. I would also work with our trade
unions to provide increased work/study opportunities.
Education: Universal access to early childhood and pre-k education; Fund pupils
based on student needs; Remove cost barriers to higher education & job training
programs.
Health: Expand Medicaid; Provide public health care option; Reduce drug costs.
Labor: Pass equal pay for equal work law; Increase minimum wage; Paid sick leave.
Security: Increase SNAP benefits; Expand Meal on Wheels; Increase availability
of subsidized housing.
Environment: Repair aging water & sewer infrastructure; Guarantee access to
clean drinking water; Require polluters to pay for toxic mitigation; Strengthen
industrial waste disposal laws.
Gun Control: I support eliminating the sale of assault weapons, requiring responsible gun ownership
education for all gun owners, instituting "red flag" laws, outlawing large gun
magazines, removing guns from convicted domestic violence offenders, and
requiring background checks for all gun purchases.
I had just turned 15 years old and remember my mother coming to pick me up from JV softball practice and giving me a huge hug and she wouldn't let go. This was the day of the Columbine school shooting. As the news unfolded it became the deadliest school shooting on record at the time. Not to mention it was the first school shooting to happen during a time where we were more connected than ever due to technology.. Since then, schools have never been the same and unfortunately the shootings continued. Its time for the Michigan legislature to get serious about eliminating the sale of assault weapons, requiring responsible gun ownership education for all gun owners, instituting "red flag" laws, outlawing large gun magazines, removing guns from convicted domestic violence offenders, and requiring background checks for all gun purchases.
My little cousins always gets the baby shark song stuck in my head.
I am a Breast Cancer Survivor. I fought breast cancer when most people my age were just settling into careers, and now my battle for affordable health care is more personal than ever. I know what it's like to have to take a job just because it provides health insurance, and to work through the pain and stress of a serious illness because you still need to pay your bills.
Experience matters.It takes years to build relationships with community residents, businesses, and other local, state and federal officials. It also takes time to learn how lawmaking, accounting and government finance works. This why its important we make sure we elect people with experience and a record of government service.
Protecting the Environment and transitioning to renewable energy.
Environment: Expand Public Trust Doctrine to include ground water; Reduce
agricultural nutrient runoff which leads to toxic algae blooms; Incentivize capture
and use of flare gases from landfills; Regulate hydraulic fracturing operations;
Strengthen polluter pay laws; Ban sale and use of PFAS.
Energy: Require public utilities to revert to Net Metering; Require public utilities
to allow electric car and storage batteries to sell power back to the grid using
dynamic pricing; Internalize full cost of fossil fuel production (health & climate
effects, acid rain, etc.) to stimulate rapid adoption of renewable sources.
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2023
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2022
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In 2022, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 12 to December 28.
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2021
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In 2021, the Michigan State Legislature was in session from January 13 to December 31.
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2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 26, 2020
- ↑ Michigan House Democrats, "Meet Rep. Steckloff," accessed May 2, 2023
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Samantha Steckloff," accessed May 2, 2023
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Laurie Pohutsky (D) |
Michigan House of Representatives District 19 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Christine Greig (D) |
Michigan House of Representatives District 37 2021-2023 |
Succeeded by Brad Paquette (R) |
