Ballotpedia: Steve Markegard

Steve is originally from the Seattle, WA area. He attended trade school for 4 years. He lives in Buckeye with his wife, Lynn.

Steve founded and owned two speciality contracting businesses. Previously, he was an executive board member of the Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Union.

Steve Markegard's campaign for state representative of District 25 is his first run for public office.

Supports lowering taxes and reducing regulations on businesses.

- Supports lowering taxes and reducing regulations on businesses.

Economy

Said, "I support every effort to stop illegal entry along all of our 262 miles of southern border."

Supports having armed security officers in public schools.

- Said, "I support every effort to stop illegal entry along all of our 262 miles of southern border."
- Opposes gun control.
- Supports having armed security officers in public schools.

Public Safety

Opposes abortion except for in cases of rape or incest in the first trimester of pregnancy.

Supports tax incentives for parents who adopt children.

- Opposes abortion except for in cases of rape or incest in the first trimester of pregnancy.
- Supports tax incentives for parents who adopt children.

Healthcare

Supports Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program that uses public funds to contribute to educational needs for children.

Supports citizenship and civics courses being graduation requirements for students.

- Supports Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Accounts program that uses public funds to contribute to educational needs for children.
- Supports citizenship and civics courses being graduation requirements for students.

Education

Supports local farmers maintaining access to water.

Supports the use of fossil fuels as well as nuclear energy.

- Supports local farmers maintaining access to water.
- Supports the use of fossil fuels as well as nuclear energy.

Energy & the Environment

Supports increased transparency in elections.

- Supports increased transparency in elections.

Voting & Elections

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Steve Markegard

Steve Markegard is originally from the Seattle, WA area. He attended trade school for four years. He lives in Buckeye with his wife, Lynn.

Steve Markegard's campaign for the Arizona State Legislature is his first run for public office.

The candidate's website says, "Early in my career I became an Executive Board Member of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Union where I took part in labor negotiations with employers. Later, after starting my own businesses, I was negotiating union contracts on the Employer’s side."

Steve Markegard was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1954 and is the youngest of four boys. He graduated high school in 1972 and completed a four-year trade school. Raised by a Christian mother, he grew up with strong religious influences, although the specific church he attends is not mentioned. Steve is married to his wife Lynn, has two children from a previous marriage, and now resides in Buckeye, Arizona.

Steve Markegard began his career with early jobs such as newspaper delivery and working at a grocery store. After graduating high school in 1972, he completed a four-year trade school and worked as a journeyman in the building trades industry. He has experience managing construction projects in Seattle and has served as an Executive Board Member of a labor union. Additionally, Markegard has owned and managed two specialty contracting businesses with revenues exceeding $10 million, focusing on industrial construction mechanical insulation projects in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.

As of June 28, 2024, Steve Markegard’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- Your state representatives represent the interests of your local district in the Arizona State House of Representatives. The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up the state lawmaking body: the Arizona Legislature.
- Your state representatives can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws.
- Arizona has 30 districts, and each district is represented by two State Representatives, making a total of 60 State Representatives.
- State Representatives are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $24,000. They only serve in the role part-time.