Greg Steube | |
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 Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromFlorida's17th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Rooney |
| Member of theFlorida Senate from the23rd district | |
| In office November 8, 2016 – November 6, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Garrett Richter |
| Succeeded by | Joe Gruters |
| Member of theFlorida House of Representatives | |
| In office November 2, 2010 – November 8, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Ron Reagan |
| Succeeded by | Ed Hooper |
| Constituency | 67th district (2010–2012) 73rd district (2012–2016) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Gregory Steube (1978-05-19)May 19, 1978 (age 47) Bradenton, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Jennifer Steube |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | University of Florida (BS,JD) |
| Website | House website Campaign website |
| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 2004–2008 |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Army Judge Advocate General's Corps |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War |
William Gregory Steube[1] (/ˈstuːbi/STOO-bee; born May 19, 1978) is an American politician serving as theU.S. representative forFlorida's 17th congressional district since 2019. His district is based inSarasota. A member of theRepublican Party, Steube served three terms in theFlorida House of Representatives, representing theSarasota-Manatee area from 2010 to 2016, as well as two years in theFlorida Senate until 2018, representingSarasota County and the western part ofCharlotte County.
Steube is a supporter ofPresidentDonald Trump. In December 2020, Steube was one of 126 Republican members of theHouse of Representatives to sign anamicus brief in support ofTexas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at theUnited States Supreme Court contesting the results of the2020 presidential election, in whichJoe Biden defeated incumbentDonald Trump.[2]
Steube was born on May 19, 1978, inBradenton to Brad Steube, who served as Sheriff ofManatee County. He graduated fromSoutheast High School in 1996.[3] He attended theUniversity of Florida, receiving a degree in Animal Science in 2000, and then hisJuris Doctor from the University of FloridaFredric G. Levin College of Law in 2003. At UF, Steube was a brother ofAlpha Gamma Rho fraternity. After graduation, Steube joined theUnited States Army and attended theJAG School at theUniversity of Virginia and enteredU.S. Army JAG Corps. He served as Captain from 2004 to 2008 and deployed toIraq in support ofOperation Iraqi Freedom.
Whenstate representativeRon Reagan was unable to seek reelection in 2010 due to term limits, Steube ran to succeed him in the67th District, based in southernHillsborough County, easternManatee County, and northernSarasota County, stretching fromApollo Beach toFruitville. He received an endorsement from U.S. representativeVern Buchanan, who called Steube "extremely knowledgeable of the district and the district's issues."[4] In the Republican primary, he defeated Jeremiah J. Guccione and Robert McCann with 53% of the vote to Guccione's 28% and McCann's 19%. He advanced to the general election, where he facedDemocratic nominee Z. J. Hafeez andindependent candidate John M. Studebaker. Both candidates opposed offshore oil drilling off the coast of the state, supported solar energy, and favored medical tort law reform "that they [felt would] increase access to health care for Floridians."[5] Steube won 68% of the vote to Hafeez's 27% and Studebaker's 5%.[6]
After the reconfiguration of state legislative districts in 2012, Steube's district was renumbered the73rd district. The district was pushed further into Sarasota County while losing its share of Hillsborough County. Steube won his party's nomination unopposed, and moved on to the general election, facing only Bob McCann, who had previously run against Steube in the 2010 Republican primary, but was running as anindependent. Steube and McCann disagreed over whether the state should expandMedicaid under thePatient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with Steube opposed and McCann in favor, and over whether the state should fund charter schools, with Steube in favor and McCann opposed.[7] Steube was endorsed by theBradenton Herald, which praised him for his "strong first term and his qualifications", specifically calling him out for working to put two constitutional amendments on the ballot that provide tax exemptions to the spouses of deceased military veterans and property tax relief to low-income seniors.[8] Steube defeated McCann with 74% of the vote. In 2014, Steube was reelected to his third term in the legislature without opposition.[citation needed]
In 2016, Steube ran for the Florida Senate seat vacated byNancy Detert inDistrict 23, who was term limited. He defeated four other candidates in the Republican primary, receiving 31% of the vote, and won the general election against Democrat Frank Alcock, 59 to 41%.[9][10]
Steube ran for the Republican nomination for Florida's 17th Congressional District in 2018, a seat that was being vacated byTom Rooney, who declined to seek reelection. He won the August 28 Republican primary. In the November 6 general election, he defeated Democrat Allen Ellison, who replaced the original Democratic nominee, April Freeman, after she died unexpectedly in September.[11]
Steube was reelected in 2020 with 64.6% of the vote, defeating Democrat Allen Ellison.[12]
For his first two terms, Steube represented a large swath of south-central Florida, from the outer suburbs of Sarasota andFort Myers through theEverglades to the shores ofLake Okeechobee. However, after the 2020 census, his district was made significantly more compact, picking up all of Sarasota while losing most of its inland territory to the 18th district. The new 19th was no less Republican than its predecessor, and Steube easily won a third term.
Steube supports repealing the Affordable Care Act.[13] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Steube argued that the "deep state" at the FDA was preventing the use ofhydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug, to treat COVID-19.[13] Medical experts note that hydroxychloroquine neither treats nor prevents infection by COVID-19.[14]
In December 2020, Steube was one of 126 Republican members of theHouse of Representatives to sign anamicus brief in support ofTexas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at theUnited States Supreme Court contesting the results of the2020 presidential election, in whichJoe Biden defeated incumbentDonald Trump.[15] The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lackedstanding underArticle III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state.[16][17][18]
On January 6–7, 2021, Steube voted not to certify the election of Joe Biden as President.[19] On January 13, Steube voted against thesecond impeachment of Donald Trump.[20]
In October 2020 and again in January 2021, Steube introduced a bill to bar technology platforms from suspending conservative accounts.[21]
In late February 2021, Steube and a dozen other Republican House Members skipped votes andenlisted others to vote for them, citing the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic, but he and the other members were actually attending theConservative Political Action Conference.[22] In response, theCampaign for Accountability, an ethics watchdog group, filed a complaint with theHouse Committee on Ethics and requested an investigation into Steube and the other lawmakers;[23] there is no evidence the Ethics Committee investigated any House Member for these false statements or abuse of proxy voting.[24]
In June 2021, Steube was among 21 House Republicans who voted against a resolution to give theCongressional Gold Medal to police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol onJanuary 6.[25]
In June 2021, Steube was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal theAUMF against Iraq.[26][27]
In February 2023, Steube introduced H.R. 734: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023. The bill would forbid athletes who were assigned male at birth from participating in federally funded sports programs designated for women and girls, specifically K-12 school sports and collegiate athletic teams.[28] The bill has been widely criticized as an attempt to exclude and targettransgender athletes.[29][30] The bill passed in the House, but was not voted on in the Senate.
In May 2023, Steube co-sponsored resolutions byMarjorie Taylor Greene toimpeach Attorney GeneralMerrick Garland andFBI DirectorChristopher Wray.[31][32]
Steube was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of theFiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House.[33]
In 2023, Steube was among 98 Republicans to vote for a ban oncluster munitions toUkraine.[34][35] The same year, Steube voted for a moratorium on aid toUkraine.[36][37]
In May 2024, Steube accomplished the rare achievement of stewarding a completedischarge petition, corralling 29 Republican votes with 189 Democrats to bring a bill on disaster relief to the floor.[38]
In June 2024, Steube introduced legislation to name theexclusive economic zone of the United States afterDonald Trump as the "Donald John Trump Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States."[39][40] Congress took no action on the bill.
In January 2025, Steube introduced H.R. 28: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025. This is the same bill that was introduced as H.R. 734: Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2023. The 2025 bill passed the House in a 218–206 vote,[41] but it did not pass in the Senate, where it was halted by a vote of 51–45 when 60 votes are needed to pass.[42]
In May 2025, Steube introduced a bill to rename the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority,WMATA, to mimicMAGA, proposing "Washington Metropolitan Authority for Greater Access."[43] Steube claimed his bill would "demand accountability by conditioning federal funding on reforms that signal a cultural shift away from bureaucratic stagnation toward public-facing excellence and patriotism." The bill proposed no substantive changes, limiting its "accountability" to the name change.[44] In 2024, WMATA received $178.5 million from the District of Columbia, $167 million from Maryland, and $154.5 million from Virginia.[45]
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Steube and his wife, Jennifer, have one son.[53]
On January 18, 2023, Steube fell approximately 25 feet (7.6 m) off a ladder while chainsawing tree limbs at his home inSarasota, Florida. An Amazon delivery driver found Steube and called 911; Steube later invited the driver as his guest to the 2023State of the Union.[54] Steube was admitted toSarasota Memorial Hospital with multiple injuries, including a punctured lung, fractured pelvis, and torn neck ligaments.[55] He was released from the hospital on January 21.[56][57] Steube later toldPolitico that Donald Trump was the first person to contact him while he was in the ICU.[58]
Steube was raisedMethodist,[59] and has always considered himself Christian. In recent years, he has "made Jesus his Lord and Savior."[60]
Six weeks before the 2018 election, Steube's Democratic opponent, 54-year-old April Freeman, was found dead. The cause of death was aheart attack.[61] A replacement, Allen Ellison, was appointed, but ballots were already printed. Rather than reprint, Ellison's name was left off of the ballot.[62]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Greg Steube | 48,963 | 62.4 | |
| Republican | Bill Akins | 15,133 | 19.3 | |
| Republican | Julio Gonzalez | 14,402 | 18.3 | |
| Total votes | 78,498 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Greg Steube | 193,326 | 62.3 | |
| Democratic | Allen Ellison | 117,194 | 37.7 | |
| Total votes | 310,520 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Greg Steube (incumbent) | 266,514 | 64.6 | ||
| Democratic | Allen Ellison | 140,487 | 34.1 | ||
| Independent | Theodore Murray | 5,396 | 1.3 | ||
| Total votes | 412,397 | 100.0 | |||
| Republicanhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Greg Steube (incumbent) | 222,483 | 63.8 | |
| Democratic | Andrea Kale | 123,798 | 35.5 | |
| Independent | Theodore Murray | 2,225 | 0.6 | |
| Total votes | 348,506 | 100.0 | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Greg Steube (incumbent) | 291,347 | 63.90 | ||
| Democratic | Manny Lopez | 164,566 | 36.10 | ||
| Write-in | Ralph Hartman | 8 | 0.00 | ||
| Total votes | 455,921 | 100.00 | |||
| Republicanhold | |||||
Potential recruits receiving Freedom Fund money this cycle include Chip Roy in Texas' 21st District, Yvette Herrell in New Mexico's 2nd District, Mark Harris in North Carolina's 9th District, Greg Steube in Florida's 17th District, Denver Riggleman in Virginia's 5th District, Mark Green in Tennessee's 7th District, Russ Fulcher in Idaho's 1st District, Ron Wright in Texas' 6th District and Ben Cline in Virginia's 6th District.
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromFlorida's 17th congressional district 2019–present | Incumbent |
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| Preceded by | United States representatives by seniority 232nd | Succeeded by |
