Steven Marion Bieda (born January 21, 1961) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who is the Assistant Democratic Floor Leader of the

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. Bieda has served in the Michigan Senate since 2011, representing the 9th district, which includes the communities of Center Line, Eastpointe, Fraser, Roseville, Warren, and portions of Clinton Township and Grosse Pointe Shores. In December 2017, Bieda announced he would seek election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018, representing

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. He ultimately lost the nomination to now incumbent representative

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Early life, education, and career

Bieda was raised in

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, and attended Cousino High School. He received his bachelor's degree and Masters in Public Administration from

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, and later earned a

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from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law as well as a

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in taxation from

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. Before seeking public office, Bieda worked as the Director of Labor Relations for the City of Warren, and as a Senior Policy Analyst for the

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Michigan House of Representatives

In 2002, Bieda was elected to the

for the 25th District. His first term as State Representative, Bieda voted against a 2004 measure banning same-sex marriage in Michigan, which caused pundits to rank him as one of the three most vulnerable members of the House. He went on to be re-elected in 2004 and 2006.

Michigan State Senate

Bieda was elected to the

in November 2010, and was re-elected in November 2014. Bieda has sponsored and passed more than 50 bills and public acts, in addition to co-sponsoring hundreds of others, as he's served in both the majority and minority during his tenure. In Lansing, Bieda is known as a "policy wonk" and is noted to have "an ability to work with Republicans in the legislature; he finally got them to pass a law to pay compensation to innocent people who were wrongly convicted and imprisoned." Governor Whitmer appointed Mr. Bieda as Chairman of the Michigan Tax Tribunal within the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.

Personal life

Bieda designed the reverse side of the U.S. Olympic Half Dollar that was issued in 1992. His design is an image of the Olympic torch and an olive branch. The inscriptions above and below read "United States of America" and "Half Dollar". A central inscription reads "Citius Altius Fortius" which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger".

Electoral history

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bieda, Steve 1961 births 21st-century American politicians Living people Democratic Party members of the Michigan House of Representatives Democratic Party Michigan state senators People from Warren, Michigan University of Detroit Mercy alumni Wayne State University alumni