Steve Owens

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Steve Owens

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Last election

November 5, 2024

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Steve Owens (No party preference) ran for election to the Washington House of Representatives to represent District 22-Position 1. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 22-Position 1

Incumbent Beth Doglio defeated Steve Owens in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 22-Position 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Beth Doglio (D)	69.6	56,646
		Steve Owens (No party preference)	29.8	24,229
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	510

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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 22-Position 1

Incumbent Beth Doglio and Steve Owens advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 22-Position 1 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Beth Doglio (D)	74.8	33,259
✔		Steve Owens (No party preference)	24.1	10,711
		Other/Write-in votes	1.1	483

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Owens signed the following pledges.

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2016

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Washington State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 20, 2016. Incumbent Karen Fraser (D) did not seek re-election.

Sam Hunt defeated Steve Owens in the Washington State Senate District 22 general election.

Washington State Senate, District 22 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Sam Hunt	66.62%	45,882
	No party preference	Steve Owens	33.38%	22,986
Total Votes				68,868
Source: Washington Secretary of State

Sam Hunt and Steve Owens defeated Erik Lee and Spencer Baldwin in the Washington State Senate District 22 top two primary.

Washington State Senate, District 22 Top Two Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Sam Hunt	55.43%	17,992
	No party preference	Steve Owens	21.36%	6,934
	Democratic	Erik Lee	15.01%	4,872
	Democratic	Spencer Baldwin	8.20%	2,662
Total Votes				32,460
Source: Washington Secretary of State

2014

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Washington House of Representatives took place in 2014. A blanket primary election took place on August 5, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 17, 2014. Incumbent Chris Reykdal (D) and Steve Owens (R) were unopposed in the primary. Reykdal defeated Owens in the general election.

Washington House of Representatives, District 22-Position 1 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Chris Reykdal Incumbent	64%	28,977
	Republican	Steve Owens	36%	16,286
Total Votes				45,263

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2024

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2016

Owens' campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	Environmental Protection: As your senator, I will push legislation to promote greater cooperation between land owners and the public interest by promoting an alignment between environmental protection and property stewardship. I will sponsor legislation that encourages our Department of Ecology to move from a punitive role to a faciltative role. By promoting cooperation between property owners and the public interest, we will eliminate the current tendency to create animosity toward defenders of ecology as well as eliminating the disincentives for property owners to engage in positive environmental practices. Budget and Revenue: Rich or poor, we are all better off when we have a meaningful safety net. We are the most prosperous nation in history and as such we should provide basic protections for the most vulnerable. However, in order to be effective our system of welfare must be affordable and focused, and committed to moving people toward self-sufficiency wherever possible. It has now been more than 50 years since President Johnson started the War on Poverty, and yet we see how far off the mark we are from his attempt to move beyond the “Kennedy legacy.” Since 1965, taxpayers have spent between $15 and $20 trillion dollars, adjusted for inflation fighting the war on poverty. We have been at war with poverty for my entire life, but are our safety-net programs lifting up our truly needy neighbors toward greater opportunities and a better life? Or do we find ourselves in a situation where the people in honest need of help must compete for scarce services with an expanded population our welfare programs were never meant to cover? Let us not forget also that we have been at war for 15 years, and many men and women have served our country in this time of war. Our veterans are another part of this population of people who are in need of resources to help restore them, and ensure that they may reap the benefits of a prosperous society. We cannot afford to leave a man or woman behind after having called upon them to make such a sacrifice for our greater good. It saddens me to see the way that our existing programs denigrate and dehumanize the most vulnerable people in our society by failing to address the uniqueness and diversity of each and every one who finds themselves in need. As your senator I will fight to push the decision making process around our wellfare systems closer to the lives of the people whom those decisions effect. I will push for ways to ensure that programs are imbued with the ability to track and verify that the people they are intended to help actually receive the help that was intended. I will push to ensure greater transparency in accounting so that when we spend money to help those who need it, we can be certain that they receive the help they need. Education: As your senator, I will push to promote greater latitude in the decision making process within the school systems, so that people who are working on the front lines can be able to respond more effectively to the individual needs of a diverse student population. I will give parents a stronger voice in the way that funds are spent and work to reduce illogical mandates that tend to discourage students from completing their high school education. I will push to more fairly and sensibly distribute each educational dollar so that it will achieve it's greatest impact in delivering the best education possible.	”
—Steve Owens,

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