Steve West (Missouri)

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Steve West

Independent

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Steve West (independent) ran for election to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 15. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

West completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2022

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 15

Incumbent Maggie Nurrenbern defeated Adam Richardson and Steve West in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 15 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maggie Nurrenbern (D)	53.3	6,920
	Submit photo	Adam Richardson (R)	42.7	5,535
		Steve West (Independent)	4.0	518

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,973
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 15

Incumbent Maggie Nurrenbern advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 15 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maggie Nurrenbern	100.0	2,982

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,982
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 15

Adam Richardson advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 15 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Adam Richardson	100.0	2,512

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,512
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2020

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 15

Maggie Nurrenbern defeated Steve West in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 15 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maggie Nurrenbern (D)	58.1	10,581
		Steve West (R)	41.9	7,624

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,205
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 15

Maggie Nurrenbern advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 15 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maggie Nurrenbern	100.0	3,489

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,489
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 15

Steve West defeated Adam Richardson in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 15 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve West	51.2	1,342
	Submit photo	Adam Richardson	48.8	1,281

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,623
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2018

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 15

Incumbent Jon Carpenter defeated Steve West in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 15 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jon Carpenter (D)	63.2	9,261
		Steve West (R)	36.8	5,398

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,659
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 15

Incumbent Jon Carpenter advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 15 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jon Carpenter	100.0	3,757

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,757
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 15

Steve West defeated Timothy Harris, Simon Abela, and J. Ranen Bechthold in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 15 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve West	49.5	1,485
	Submit photo	Timothy Harris	24.4	733
	Submit photo	Simon Abela	14.1	422
		J. Ranen Bechthold	12.1	363

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,003
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Steve West completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by West's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Graduate from St. Pius X High School, & Rockhurst College w/BSBA in 1977. Currently self employed owner/founder of Dry Foundation of KC, a foundation repair contractor 2010-present. Former founder/owner/broker of Old American Real Estate, 1993-2010. Father of 3, Grandfather. Former soccer & basketball youth coach, former Big Brother w/Big Brother's & Sisters 1978-93. Former Clay County Republican Central Committee 1998-2004. Began working on an industrial fence construction crew in 1970 at the age of 16. We traveled approx. 6 states working on prisons, military bases, substations, sports complexes, Arrowhead stadium, Worlds of Fun, Wolf Creek Power plant, KCI, water and sewage plants etc. etc. At 18 was given my own crew w/truck, trailer & skid loader. I did this during the summers while I was in high school and college, and then full time after I graduated until 1984. I have a lifetime of work and life experiences to draw on. I'm blue collar, but also understand business & economics and what it takes to raise a family. I'm a lifelong conservative.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Public education is failing. The NKC schl dist. spends over $23,000/yr/student w/capital expenditures. We need school chioice. Competition will raise education.
• Porn is addictive especially to adolescent & teen boys, This is a huge factor leading to sexual abuse of women & children. It can be blocked so that only adults who apply for it can get it. Currently kids get it on their cell phones. This needs to stop!
• I am apposed to mandatory vaccinations. If your vaccine is effective, why care who gets it? I'm more concerned about adverse effects. I don't trust Gov't, fake news. or fake science.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I want to restore: Old American Family Values, Old American Virtues of Humility, Modesty & Work Ethic, and restore the American Dream for all Americans. I want to preserve and protect opportunities for all Americans. I want to see our youth prosper. I want to protect our most vulnerable: Women, Seniors and especially our Youth. Only a thin blue line separates us from anarchy. Thank you to our first responders, especially our Police. Police have a tough assignment, and are under assault today in our society. 1. Education Reform w/school choice will be my first priority. 2. We need to block internet porn so that minors can't get it. Other nations have done this. We can do it here. 3. Vaccines should not be mandatory. I'm pro-choice on vaccines. 4. I'm opposed to granting LGBTs privileged minority status, and teaching alt sex ed and unisex bathrooms in our public schools. 5. I want campaign finance reform. No more super pacs, corporate & union donations. 6. I'm pro-life. There're lots birth control methods available. Abortion should not be use for birth control, and should never be used to cover up crimes against women. Today pimps & predators take girls to get abortions, no questions asked, to cover up their crimes. This has to stop. Forcible rape & life of the mother should be exceptions. 7. Ban public water fluoridation. 8. I support an Undivided Loyalty Bill to prohibit dual citizens, or pledges to any foreign nation for elected officials.

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2020

Steve West did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Noteworthy events

Comments about Hitler
On January 23, 2017, West said on his KCXL radio show, "Looking back in history, unfortunately, Hitler was right about what was taking place in Germany. And who was behind it." The Kansas City Star reported that West made the comments under the persona Jack Justice. In response to the reports about his comments, West said, "Jewish people can be beautiful people, but there’s ideologies associated with that that I don’t agree with. Jews today are a remnant of the tribe of Judah that rejected Christ." West said in an interview with Fox 4 News, "Now they're going to say that I'm a Nazi. I'm not a Nazi. I don't believe in racial supremacy. I don't believe in anything that Hitler did. I don't believe it, you know, in, in the Aryan Nation, you know, racial supremacy is abhorrent. I absolutely detest it. And that's it."

The Missouri Republican Party responded to the comments made by West. The party said in a statement on August 9, 2018, "Steve West’s shocking and vile comments do not reflect the position of the Missouri Republican Party or indeed of any decent individual. West’s abhorrent rhetoric has absolutely no place in the Missouri Republican Party or anywhere. We wholeheartedly condemn his comments."

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Missouri House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Jon Patterson

Minority Leader:Ashley Aune

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Eric Woods (D)

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Mike Steinmeyer (R)

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Will Jobe (D)

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Yolanda Young (D)

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Michael Johnson (D)

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Emily Weber (D)

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Patricia Mansur (D)

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Tiffany Price (D)

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Melissa Douglas (D)

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Donna Barnes (D)

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Aaron Crossley (D)

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Jon Patterson (R)

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Jeff Coleman (R)

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Carolyn Caton (R)

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Keri Ingle (D)

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Mark Sharp (D)

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