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Nate Steel

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Nate Steel
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives
from the 19th district
In office
November 1, 2010 – 2015
Succeeded byJustin Gonzales
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of Arkansas (BA, JD)

Nate Steel is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. During the 89th General Assembly session from 2013 to 2015, Steel served on the Judiciary committee.

Education

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Steel graduated from Nashville High School in Nashville, Arkansas. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and his Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law.[1]

Career

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Steel ran unsuccessfully for Attorney General of Arkansas in 2014.[2] Steel's introductory campaign commercial, posted on YouTube, identifies prison overcrowding in Arkansas as a problem because the state has the second-worst meth rate in America.[3] Steel lost to the Republican nominee, Leslie Rutledge.[4] He left office in 2015 and was succeeded in the Arkansas House by Justin Gonzales.[5][6]

Steel is an attorney and deputy prosecuting attorney. He is a member of the Howard Memorial Hospital Foundation board of directors, the Cossatot Community College U of A Foundation board of directors, and CASA for Children board of advisors.

Personal life

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Steel is a Methodist.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Nate Steel | Steel Wright Gray, PLLC | Our Team". www.capitollaw.com. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  2. ^ Brantley, Max (10 July 2013). "UPDATE: Nate Steel announces for attorney general". Arkansas Times. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  3. ^ SCHWERS, KAITLYN. "AG candidate Nate Steel focused on prisons, predators". The Baxter Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  4. ^ Brantley, Max (2014-07-25). "Meet Nate Steel: He wants to be your prosecut ... er ... attorney general". Arkansas Times. Archived from the original on 2023-08-04. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  5. ^ "Representative Nate Steel (D) - Arkansas State Legislature". www.arkleg.state.ar.us. Archived from the original on 2023-06-06. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  6. ^ "Nate Steel - 2019 40 Under 40 | Arkansas Business News | ArkansasBusiness.com". www.arkansasbusiness.com. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  7. ^ http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/254/nate-steel>
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Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Arkansas Attorney General
2014
Succeeded by