Sarah Steelman

Sarah Steelman
Commissioner of the Missouri Office of Administration
Assumed office
February 9, 2017[1]
GovernorEric Greitens
Mike Parson
Preceded byDoug Nelson[2]
44th State Treasurer of Missouri
In office
January 10, 2005 – January 12, 2009
GovernorMatt Blunt
Preceded byNancy Farmer
Succeeded byClint Zweifel
Member of the Missouri Senate
from the 16th district
In office
January 6, 1999 – January 10, 2005
Preceded byMike Lybyer
Succeeded byFrank Barnitz
Personal details
Born
Sarah Hearne

(1958-05-03) May 3, 1958 (age 66)
Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseDavid Steelman
Alma materUniversity of Missouri Business School (MA)
University of Missouri (BA)
ProfessionEconomist
Websitesarahsteelman.com

Sarah Steelman (born Sarah Hearne; May 3, 1958) is an American Republican politician from Missouri and State Treasurer from 2005 to 2009. She is currently serving in the Office of Administration in Governor Mike Parson’s administration. She did not run for re-election as state treasurer in 2008, having run for governor, and was succeeded in office by Democrat Clint Zweifel on January 12, 2009. She was listed in a 2008 article in the New York Times as among seventeen women who may someday run for President of the United States.[3] On November 29, 2010, Steelman announced she would run for the U.S. Senate in 2012.[4] She was defeated in the Republican primary by U.S. Representative Todd Akin.[5]

  1. ^ "About the Commissioner". 11 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Sarah Steelman to be new OA Director under Greitens". 6 January 2017.
  3. ^ Zernike, Kate (2008-05-18). "She Just Might Be President Someday". New York Times.
  4. ^ "Sarah Steelman for U.S. Senate 2012". sarahsteelman.com. November 29, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference election was invoked but never defined (see the help page).