Steve Montenegro

Steve Montenegro REPRepublican

State Representative, District 29

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Steve MontenegroREPRepublican State Representative, District 29
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Steve Montenegro is a Salvadoran-American Republican politician from Litchfield Park, Arizona who is a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, elected in 2022. He is a former member of the Arizona Senate. He was previously a member of the Arizona House of Representatives, from 2009 to 2017, where he was Speaker Pro Tempore.In 2014, Montenegro was chosen to serve as Majority Leader in the 2015–2017 session. He resigned from the state senate on December 15, 2017 to focus on his congressional campaign. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for Arizona's 8th congressional district special election, 2018.

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Education4 - 4 of 2
Arizona State University
BS Political Science
1999 - 2004
Logos Christian University
AA Theology
Past Positions1 - 11 of 11
Representative
Arizona State House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Majority Leader
Arizona State House of Representatives
2015 - 2017
Representative
Arizona State House of Representatives
2008 - 2017
Senator
Arizona State Senate
2017
Speaker Pro Tempore
Arizona State House of Representatives
2010 - 2012
Executive Director
Desert Reach
Current
Principal
Coronam Consulting
2018 - Current
Constituent Caseworker
United States Representative Trent Franks, Glendale Office
Former Assistant Teacher
Superior School
Former Assistant Teacher
Arizona Charter Academy
Minister
Other Experience1 - 21 of 21
Delegate
Republican National Convention
Current
Ministry Pastor
Catalyst Church
Current
Trustee
Arizona Christian University
Current
President
Arizona Messengers of Peace, Boy Scouts of America
Youth Pastor
Surprise Apostolic Assembly
Assistant Pastor
Surprise Apostolic Assembly
Former Advisory Board Member
Republican State Leadership Committee Future Majority Project
Former Advisory Board Member
GOPAC
Former Advisory Board Member
Arizona Charter Academy.
President
Arizona Messengers of Peace
Treasurer
National Messengers of Peace, Boy Scouts of America
Chair
Health and Human Services Committee, Arizona State House of Represetatives
2023 - Current
Member
Transportation Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Member
Government Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives
2023 - Current
Member
Health and Human Services Committee, Arizona State Senate
2017
Member
Appropriations Committee, Arizona State Senate
2017
Vice Chair
Education Committee, Arizona State Senate
2017
Former Member
Agriculture, Water and Lands Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives
Former Member
Capital Review [JCCR] Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives
Former Member
Joint Legislative Budget Committee [JLBC], Arizona State Legislature
Former Vice Chair
Rules Committee, Arizona State House of Representatives
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