Mike Steger

[{"question": "State House", "answer_html": "<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>", "answer_text": ""}, {"question": "Ballotpedia survey responses", "answer_html": "<p>See also: <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a></p>\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\"><p><a href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\"><img align=\"middle\" alt=\"Candidate Connection\" src=\"https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png\" width=\"90%\"/></a></p></div></div>\n<p>\t\tMichael Steger has not yet completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection</a> survey.\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you are Michael Steger, <a href=\"/Survey?utm_source=ballotpedia&amp;utm_medium=widget&amp;utm_campaign=survey_cta&amp;utm_id=Ballotpedia&amp;Source=survey\">click here to fill out Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey</a>. \t\t\t</p>\n<p><b>Who fills out Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey?</b></p>\n<p>Any candidate running for elected office, at any level, can complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Survey. Completing the survey will update the candidate's Ballotpedia profile, letting voters know who they are and what they stand for.  More than 28,000 candidates have taken Ballotpedia's candidate survey since we launched it in 2015. Learn more about the survey <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">here</a>.</p>\n<p>\t\tHelp improve Ballotpedia - <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddoUjxvy5yEyoKoltTe6-B_j668rbBsbcf7UDJI8cOgG2FBA/viewform\" target=\"_blank\">send us candidate contact info</a>.\n</p>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nMichael Steger has not yet completed Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey.\t\t\t\t\t\tIf you are Michael Steger, click here to fill out Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey .\nWho fills out Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey?\nAny candidate running for elected office, at any level, can complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Survey. Completing the survey will update the candidate's Ballotpedia profile, letting voters know who they are and what they stand for.  More than 28,000 candidates have taken Ballotpedia's candidate survey since we launched it in 2015. Learn more about the survey here .\nHelp improve Ballotpedia - send us candidate contact info ."}, {"question": "U.S. House", "answer_html": "<div style=\"clear:both;\"></div>", "answer_text": ""}, {"question": "Ballotpedia survey responses", "answer_html": "<p>See also: <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a></p>\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\"><p><a href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\"><img align=\"middle\" alt=\"Candidate Connection\" src=\"https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png\" width=\"90%\"/></a></p></div></div>\n<p>Michael Steger completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Steger's responses.</p>\n<p><span class=\"expand-all\">Expand all</span> | <span class=\"collapse-all\">Collapse all</span></p>\n<div aria-multiselectable=\"true\" class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\" role=\"tablist\"><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-356501-2025-11-22\" id=\"heading-bio-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-356501-2025-11-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho are you? Tell us about yourself.\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-bio-356501-2025-11-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tMike Steger is a hard working American who dedicated his career to addressing the growing crisis in America after the terrorist attacks of 9-11. Since 2002, Mike has been relentless in his opposition to the endless wars, globalization, offshoring American industry, and the Fed bailouts. He has been unflinching in his commitment to rebuild American industry and farming, revive the pursuit of real science, and to make our education system once again the best in the world.\r\n<p>For ten years Mike ran a company with thirty employees and millions in revenue providing the best political intelligence reports available to hard working, main street Americans. He knows what it means to meet a payroll, create jobs, and hustle to grow a company. For the last five years Mike has built Promethean Action, a policy advocacy group with online videos viewed by millions.\r\n</p>\nMike has been married for twenty-four years to his beautiful wife, who is a talented musician, singer, and church organist. Mike was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan to a Vietnam Marine combat veteran and a Burr Oak farm girl. They taught him to love God, his country, and his neighbor. He believes in the Constitution and self-government, and wants to rebuild America like never before.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-356501-2025-11-22\" id=\"heading-key-message-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-356501-2025-11-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tPlease 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?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-key-message-356501-2025-11-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>For too long our nation has been pushed down by fake elites and bad politicians. The forever wars, bailouts, mass immigration, and the off-shoring of industry were not accidents. We need to empower the next generation of Americans with bold, unrelenting leadership. \r\n<p>This means re-shoring and rebuilding American industry, increasing the real energy grid, and investing in America - and in Americans. Strong borders and protective tariffs will raise the wages and the value of the American worker. We need to build more homes, increase construction, lower costs, and revive the American dream.\r\n</p>\nThis great experiment of self-government is not dead. It lives within us. It's time to unleash the creative power of the American spirit.</li><li>We need to secure peace abroad and rebuild America. No longer can our nation help the world while we drown at home. Our younger generations are enraged and hopeless because of decades of failures. \r\n\r\nWe need to end the political divisions that stem from foreign wars and failed globalist policies. For decades we have lowered wages, increased debt, and expanded poverty while politicians got rich from endless wars. This was just stupid and insane. \r\n\r\nAmerica became the greatest nation on Earth by building the strongest industrial and scientific economy in history. We need to end the wars, secure peace, and launch the greatest reconstruction of American industry and society the world has ever seen.</li><li>Our children are suffering the worst social crisis imaginable. Literacy rates in Michigan have collapsed. Our culture has become obsessed with sexual education and academic ideologies rather than focused on literacy, civic responsibility, and great ideas. \r\n\r\nWe have a real mental health crisis. The climate apocalypse agenda has sown fear; social media creates isolation and addiction; and drug use kills hundreds of thousands of our precious young. Today, young adults cannot imagine ever buying a home because inflation is over 50% in five years. \r\n\r\nThis is a wake up call. We need to reprioritize our national culture and devote ourselves to creating a future for the next generations.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-356501-2025-11-22\" id=\"heading1-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-356501-2025-11-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading1-356501-2025-11-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tIn terms of economics and jobs we need to rebuild our national industry and expand and improve our energy grid. Tariffs and strong borders will help raise wages and make housing more affordable. As we grow the real economy, we can eliminate the deficit and pay off the national debt.<br/><br/>\n<p>In terms of our young people, we need to have an ironclad commitment to build up the talents, skills, and souls of our children. Too many young people feel unneeded. This starts at the top with vision and leadership, but has to be implemented at the local and family level.<br/><br/>\n</p>\nRegarding foreign policy, we need to secure a system of sovereign nations and end the tyranny of globalism and multinational corporate interests. Americans come first!\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-356501-2025-11-22\" id=\"heading2-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse2-356501-2025-11-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading2-356501-2025-11-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse2-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tA true leader has a deep love of God and country, a devotion to the truth, a vision for the future, and the courage to fight for the interests of the American people.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-356501-2025-11-22\" id=\"heading3-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse3-356501-2025-11-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading3-356501-2025-11-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse3-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tThe fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. I was 12 years old. My family had just fallen apart and it seemed the world was changing rapidly.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse4-356501-2025-11-22\" id=\"heading4-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse4-356501-2025-11-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse4-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat was your very first job? How long did you have it?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading4-356501-2025-11-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse4-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tAt 7, I ran the most successful lemonade stand ever. They were repaving the roads in the neighborhood for a few days, and I quickly expanded from lemonade to pop, iced tea, and even a few beers (with Grandma's permission). Total success!<br/><br/>\n<p>At 10, I cut lawns for the neighbors for two years.<br/><br/>\n</p>\nAt 14, I worked in my dad's factory every summer for three years. I worked the fastener machine, the glue machine, and the shrink wrap machine.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse5-356501-2025-11-22\" id=\"heading5-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse5-356501-2025-11-22\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse5-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tBoth sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading5-356501-2025-11-22\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse5-356501-2025-11-22\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tA young man, an engineer, said he just bought a home for the first time. When he estimated with the bank the mortgage payments per month it came out to $1,800. When he received his first bill the mortgage payment was $3,100, a 70% increase. The county assessor had increased his property tax beyond the basic guidelines. This is insane, and is literally taxing our citizens to death.<br/><br/>\r\nFirst time home ownership is hard enough. We need to reprioritize the livelihood of our citizens, their freedoms, their dreams, and their endeavors. Public bureaucrats who mistreat our citizens and violate the spirit of our laws - whether at the level of the Federal Reserve or the county assessor, whether during public health emergencies or over property taxes - should be seen as the most heinous criminals and be punishable by law.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div></div>\n<div class=\"small\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><p><i><b>Note:</b> Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.</i></p></div>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nMichael Steger completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Steger's responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. Mike Steger is a hard working American who dedicated his career to addressing the growing crisis in America after the terrorist attacks of 9-11. Since 2002, Mike has been relentless in his opposition to the endless wars, globalization, offshoring American industry, and the Fed bailouts. He has been unflinching in his commitment to rebuild American industry and farming, revive the pursuit of real science, and to make our education system once again the best in the world. For ten years Mike ran a company with thirty employees and millions in revenue providing the best political intelligence reports available to hard working, main street Americans. He knows what it means to meet a payroll, create jobs, and hustle to grow a company. For the last five years Mike has built Promethean Action, a policy advocacy group with online videos viewed by millions. Mike has been married for twenty-four years to his beautiful wife, who is a talented musician, singer, and church organist. Mike was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan to a Vietnam Marine combat veteran and a Burr Oak farm girl. They taught him to love God, his country, and his neighbor. He believes in the Constitution and self-government, and wants to rebuild America like never before. 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? For too long our nation has been pushed down by fake elites and bad politicians. The forever wars, bailouts, mass immigration, and the off-shoring of industry were not accidents. We need to empower the next generation of Americans with bold, unrelenting leadership. This means re-shoring and rebuilding American industry, increasing the real energy grid, and investing in America - and in Americans. Strong borders and protective tariffs will raise the wages and the value of the American worker. We need to build more homes, increase construction, lower costs, and revive the American dream. This great experiment of self-government is not dead. It lives within us. It's time to unleash the creative power of the American spirit. We need to secure peace abroad and rebuild America. No longer can our nation help the world while we drown at home. Our younger generations are enraged and hopeless because of decades of failures. \r\n\r\nWe need to end the political divisions that stem from foreign wars and failed globalist policies. For decades we have lowered wages, increased debt, and expanded poverty while politicians got rich from endless wars. This was just stupid and insane. \r\n\r\nAmerica became the greatest nation on Earth by building the strongest industrial and scientific economy in history. We need to end the wars, secure peace, and launch the greatest reconstruction of American industry and society the world has ever seen. Our children are suffering the worst social crisis imaginable. Literacy rates in Michigan have collapsed. Our culture has become obsessed with sexual education and academic ideologies rather than focused on literacy, civic responsibility, and great ideas. \r\n\r\nWe have a real mental health crisis. The climate apocalypse agenda has sown fear; social media creates isolation and addiction; and drug use kills hundreds of thousands of our precious young. Today, young adults cannot imagine ever buying a home because inflation is over 50% in five years. \r\n\r\nThis is a wake up call. We need to reprioritize our national culture and devote ourselves to creating a future for the next generations. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? In terms of economics and jobs we need to rebuild our national industry and expand and improve our energy grid. Tariffs and strong borders will help raise wages and make housing more affordable. As we grow the real economy, we can eliminate the deficit and pay off the national debt. In terms of our young people, we need to have an ironclad commitment to build up the talents, skills, and souls of our children. Too many young people feel unneeded. This starts at the top with vision and leadership, but has to be implemented at the local and family level. Regarding foreign policy, we need to secure a system of sovereign nations and end the tyranny of globalism and multinational corporate interests. Americans come first! What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official? A true leader has a deep love of God and country, a devotion to the truth, a vision for the future, and the courage to fight for the interests of the American people. What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time? The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. I was 12 years old. My family had just fallen apart and it seemed the world was changing rapidly. What was your very first job? How long did you have it? At 7, I ran the most successful lemonade stand ever. They were repaving the roads in the neighborhood for a few days, and I quickly expanded from lemonade to pop, iced tea, and even a few beers (with Grandma's permission). Total success! At 10, I cut lawns for the neighbors for two years. At 14, I worked in my dad's factory every summer for three years. I worked the fastener machine, the glue machine, and the shrink wrap machine. Both sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful? A young man, an engineer, said he just bought a home for the first time. When he estimated with the bank the mortgage payments per month it came out to $1,800. When he received his first bill the mortgage payment was $3,100, a 70% increase. The county assessor had increased his property tax beyond the basic guidelines. This is insane, and is literally taxing our citizens to death. First time home ownership is hard enough. We need to reprioritize the livelihood of our citizens, their freedoms, their dreams, and their endeavors. Public bureaucrats who mistreat our citizens and violate the spirit of our laws - whether at the level of the Federal Reserve or the county assessor, whether during public health emergencies or over property taxes - should be seen as the most heinous criminals and be punishable by law.\nNote: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it."}, {"question": "2014", "answer_html": "<p>Steger's campaign website listed the following issues:<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-4\"><a href=\"#cite_note-4\">[4]</a></sup>\n</p>", "answer_text": "Steger's campaign website listed the following issues: [4]"}]