Sarah Steelman
| Sarah Steelman | |
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| 44th State Treasurer of Missouri | |
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In office January 10, 2005 – January 12, 2009 |
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| Governor | Matt Blunt |
| Preceded by | Nancy Farmer |
| Succeeded by | Clint Zweifel |
| Member of the Missouri Senate from the 16th district |
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In office January 6, 1999 – January 10, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Mike Lybyer |
| Succeeded by | Frank Barnitz |
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Sarah Hearne May 3, 1958 Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | David Steelman |
| Alma mater |
University of Missouri Business School (M.A.) University of Missouri (B.A.) |
| Profession | Economist |
| Website | sarahsteelman.com |
Sarah Steelman (born Sarah Hearne; May 3, 1958) is an American Republican politician from Missouri and State Treasurer from 2005 to 2009. 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. On November 29, 2010, Steelman announced she would run for the U.S. Senate in 2012. She was defeated in the Republican primary by U.S. Representative Todd Akin.
Sarah Steelman is the second wife of David Steelman, former Republican Leader in the Missouri House. Her father, John Hearne, is a senior partner in the Jefferson City law firm of Hearne and Green. Her father-in-law is the late Dorman Steelman, a former chairman of the Missouri Republican Party.
She attended Jefferson City public schools before attending University of Missouri, from where she holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a Master of Arts degree in Economics. Prior to her election in 1998, Steelman served as deputy director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. She also worked as an economist for the Missouri Department of Revenue and as an adjunct professor of Economics at Lincoln University of Missouri in Jefferson City.
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