Samantha Steckloff is from Farmington Hills, Michigan. She has a bachelor 27s degree in political science from Purdue University. 

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Samantha Steckloff is from Farmington Hills, Michigan. She has a bachelor 's degree in political science from Purdue University. 

Samantha has experience working as a city youth advisor.

Samantha is currently a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 19. She is currently serving her third term.

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Samantha is currently a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 19. She previously served for eight years as a member of the Farmington Hills City Council.

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Supports creating a state-run public health insurance option to improve affordability and accessibility of care, increase the number of people served, and make communities healthier.

Supports creating a state-run public health insurance option to improve affordability and accessibility of care.

- Supports creating a state-run public health insurance option to improve affordability and accessibility of care.

Economy

Believes police are often untrained to handle certain situations, which is dangerous and ineffective for community safety, and supports using tax dollars for crime reduction efforts like social services instead of over-relying on police.

Believes poor and minority offenders face disadvantages in bail cases and supports releasing all nonviolent offenders with a court date to benefit communities.

Believes poor and minority offenders face disadvantages in bail cases and supports releasing all nonviolent offenders with a court date.

Supports creating a public database to track police officers who have been fired, disciplined, or convicted of a crime.

Supports re-examining "qualified immunity," which protects government officials from being personally liable for their actions on the job, to ensure accountability for police misconduct.

Supports re-examining "qualified immunity," which protects government officials from being personally liable for their actions on the job.

- Believes police are often untrained to handle certain situations, which is dangerous and ineffective for community safety, and supports using tax dollars for crime reduction efforts like social services instead of over-relying on police.
- Believes poor and minority offenders face disadvantages in bail cases and supports releasing all nonviolent offenders with a court date.
- Supports creating a public database to track police officers who have been fired, disciplined, or convicted of a crime.
- Supports re-examining "qualified immunity," which protects government officials from being personally liable for their actions on the job.

Public Safety

Supports reducing medical debt, and ensuring coverage for preexisting conditions and essential benefits like emergency services, maternity care, and mental health treatment.

- Supports reducing medical debt, and ensuring coverage for preexisting conditions and essential benefits like emergency services, maternity care, and mental health treatment.

Healthcare

Supports expanding access to a variety of higher education and career preparation options, including trade schools, apprenticeships, and specialized training programs.

Advocates for continuously investing in public schools, students, and educators.

- Supports expanding access to a variety of higher education and career preparation options, including trade schools, apprenticeships, and specialized training programs.
- Advocates for continuously investing in public schools, students, and educators.

Education

Opposes relaxing environmental regulations that protect air and water quality.

Supports promoting sustainable building practices for new construction.

Advocates for expanding local recycling programs.

- Opposes relaxing environmental regulations that protect air and water quality.
- Supports promoting sustainable building practices for new construction.
- Advocates for expanding local recycling programs.

Energy & the Environment

Supports requiring public utilities to allow electric car and storage batteries to sell power back to the grid using dynamic pricing.

- Supports requiring public utilities to allow electric car and storage batteries to sell power back to the grid using dynamic pricing.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Opposes prejudice, discrimination, and harassment against marginalized groups.

Advocates for promoting justice and equality for all residents, including women, racial and religious minorities, and LGBTQ citizens.

- Opposes prejudice, discrimination, and harassment against marginalized groups.
- Advocates for promoting justice and equality for all residents, including women, racial and religious minorities, and LGBTQ citizens.

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Samantha Steckloff

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Samantha is from Farmington Hills, Michigan. She attended Farmington Public Schools. She has a bachelor's degree in political science from Purdue University.

Samantha Steckloff is currently a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 19.

Believes police are often untrained for certain situations, leading to risks and ineffective community safety, and advocates for spending tax dollars on proven crime reduction efforts like social services instead of over-relying on police.

Said, "Poor and minority offenders are especially disadvantaged in these cases, even though they commit the same crimes as people who can afford to make bail. We should be sending all nonviolent offenders home with a court date instead of keeping them in jail for days with no clear benefit to our communities."

Supports reducing medical debt, and providing coverage for preexisting conditions and essential benefits such as emergency services, maternity care, and mental health treatment.

Said, "We can no longer gamble with the health of our residents and communities by ignoring aging infrastructure and letting polluters off the hook."

Supports creating a state-run public health insurance option to improve affordability and accessibility of care, streamline costs, and increase flexibility for citizens.

Believes affordable health coverage for entrepreneurs and employees will promote small business growth.

Said, "I’m ready to lead us forward and fight to make things right, and I’ll start by bringing us back together."

Believes police are often untrained to handle certain situations, which is dangerous and ineffective for community safety, and supports using tax dollars for social services to reduce crime instead of over-relying on police.

Supports creating a public database to track police officer firings, disciplinary actions, and criminal convictions.

Supports reallocating funds from police military-grade weapons to hire more social workers, addiction counselors, and after-school programs.

Supports trade schools and apprenticeships in addition to college.

Said, "We need to take decisive action today to preserve our resources, slow down the process of climate change, and to make the world better for ourselves and for younger generations."

Samantha is currently a member of the Michigan House of Representatives, representing District 19. She was first elected in 2020 and is currently serving her third term. Before her time in the state legislature, she served two terms on the Farmington Hills City Council.

Supports creating a state-run public health insurance option in Michigan to improve affordability and accessibility of care, streamline costs, and enhance job flexibility for residents.

Believes police are often called to handle situations they are not trained for and advocates for proactive spending on social services to reduce crime.

Supports sending nonviolent offenders home with a court date instead of keeping them in jail, highlighting the disadvantages faced by poor and minority offenders in the bail system.

Supports the creation of a public-facing database to track police officers' disciplinary actions and criminal convictions, similar to systems used for other professions.

For Candidate Samantha Steckloff on Issue public-safety: Advocates for re-examining qualified immunity to ensure police officers are held accountable for misconduct, considering its implications for law enforcement's role in communities.

Supports protecting those with preexisting conditions, guaranteeing coverage for essential benefits, and reducing medical debt.

For Candidate Samantha Steckloff on Issue transportation-and-infrastructure:  
Believes it is essential to address aging infrastructure to protect the health of residents and communities.

Supports affordable health coverage for entrepreneurs and employees.

Supports reallocating funds from police to social services, arguing that investing in social workers, addiction counselors, and after-school programs will more effectively reduce crime and improve community safety than spending on military-grade weapons for police.

Supports ending the cash bail system, which disproportionately affects poor and minority offenders, and advocates for releasing nonviolent offenders with a court date to reduce jail populations.

Supports creating a public database to track police officer misconduct, such as firings, disciplinary actions, and criminal convictions.

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