Nate Steel
{{short description|American politician}}
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Nate Steel is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. During the 89th General Assembly session from 2013 to 2015, Steel served on the Judiciary committee.
Education
Steel graduated from Nashville High School in Nashville, Arkansas. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and his Juris Doctor from the University of Arkansas School of Law.{{Cite web|title=Nate Steel {{!}} Steel Wright Gray, PLLC {{!}} Our Team|url=https://www.capitollaw.com/nate-steel|access-date=2021-03-31|website=www.capitollaw.com|language=en}}
Career
Steel ran unsuccessfully for Attorney General of Arkansas in 2014.{{cite news|last=Brantley|first=Max|title=UPDATE: Nate Steel announces for attorney general|url=http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/07/10/nate-steel-announces-for-attorney-general|accessdate=21 December 2013|newspaper=Arkansas Times|date=10 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224111417/http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/07/10/nate-steel-announces-for-attorney-general|archive-date=December 24, 2013|url-status=live}} Steel's introductory campaign commercial, posted on YouTube, identifies prison overcrowding in Arkansas as a problem because the state has the second-worst meth rate in America.{{Cite web|last=SCHWERS|first=KAITLYN|title=AG candidate Nate Steel focused on prisons, predators|url=https://www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/local/2014/08/14/nate-steel-visits-sheriff/14076113/|access-date=2021-03-31|website=The Baxter Bulletin|language=en-US|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140819193900/http://www.baxterbulletin.com/story/news/local/2014/08/14/nate-steel-visits-sheriff/14076113/|archive-date=2014-08-19|url-status=dead}} Steel lost to the Republican nominee, Leslie Rutledge.{{Cite web|last=Brantley|first=Max|date=2014-07-25|title=Meet Nate Steel: He wants to be your prosecut ... er ... attorney general|url=https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2014/07/25/meet-nate-steel-he-wants-to-be-your-prosecut-er-attorney-general|access-date=2021-03-31|website=Arkansas Times|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804110408/https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2014/07/25/meet-nate-steel-he-wants-to-be-your-prosecut-er-attorney-general|archive-date=2023-08-04|url-status=live}} He left office in 2015 and was succeeded in the Arkansas House by Justin Gonzales.{{Cite web|title=Representative Nate Steel (D) - Arkansas State Legislature|url=https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Legislators/Detail?member=Steel&ddBienniumSession=2011/2011R|access-date=2021-03-31|website=www.arkleg.state.ar.us|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606035929/https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Legislators/Detail?member=Steel&ddBienniumSession=2011/2011R|archive-date=2023-06-06|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|title=Nate Steel - 2019 40 Under 40 {{!}} Arkansas Business News {{!}} ArkansasBusiness.com|url=https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/events/1/40-under-40/honorees/1314/nate-steel|access-date=2021-03-31|website=www.arkansasbusiness.com}}
Steel is an attorney and deputy prosecuting attorney. He is a member of the Howard Memorial Hospital Foundation board of directors, the Cossatot Community College U of A Foundation board of directors, and CASA for Children board of advisors.
Personal life
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External links
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- [https://twitter.com/Nate_Steel Twitter account]
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{{s-bef|before=Dustin McDaniel}}
{{s-ttl|title=Democratic nominee for Arkansas Attorney General|years=2014}}
{{s-aft|after=Tim Griffin}}
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Arkansas House of Representatives
Category:21st-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly
Category:University of Arkansas alumni