Michelle Steel

Michelle Steel
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California
In office
January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2025
Preceded byHarley Rouda
Succeeded byDerek Tran
Constituency48th district (2021–2023)
45th district (2023–2025)
Chair of the Orange County Board of Supervisors
In office
January 1, 2020 – January 1, 2021
Preceded byLisa Bartlett
Succeeded byAndrew Do
In office
January 1, 2017 – January 1, 2018
Preceded byLisa Bartlett
Succeeded byAndrew Do
Member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors
from the 2nd district
In office
January 5, 2015 – January 3, 2021
Preceded byJohn Moorlach
Succeeded byKatrina Foley
Member of the California State Board of Equalization
from the 3rd district
In office
January 5, 2007 – January 5, 2015
Preceded byClaude Parrish
Succeeded byDiane Harkey
Personal details
Born
Michelle Eunjoo Park

(1955-06-21) June 21, 1955 (age 69)
Seoul, South Korea
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
(m. 1981)
Children2
EducationPepperdine University (BA)
University of Southern California (MBA)
Korean name
Hangul
박은주[1]
Hanja
朴銀珠
Revised RomanizationBak Eunju
McCune–ReischauerPak Ŭnju

Michelle Eunjoo Steel (née Park, born June 21, 1955)[2] is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 45th congressional district from 2023 to 2025, previously representing the 48th congressional district from 2021 to 2023.[3] A member of the Republican Party, she concurrently served as a member of House Minority Whip Steve Scalise's Whip Team for the 117th Congress.[4] Steel ran for re-election to a third term in 2024, but she was defeated in the general election by Democratic challenger Derek Tran.[5]

Steel served as the member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from the 2nd district from 2015 to 2021 and of the California State Board of Equalization from the 3rd district from 2007 to 2015.[6][7][2] Steel, fellow California Republican Young Kim and Democrat Marilyn Strickland of Washington are the first Korean-American women to serve in Congress.

  1. ^ '영옥씨' 영 김 후보도 당선…한국계 4명 미 의회 입성 (... Four Korean-Americans Enter U.S. Congress). The Korea Times (in Korean). November 13, 2020. Archived from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Michelle Steel, JoinCalifornia.com, archived from the original on December 28, 2010, retrieved September 29, 2011
  3. ^ "Rep. Harley Rouda Concedes to Republican Challenger in 48th District Congressional District Race". NBC Los Angeles. November 10, 2020. Archived from the original on March 2, 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  4. ^ @RepSteel (February 2, 2021). "Today I joined @SteveScalise on our first Whip Team call of the 117th Congress! I am so honored to join this team and am ready to get to work supporting policies that help #CA48 families & businesses thrive" (Tweet). Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ Nelson, Laura J. (November 27, 2024). "Democrat Derek Tran ousts Republican Michelle Steel in competitive Orange County House race". Los Angeles Times.
  6. ^ Steel, Michelle Park. "Board Member Michelle Steel". California State Board of Equalization. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2007.
  7. ^ "亞裔支持朴銀珠選稅委" [Asian Americans support Park's election to tax board]. August 23, 2006. Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved February 20, 2007.

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