Michelle Steel

CA Board of Equalization

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-07-2006	Republican	SBOE3	1147514	Win
11-02-2010	Republican	SBOE3	1325538	Win
11-03-2020	Republican	CD-48	201738	Win
11-08-2022	Republican	CD-45	113960	Win
11-05-2024	Republican	CD-45	0	Loss

Candidate Biography:

Michelle Park-Steel
Born: Michelle Eun Joo Park
Born: June 21, 1955 in Seoul, South Korea
Married: Shawn Steel (in 1983)
Children: Cheyenne Park Steel and Siobhan Cheong Steel

Previous: Member, President's Advisory Commission on Asian-Americans
Previous: Member, California World Trade Commission
Previous: Commissioner, Los Angeles County Children and Family Services
Previous: Member, Los Angeles Airport and Fire Commissions
1996: Delegate, Republican National Convention
2000: Delegate, Republican National Convention
2004: California Finance Co-Chair, Bush/Cheney Presidential Campaign
2006-2008: Deputy, State Board of Equalization Member Claude Parrish
2012: Delegate, Republican National Convention
2015-2021: Member, Orange County Board of Supervisors
2016: Delegate, Republican National Convention 
2024: Delegate, Republican National Convention 

• 2016 Trump Delegate

• CLOSE CONTEST: In the 2024 General Election, Steel initially led her opponent Derek Tran by more than 5% (11,000 votes) on election night. The lead eroded consistently in the days after and Tran took a narrow 36 vote lead on November 16th (11 days after the election).
• NOTE: Shawn Steel has long been involved in the California Republican Party; serving as Treasurer (1995-1999), Vice Chair (1999-2001) and Chairman (2001-2003). At present, he is the National Committeeman for the California Republican Party (2008-Present). He was a 2020 Delegate to the Republican National Convention and a 2020 Candidate for Presidential Elector for Donald Trump (Lost).