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Steve Conway
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Democratic Party

Candidate, Washington State Senate District 29

Washington State Senate District 29
Tenure

2011 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

14

Prior offices
Washington House of Representatives District 29-Position 1

Compensation

Base salary

$60,191/year

Per diem

$202/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Next election

November 3, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

University of Portland, 1966

Graduate

University of Oregon, 1969

Ph.D

University of Oregon, 1979

Contact

Official website

Personal LinkedIn 

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Steve Conway (Democratic Party) is a member of the Washington State Senate, representing District 29. He assumed office in 2011. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Conway (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Washington State Senate to represent District 29. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]

Previously, he represented District 29-Position 1 of the Washington House of Representatives from 1992 to 2010.

Conway began serving as State Senate President Pro Tempore in 2025.

Biography

Conway holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Oregon. He received his M.A. in history from the University of Oregon and earned his B.A. in history from the University of Portland. He was a Fulbright Fellow at the London School of Economics.

Conway is a retired business agent for Local 81, United Food and Commercial Worker's Union. He has been an instructor for the University of Oregon, visiting professor for Pacific Lutheran University and a labor educator at the Bates Vocational Technical Institute. He also was a coordinator for the Dislocated Worker Program of the United Way of Pierce County.[1]

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: [email protected].

2023-2024

Conway was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Conway was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Conway was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Washington committee assignments, 2017
• Commerce, Labor & Sports
• Health Care
• Ways & Means

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Conway served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Conway served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Conway served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2026

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2026

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General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for Washington State Senate District 29

Incumbent Steve Conway is running in the general election for Washington State Senate District 29 on November 3, 2026.

Candidate
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Steve Conway (D)

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2022

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Washington State Senate District 29

Incumbent Steve Conway defeated Terry Harder in the general election for Washington State Senate District 29 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Steve Conway
Steve Conway (D)
 
59.0
 
22,622
Image of Terry Harder
Terry Harder (R)
 
40.8
 
15,631
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
70

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 38,323
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington State Senate District 29

Incumbent Steve Conway and Terry Harder advanced from the primary for Washington State Senate District 29 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Steve Conway
Steve Conway (D)
 
58.5
 
12,516
✔
Image of Terry Harder
Terry Harder (R)
 
41.2
 
8,808
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
63

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 21,387
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2018

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Washington State Senate District 29

Incumbent Steve Conway defeated Pierre Malebranche in the general election for Washington State Senate District 29 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Steve Conway
Steve Conway (D)
 
63.1
 
23,120
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Pierre Malebranche (Independent Party of Washington Party)
 
36.9
 
13,538

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Total votes: 36,658
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington State Senate District 29

Incumbent Steve Conway and Pierre Malebranche advanced from the primary for Washington State Senate District 29 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Steve Conway (D)
 
67.7
 
11,155
✔
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Pierre Malebranche (Independent Party of Washington Party)
 
32.3
 
5,324

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Total votes: 16,479
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2014

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for 25 districts in the Washington State Senate took place in 2014. A blanket primary election took place on August 5, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 17, 2014. Incumbent Steve Conway (D) and Terry Harder (R) were unopposed in the primary. Conway defeated Harder in the general election.[2][3][4]

Washington State Senate, District 29 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Conway Incumbent 58.5% 13,071
     Republican Terry Harder 41.5% 9,277
Total Votes 22,348

2010

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2010

Steve Conway was elected to Washington State Senate District 29, vacated by Rosa Franklin, who is retired.[5]

Washington State Senate, District 29 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Steve Conway (D) 16,987 63.38%
Terry Harder (R) 9,813 36.62%

Marty McClendon ran for the Washington State Senate District Seat 29. He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on August 17, 2010. He defeated Terry Harder (R) in the general election on November 2, 2010.

Washington State Senate, District 29 Democratic Primary (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Steve Conway (D) 7,550 56.94%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Democrat Steve Conway won re-election to the Washington House of Representatives, District 29-Position 1 receiving 70.01% of the vote (24,672 votes), defeating Republican Steven T. Cook who received 29.99% of the vote (10,568 votes).

Washington House of Representatives, District 29-Position 1 (2008)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Steve Conway (D) 24,672 70.01%
Steven T. Cook (R) 10,568 29.99%

Campaign themes

2026

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2022

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Campaign finance summary

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Steve Conway campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Washington State Senate District 29Won general$142,460 $95,726
2018Washington State Senate District 29Won general$120,355 N/A**
2014Washington State Senate, District 29Won $134,395 N/A**
2010Washington State Senate, District 29Won $99,414 N/A**
2008Washington State House, District 29-Position 1Won $95,243 N/A**
2006Washington State House, District 29-Position 1Won $75,410 N/A**
2004Washington State House, District 29-Position 1Won $129,563 N/A**
2002Washington State House, District 29-Position 1Won $66,142 N/A**
2000Washington State House, District 29-Position 1Won $51,617 N/A**
1998Washington State House, District 29-Position 1Won $38,870 N/A**
1996Washington State House, District 29-Position 1Won $42,174 N/A**
1994Washington State House, District 29-Position 1Won $32,271 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2011

Missed Votes Report

See also: Washington House of Representatives and Washington State Senate

In March 2014, Washington Votes, a legislative information website, released its annual Missed Votes Report, which provides detailed missed roll call votes on bills for every state legislator during the 2014 legislative session.[9] The 2014 regular session included a total of 515 votes in the State House and 396 in the State Senate, as well as 1,372 bills introduced total in the legislature and 237 bills passed. Out of all roll call votes, 90 individual legislators did not miss any votes. Three individual legislators missed more than 50 votes.[9] Conway missed 6 votes in a total of 1017 roll calls.

Freedom Foundation

See also: Freedom Foundation's Big Spender List (2012)

The Freedom Foundation releases its Big Spender List annually. The Institute ranks all Washington legislators based on their total proposed tax and fee increases. To find each legislator’s total, the Institute adds up the 10-year tax increases or decreases, as estimated by Washington’s Office of Financial Management, of all bills sponsored or co-sponsored by that legislator.[10]

2012

Conway proposed a 10-year increase in state taxes and fees of $2.02 billion, the 6th highest amount of proposed new taxes and fees of the 46 Washington state senators on the Freedom Foundation’s 2012 Big Spender List.

See also: Washington Freedom Foundation Legislative Scorecard (2012)

The Freedom Foundation also issued its 2012 Informed Voter Guide for Washington State voters, including a legislative score card documenting how Washington State legislators voted upon bills the Foundation deemed important legislation. The legislation analyzed covered budget, taxation, and pension issues.[11] A Approveda sign indicates a bill more in line with the Foundation's stated goals, and a Defeatedd sign indicates a bill out of step with the Foundation's values. Here's how Conway voted on the specific pieces of legislation:

2012 Senate Scorecard - Steve Conway
Bill #6636 (Balanced budget requirement)Approveda Bill #5967 (Senate Republicans budget)Approveda Bill #6582 (Local transportation tax increases)Defeatedd Bill #6378 (Pension reforms)Approveda
N N Y N

Personal

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Conway and his wife, Georgia, have two sons and one granddaughter.

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Washington State Senate District 29

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Project Vote Smart, "Steve Conway's Biography," accessed April 14, 2014
    2. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "2014 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 20, 2014
    3. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "August 5, 2014, Official Primary Results," accessed August 5, 2014
    4. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Official general election results, 2014," accessed December 2, 2014
    5. ↑ The News Tribune, "Conway will run for Franklin's seat," May 4, 2010
    6. ↑ Multi State, "2015 State Legislative Session Dates," accessed July 13, 2015
    7. ↑ StateScape, "Session schedules," accessed July 23, 2014
    8. ↑ StateScape, "Session schedules," accessed July 23, 2014
    9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Washington Policy Center, "2014 Missed Votes Report for Legislators Released," March 18, 2014
    10. ↑ Freedom Foundation, "2012 Big Spender List," accessed April 10, 2014
    11. ↑ My Freedom Foundation, "Home," accessed June 18, 2014

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    2011-Present    		 Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    -     		Washington House of Representatives District 29-Position 1
    1993-2010    		 Succeeded by
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