Shawn Steel
RNC California National Committeeman 2008 - Present
Past Chairman, California Republican Party, 2001
Shawn Steel’s Republican activism dates back to his teenage days. He served as High School State Chairman for Ronald Reagan. Thereafter, he was elected as Chairman of California Young Americans for Freedom [YAF].
Shawn served as treasurer and vice chair of the California Republican Party and was elected Chair in 2001. As Chair, Shawn led the Grey Davis recall, the first successful recall of a governor in California history.
Born and raised in California, Shawn Steel attended Los Angeles-area public schools and earned his BA at CSU-N and a Master’s in History from the University of Southern California. Shawn also later earned his Juris Doctorate and is now a California trial attorney running his own firm. He is a specialist in Health Care Law and Alternative Health Care Doctors.
He is published in numerous professional journals, newspapers and books, including the National Review, San Francisco Chronicle, San Diego Union, Los Angeles Daily Journal, California Policy Review, the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Daily News, Daily Breeze, Washington Times, the Orange County Register, the Weekly Standard, Sacramento Bee, San Jose Mercury News, and the Wall Street Journal.
Shawn has also appeared on numerous local, national, and international networks and shows, including Tucker Carlson, Chris Mathews, Larry Elder, Dennis Prager, Conan Nolan, CNN-International, I-24 News, Fox, NTD-TV (worldwide), and NRP both locally and nationally.
Shawn’s wife, Michelle Park Steel, was elected as Congresswoman of the 45 District in 2020.