STEVE ASTE

Candidate for Utah House District 41

Government should be about service to our community, not about career building or personal gain.

Steve Aste at a Glance

Accessibility and open dialogue with the people. The government should always be by and for the people. I will hold monthly Zoom or in person meetings with all citizens of the 41st District that care to participate.
I strongly support parental rights.
Address Housing Affordability.
Empower Utah families- parental rights, economic stability
I will fight to restore Transparency & Accountability in Government. This includes disclosure of conflict-of-interest issues for government officials.
Fiscal responsibility in government. I support looking for ways to streamline and make government more efficient rather than increasing taxes.
Work with the State Auditor to ensure our tax dollars are accounted for, spent wisely and spent on what they are intended for.
Water Conservation. With more and more people living in Utah, coupled with recent dry conditions we must prioritize our water conservation.
NO GONDOLA in Little Cottonwood Canyon! There are much better alternatives.
Address the serious problem of Homelessness.
Remove political ideology and indoctrination from our schools and return the focus to reading, writing, mathematics and history etc.

To protect Utah's future for our children we must:

Be exceptional stewards of our natural resources to include keeping our water clean and plentiful.

Keep our public lands open while respecting the need to maintain and preserve for future generations.

Use responsible practices while harvesting our natural resources.

Require Financial literacy & United States Constitution courses in our High Schools.

Support strong and responsible Economic Development so our children can obtain good employment here at home.

Help parents devise solutions for the Social Media dominance and negative influence over our children’s lives.

Protecting Utah's Future

Government is NOT the source of our rights

I believe that the government’s main role is to protect our individual rights, freedoms and safety as spelled out in the United States Constitution.

The right to our beliefs (religion), of free speech, of the press, to peacefully assemble, to address our government and to protect ourselves (to keep & bear arms) are rights given to us by God and are not to be taken away. (they are inalienable). It is our governments primary responsibility to protect these rights.

Our state legislature MUST enacts laws and procedures necessary for free, fair and transparent elections. Without this our representative government means nothing and it defies the will of the people.

Introduce Legislation to end signature gathering (SB54) as a way to get on the primary ballot. To circumvent the Caucus & Convention system by buying your way onto the ballot must stop!

I also believe that it is our government officials’ duty to be accountable to and honest with the people. In recent years, likely much longer, it has been difficult to place much trust in our government. From waging lawfare against political opponents, awarding lucrative contracts to friends and family to misallocation of Covid and other funds to places unknown. As your representative I intend to shine a bright light on any area of malfeasance or misconduct and to work relentlessly toward bringing trust and accountable back into local government. I hope to inspire other legislators to work toward that same goal.

Conversations & Actions Necessary to Restore and Save This State & Nation

Secure our Borders (Without secure borders we are no longer a sovereign nation)
Strengthen our Economy (The Green New Deal is destroying our economy)
Return to Energy Independence (The ability to produce our own gas, oil and coal)
Ensure Transparent & Fair Elections (This Sacred Institution is severely compromised)
Reject Economic, Social, Governance (ESG)
End Social & Sexual Indoctrination of our Children- Such as; Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Critical Race Theory (CRT) policies.
Ensure Fair Taxes and Pay Off Our Debt
Stand Against the WEF, WHO, UN and the Elitists of the One World Government Agenda

The United States Constitution was inspired by God, many of our local and federal officials, both Republican and Democrat have all but abandoned it. They have abused it, disregarded it and have spat on it. We must have elected officials that are committed to bringing back our constitutional rights and we must hold those accountable that continue to abuse it! (We hold them accountable by voting them out) The people of this state and this nation are dangerously close to losing our freedoms forever. I will honor the constitution and the Liberty and Freedom it brings. Together lets place our trust in God and not in government.

TRUTH

I am interested in the TRUTH. We must seek the truth, speak the truth and learn to accept and love the truth. The truth is that our state and our nation are being destroyed from within, but if we stand together we will be successful in restoring common sense to our State and Nation. Speak the truth with compassion for the people but distain for the ideology!

Men cannot become women and women cannot become men.

The sexual mutilation of our children and the administration of hormone blockers is cruel, not compassionate.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is a lie, it is wrapped in a pretty box and tied with a silky bow, but once inside it contains poverty, compliance, socialism, marxism and the stripping of your rights.

Diversity = Division

Equality = Socialism & Marxism and eventually, totalitarianism.

Inclusion = You are favored based on the color of your skin , your place of origin or background.

Martin Luther King Jr. said to judge people based on the content of their character, not the color of their skin. Dr. King would be shocked at the idea of DEI, CRT and SEL

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) are actually quite synonymous with one another, they promote policies that are inherently racist, promote collectivism (socialism & Marxism) over individualism, merit and free markets! These ideologies are ripping America apart!

The State Legislature passed HB 261 in the 2024 session. This bill is only a half measure but does begin to restricts DEI in our public schools and government entities.

If we give our children over to Caesar it is no wonder they come back Romans

About Steve

I started my own construction company while working my way through the University of Utah. That small construction company quickly grew into a General Contracting Firm, which eventually led to some multi-family residential housing projects. I currently own a business that provides services to apartment and condominium communities.

While in the General Contracting business, I was responsible for the creation of hundreds of jobs. I believe in self sufficiency, while I also understand the need for a hand up on occasion. My current service oriented businesses provide entry level jobs for High School and College students in addition to highly skilled technicians. I believe the right way to help people is to mentor and teach them. Giving of oneself, both in time and of resources is the best gift we can provide to others, and by doing so, we bring satisfaction, happiness and sense of purpose to ourselves.

I enjoy spending time with my family, mountain biking, hiking, fly-fishing, going off road in my Jeep, skiing, MMA and a multitude of other activities.

Its about Duty to God & Country

Our Nation, and therefore our State is in serious trouble

Like many of us, I have been asleep at the wheel concerning our duty to our State and our Nations affairs. The good news is, that its not to late. If we act now, this State and our Nation will be saved and all that it stands for will be restored.

I am filled with an incredible sense of purpose as it relates to doing my part toward bringing good principles, truth and wisdom back in to governance and our society. Of course, I cannot do it alone and therefore, I ask for your participation and support as we endeavor to do this together.

It infuriates me that so many of our elected officials have strayed from the principles that once defined us. We desperately need our leaders to speak the truth, no matter the consequences, or in spite of the opposition they might face, even at the expense of their very position. I will do just that.

We have tolerated many lies for the sake of getting along or not to offend others. We have allowed ideologies that have been intentionally disguised as righteous justice to invade our schools, our work places and our society.

I will hold myself accountable, I will hold other public officials accountable and I will expect you to hold all public servants accountable.

I (We) must speak the truth, because the truth will always prevail.

OTHER CRITICAL ISSUES

Economy and Inflation

Our economy is largely driven by the availability and cost of energy (natural gas, oil for gasoline and coal). Natural gas to heat our homes, gasoline for our vehicles, trucks that deliver our food and everything else we consume and the coal that is burned to generate our electricity. Just think about it, we need energy for pretty much everything that we do in our daily lives. If these resources are in short supply we simply cannot function efficiently as a people and a nation. Due to the shortage of these critical energy sources the price of everything we consume has been driven to unaffordable prices.

Utah's Economy and Bulging Budget

Did you know that our State Budget has increased over 30%, from $20B to over $30B in just 4 short years! In the 2025 fiscal year, Utah Taxpayers were stuck with a $1B per/year debt service payment, that’s double the amount from the 2024 fiscal year. That’s a huge increase in the size of our state government. Source: Governor’s 2025 Budget submittal.

If you are like me, you are really feeling the difference every time you go to the grocery store or fill up your vehicles with gas. Our legislature touts the largest state income tax cuts in our history, the reality is, it only amounts to $120.00 per year for the average tax payer in Utah. Inflation is far outpacing our income increases, resulting in far less bang for our buck. What they fail to mention, is that our overall state taxes are the highest of any Red State in the country! This puts Utah on par with the Blue states and the taxes that they are paying.

Borrowing and printing money that we do not have increases inflation. Inflation reduces the buying power of our money. It takes more to buy less!

Taking all this into consideration, our money does not go nearly as far as it did in previos years, and yet our governor and legislature believe that we can afford bigger government here in Utah by an increase in its size exponentially!

Energy Independence

We are dependent on Energy for everything we do and for everything that is produced. This nation under the Trump administration has implemented policies that allow for the extraction of the natural products we need to produce all the energy that is required to run this nation efficiently and effectively. In fact, for the first time in this nation’s history we not only produced all the energy need here at home, but as a nation we were actually exporting energy resources to foreign countries.

Due to the false narrative of climate change many politicians have curtailed the production of these resources we have here at home. We need to ensure that this does not happen again. Our nation is substantially strengthened economically and on the world stage due to our energy production but militarily as well.

The United States Constitution / Federal v States Rights

Thirteen Colonies came together and agreed upon a set of principles and guidelines unlike anything else in the history of the world. This would be like 13 separate countries coming together to agree upon one government, imagine the difficulty in this and the likelihood of failure.

Authority was established in our Constitution where the States retained all the power for their individual governance. Our forefathers knew of the threat of an overreaching national authority and the Constitution was their way of protecting the States and individual rights.

We must continue to reduce the size of our Federal government and along with it the out of control and unaccounted for spending. As a State, we must recapture the authority that the Federal government has stolen.

Transparent Elections

I AM A HUGE PROPONENT OF IN PERSON, VOTER IDENTIFICATION, PAPER BALLOTS & HAND COUNTED ELECTIONS!

I fully understand that this is not as convenient as mail in ballots, but we must do all we can to minimize cheating in our elections.

The citizens of this great nation have an inalienable right to honest, fair and transparent elections. The supreme law of the land, The United States Constitution Article I, Section 17 states; Elections are to be FREE (this means the right to free, fair and transparent elections). Without this, our nation will be governed by tyrants and the freedoms and liberties that we have taken for granted for so many years will be lost forever.

Transparency in government and the ability to hold your elected officials accountable, beginning with our elections, is necessary to establish trust with the citizens of the United States of America. Lack of transparency an inability to hold elected officials accountable breeds distrust and inevitably ends in fraud. Fraudulent elections are nothing short of a hostile takeover of our government for personal power, wealth or an anti-American agenda.

Regardless of party affiliation, philosophy, religion or ideological viewpoint, voters want fairness and accuracy in the election process.

I WILL INTRODUCE NEW LEGISLATION THAT WILL INSIST ON VOTING PRACTICES THAT WILL MINIMIZE FRAUD AND BRING BACK CONFIDENCE IN OUR ELECTORAL SYSTEM!

Utah's Election System is open to numerous vulnerabilities that must be corrected. Transparency is an absolute necessity!

Education

Here in Utah, as well as nationally, our education system and schools have been taken over by far left liberal ideology. We must put an end to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Critical Race Theory, Social Emotional Learning and Sexual Orientation in our schools. I will NOT coddle and placate these liberal ideologies and I will fight to end them. These are parental decisions and belong in the HOME, not in the classroom! It is incomprehensible that our legislature, our school boards and quite honestly, we as parents have let this sickness creep into our young children’s education.

Medical Freedom

MEDICAL FREEDOM & GOVERNMENT MANDATES

The cat is out of the bag as to the origins of Covid-19, we now know with absolute certainty that it was produced with Gain-of- Function research in Wuhan, China funded by the United States government through Anthony Fauci. The American people have been lied too in an unprecedented manner. Under no circumstance should the Government, State or Federal, have any say as to the health matters of the individual. The government has no authority to force mandates masks or vaccines, they have no authority to shut down businesses, schools and churches.

We can never again allow our government and these tyrannical entities to have authority over our health

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