Chris Steineger

In fall semester 2013, Steineger won a Fulbright award and taught graduate and undergraduate classes at Humboldt University in Berlin.

Steineger ran as an incumbent to retain his seat in the 2012 Senate election. The Democratic candidate, Pat Pettey defeated him by a margin of 62.1%, 11,637 votes to 37.9%, 7,106 votes.

Steineger ran unsuccessfully for Kansas Secretary of State (KSOS) in 2010, losing the Democratic primary to incumbent Chris Biggs, 49,238 60.2%, to 32,518 39.7%. During the campaign, it was revealed that in 2006, Mike Sager, Steineger's Campaign Finance Director, who had previously been fined $9,000 for campaign ethics violations, was indicted for a felony count of stealing $22,500 from his own Missouri campaign and "...a misdemeanor count of filing false campaign finance reports in order to subsequently cover up the theft."

After many years as a Democrat, Steineger switched parties and joined the Republican party in 2010. He self describes as “Libertarian Conservative” and supports policies including a simplified tax code; deregulation of small business; public school choice; privatization & outsourcing of government services; welfare reform. With a Libertarian view, he staunchly supports the rights of individuals to make their own choices without interference by politicians or bureaucrats regarding abortion; firearms ownership; smoking; drinking; gambling; marriage; seat belt, and helmet usage.

In October 2006, he lectured on American government, politics, elections, and campaigns at Chinese Foreign Relations University in Beijing. In 2007, Steineger visited Cuba and gave a presentation on American wetlands policy at the Caribbean Wetlands Symposium. He also studied energy and health care systems in Israel as a fellow with the American Jewish Committee's “Project Interchange.” In 2011, he gave 17 lectures in northern Germany forecasting the 2012 US elections.

In 2006, Steineger lectured on American government, politics, elections, and campaigns at the Chinese Foreign Relations University in Beijing. In 2013 with a Fulbright award, Steineger was guest lecturer at Humboldt University in Berlin. In 2016 with a second Fulbright award, Steineger was a guest lecturer at universities in Athens and Thessaloniki, Greece.

In 2003, he lived for three months in Japan on a Japan Society Fellowship studying Japanese agriculture, food processing, and food marketing. In 2004, Steineger studied European health care systems in Brussels on a Fellowship with the European Union Visitors Program. In 2006, Steineger lectured on American government, politics, elections, and campaigns at the Chinese Foreign Relations University in Beijing. In 2007, he went to Cuba and presented information on American wetlands policy at the Caribbean Wetlands Symposium. That same year, he studied energy and health care systems in Israel as a Fellow with the American Jewish Committee's Project Interchange.

Steineger has visited more than 50 countries, including China, Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, India, Israel, Cuba, Turkey, Dubai, Oman, and southeast Asia. He has traveled extensively in west and east Europe, including Germany visits with DAAD and German Chamber of Commerce. In 2003, he studied for three months in Japan on a Japan Society Fellowship studying Japanese agriculture, food processing, and food marketing. In 2004, Steineger studied European health care systems in Brussels on a fellowship with the European Union Visitors Program.

Chris Steineger is an American politician from Kansas. He represented the 6th District, Kansas City, in the Kansas Senate from 1997 - 2013.

Steineger won election to the Kansas Senate in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008.