Steve Waugh

Steve has deep roots in the great state of Maryland. He was born in Annapolis, the city from which his mother’s family hails. When it came time for college, Steve followed in his father’s footsteps and attended the US Naval Academy.

After a lifetime spent travelling the world as a United States Marine, Steve moved the family back to Southern Maryland for his final tour of duty in uniform. At that point he knew he was home. In the years that followed his love for southern Maryland – its natural bounties and potential for the highest possible quality of life – grew into an irrepressible desire to serve the region.

Steve’s life has been characterized by service and success, personally and professionally. He’s faced the challenges that come with spending thousands of hours at the controls of AV-8 Harrier jump jets. He’s led Marines in combat. He’s also been a leader on the business front in southern Maryland, including service as the chairman of the Naval Aviation Enterprise War Council with over a billion dollars of buying power. In this capacity he ensured the ongoing viability of the region as it supports the nation’s defense needs with technologies like unmanned aircraft and next-generation computer networks. Steve has since joined The Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory where he manages advanced engineering programs. Steve is experienced and gets results.

But Steve’s greatest pride comes from being a husband and father and watching his family thrive with all the region offers. Blessed with the opportunity to raise his family for years in both Saint Mary’s county and Calvert County, Steve learned firsthand the unique aspects of the churches, schools, neighborhoods, roads and economy of each county. Whether accompanying his oldest son to Annapolis to start Plebe Summer or cheering his youngest son to victory on the lacrosse fields of Patuxent High School, he fully appreciates the gift that is life in southern Maryland. But like all gifts, it is one that can be taken away. And it is being taken away – with higher taxes, haphazard growth, and increased unemployment.

Fortunately, in a democracy bad government can be remedied. And that’s why Steve is running to be District 29’s next State Senator. Steve’s most fundamental belief is that government should reflect the will and needs of the people it represents. His diverse background as a patriot, businessman, neighbor, father and husband is the guarantee of the right kind of leadership for the district – not the tone-deaf “business as usual” approach that threatens our hopes and dreams.

Steve is counting on your support. Help us, won’t you? It’s time to “Work with Waugh.”