Steve Pugh

Who is Steve Pugh?

Stephen E. Pugh, known as Steve Pugh, is a businessman and financial advisor from Ponchatoula, Louisiana, who is a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 73 in Tangipahoa Parish.

Pugh is a native of Hammond in Tangipahoa Parish. In 1979, Pugh briefly attended Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. In 2000, he graduated from the Accredited Asset Management Specialist College of Financial Planning. From 1978 to 1999, Pugh operated a floral shop. From 1981-1984, Pugh chaired the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival. He is Roman Catholic. His wife is Elizabeth Pugh, and the couple has two sons, Stephen and Christopher.

With no previous political experience except a competitive but losing campaign for the District 73 seat in 1991, Pugh was elected to the state House in 2007 for the seat vacated by the term-limited Republican Henry "Tank" Powell. Pugh led in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 20, having polled 6,108 votes. He was scheduled to enter a runoff election with fellow Republican Michelle Aycock, who received 3,327 votes. A third Republican, Tony Licciardi, and a Democrat, Scott Ploof, trailed with 2,971 and 1,566 votes, respectively. However, Aycock decided not to contest a runoff election, and Pugh hence won the seat without opposition in the general election.