{"id":1459,"date":"2025-12-17T11:28:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T17:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warrens-voice.com\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2025-12-17T11:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T17:28:26","slug":"calling-and-candidacy-what-motivated-adam-steen-to-run-for-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warrens-voice.com\/?p=1459","title":{"rendered":"Calling And Candidacy: What Motivated Adam Steen To Run For Governor\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I recently talked with Adam Steen, a Republican candidate for governor of Iowa. We discussed his policy position and core values. But before that, he shared how his personal commitment to Christ motivated him to run for governor.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/warrens-voice.com\/?page_id=360\">**Become a monthly donor at ANY AMOUNT and get EXCLUSIVE content!!!**<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/warrens-voice.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/image-10.png?resize=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1461\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Adam Steen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Adam Steen claims Indianola as where he grew up, having graduated from Indianola High School. After going to college in Minnesota and being drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies, he thought he knew how his life would turn out. But he was wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After being cut from the team, Steen says \u201cfor six or seven years I lived my life very selfishly.\u201d He found success in the business world but was left unsatisfied. \u201cI wanted my world to be bigger,\u201d he says. \u201cI was lonely. I wasn\u2019t living right. So 15 years ago, I hit my knees and recommitted my life to Christ. I felt my heart change\u2026I knew I was going to live my life differently. I was going to live my life for others and not for myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/warrens-voice.com\/?page_id=360\">Join the effort to preserve our community by becoming a monthly donor today<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Adam Steen, living life for others meant a call into leadership.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was motivated for higher levels of leadership for about 15 years.\u201d Steen said. \u201cWhen I recommitted my life to Christ, I had a complete worldview change and just a whole new perspective on how I was operating.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This started out as just \u201cbeing the best human and best leader that I could be.\u201d Two years later, Adam married his wife Casey. They now have two sons. Steen says having a family, \u201creally set me on the course of protecting and preserving their future.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adam Steen was recruited into the governor\u2019s cabinet and has served for the last five years as the director of the Department of Administrative Services. Because of this role, he says, he \u201chad an unbelievable perspective into the operations of politics.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Gov. Kim Reynolds announced that she would not seek re-election, Steen \u201cknew that it was time for me to jump into the governor\u2019s race and felt extremely well prepared.\u201d He says, \u201cIt was the right moment to preserve and protect the culture of Iowa and preserve and protect the freedom that Iowa has.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRight now,\u201d Steen said. \u201cIowa, I believe, is looking for a leader that\u2019s willing to stand up for good; to stand up for what is right; to stand up for truth. And I feel I\u2019m the right candidate to do that.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look for more from my interview with Adam Steen in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/warrens-voice.com\/?page_id=360\"><strong>Like this article? Leave a tip!<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently talked with Adam Steen, a Republican candidate for governor of Iowa. We discussed his policy position and core values. 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