His accomplishments were minimal as Lt Governor, and he failed to fulfill a pledge he made to investigate how death penalty cases are applied (if there is racial bias). He claimed pension reform as another accomplishment, but others on the commission that handled this said they’d never heard from him.

He ran (deceptively in my view) as a Washington outsider– even though he was recruited by the president and Karl Rove to run for the Senate. He and Bob Ehrlich (current Governor of Maryland) hired homeless men from Philadelphia to pass out an “official voter guide” to black neighborhoods, picturing black politicians on the cover with the words “Our Choices”. Inside was a sample ballot of candidates -all Dems except for Steele and Ehrlich. Only problem was the politicians on the cover had never endorsed either candidate, and the ballot failed to indicate that Steele and Ehrlich were the Republican candidates. Another dirty trick was the printing of blue “Steele Democrat” bumper stickers . These are obvious attempts to deceive the voters.