Steven Novick (born February 8, 1963) is an American politician, attorney, and activist from the U.S. state of Oregon.

In 2008, he was a candidate for U.S. Senate for the seat then held by Republican Gordon Smith, but narrowly lost the primary to Jeff Merkley.

[9] In 1977, after low funding caused Novick's junior high school to close, he enrolled at the University of Oregon.

He spent nearly ten years arguing on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), culminating in the Love Canal case in upstate New York, on which he served as lead counsel.

[10] Beginning in 1999, Novick focused on the Oregon Lottery's payments to retailers, which he contended were illegally high.

[14] By the end of 2007, Federal Election Commission records showed that Novick had raised a total of $563,000 from 2100 donors, with an average donation of $258.

[15] On January 11, 2008, Novick released his first TV ad, a 30-second biographical spot that parodied the famous game show To Tell the Truth.

[1] Novick spoke against the Iraq War in 2003, calling it "an oil grab and public-relations gimmick, sold on false pretenses, which is now producing $4 billion a month's worth of chaos.

In the primary election, held on May 15, 2012, Novick received more than 75% of the vote,[19] winning him the seat outright,[2] for a term of office to begin the following January.