Richard Andrew Gephardt is an American attorney,lobbyist,and politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party,he was House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995 and Minority Leader from 1995 to 2003. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1988 and 2004. Gephardt was mentioned as a possible vice presidential nominee in 1988,1992,2000,2004,and 2008.
Melvin Eugene Carnahan was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 51st Governor of Missouri from 1993 until his death in a plane crash in 2000. A Democrat,he was elected posthumously to the U.S. Senate;his widow,Jean,served in his stead for two years until a special election.
Jean Anne Carnahan is an American politician and writer who was the First Lady of Missouri from 1993 to 2000,and served as the state's junior United States senator from 2001 to 2002. A Democrat,she was appointed to fill the Senate seat of her husband Mel Carnahan,who had been posthumously elected,becoming the first woman to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate.
The 2002 United States Senate elections featured a series of fiercely contested elections that resulted in a victory for the Republican Party,which gained two seats and thus a narrow majority from the Democratic Party in the United States Senate. The Senate seats up for election,known as class 2 Senate seats,were last up for regular election in 1996. The election was held on November 5,2002,almost fourteen months after the September 11,2001 attacks.
John Russell Carnahan is an American politician from the state of Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 3rd congressional district from 2005 to 2013.
David Cohen was an American lawyer,Democratic civil servant and politician. For the last 26 years of his life,he was a Philadelphia city councilman representing the northwest district. Having served a four-year term not consecutive to the other terms,he represented northwest Philadelphia for a total of 29 years. He died in office aged 90.
Ann Louise Wagner is an American politician and diplomat serving as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 2nd congressional district. A member of the Republican Party,she was the United States ambassador to Luxembourg from 2005 to 2009.
Charles Graham was an American politician in the Democratic Party who represented the 19th Senate District in the Missouri General Assembly,which includes the city of Columbia,Missouri,where he lived.
Sarah Steelman is an American Republican politician from Missouri and State Treasurer from 2005 to 2009. She is currently serving in the Office of Administration in Governor Mike Parson’s administration. She did not run for re-election as state treasurer in 2008,having run for Governor,and was succeeded in office by Democrat Clint Zweifel on January 12,2009. She was listed in a 2008 article in the New York Times as among seventeen women who may someday run for President of the United States. On November 29,2010,Steelman announced she would run for the U.S. Senate in 2012. She was defeated in the Republican primary by U.S. Representative Todd Akin.
Patsy Ann "Pat" Danner is an American politician. She formerly represented the Missouri's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat.
Marcia A. Karrow is an American Republican Party politician who is the mayor-elect of Flemington,New Jersey. She previously served in the New Jersey State Senate representing the 23rd Legislative District from February 9,2009 to November 23,2009. She previously served for three years in the General Assembly representing the same district she represented in the Senate.
Charles Bertan Wheeler Jr. was an American physician and politician who served as a Missouri state senator and as mayor of Kansas City,Missouri from 1971 to 1979,in addition to having held other elected offices.
Theodore Hoskins,also referred to as Ted Hoskins,is an American politician with the Democratic Party. He was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives and has been mayor of Berkeley,Missouri since his election in 2012. Hoskins was born in St. Louis,Missouri,and raised in Berkeley,Missouri. He served in the United States Air Force from 1956 to 1961,and left with an honorable discharge. He received education in business administration at Florissant Valley Community College,where he obtained an associate's degree,and at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is married with three children,and resides in Berkeley,Missouri. Hoskins has worked in a financial capacity with Bi-State Development Agency,and is owner and CEO of T &L Automated Accounting Services.
Michael Leo Kehoe is an American politician. A Republican,he serves as the 48th lieutenant governor of Missouri,having been in office since June 18,2018. Kehoe previously served in the Missouri Senate,representing the state's 6th senatorial district. On June 18,2018,Governor Mike Parson appointed Kehoe as Missouri's lieutenant governor. Both Parson and Kehoe were elected to a full term in 2020.
Jill Schupp is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Missouri Senate,representing the 24th district consisting of the western suburbs of St. Louis from 2015 to 2023. Previously,Schupp represented the 88th district in the Missouri House of Representatives. On December 3,2019,she announced she would run for Missouri's 2nd congressional district in 2020.
Jamilah Nasheed is an American politician from the state of Missouri. Nasheed formerly represented the fifth district in the Missouri Senate,and formerly served in the Missouri House of Representatives. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Missouri took place on November 6,2018,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Missouri,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections,including Missouri's quadrennial State Auditor election.
The 2020 Missouri gubernatorial election was held on November 3,2020,to elect the Governor of Missouri,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Parson ran for and was elected to a full term in office. Parson was elected as lieutenant governor in 2016 but became governor on June 1,2018,after incumbent Eric Greitens resigned under threat of impeachment by the state legislature. Parson declared his bid for a full term on September 8,2019. State Auditor Nicole Galloway,Missouri's only Democratic statewide officer and only female statewide officer,was the Democratic nominee and if elected,would have become Missouri's first female governor.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Missouri was held on November 8,2022,concurrently with elections for all other Class 3 U.S. senators and elections for the U.S. House of Representatives,to select a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Missouri. Incumbent Republican Senator Roy Blunt announced that he would not seek reelection to a third term in office. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the election to succeed him.
Mary Elizabeth Coleman is an American politician,attorney,and pro-life activist from Arnold,Missouri. She has served in the Missouri Senate since 2023,representing the 22nd district. Coleman was previously a state representative from 2019 to 2023 and a Arnold city councilwoman from 2013 to 2015.
