Cheri Toalson Reisch

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Cheri Toalson Reisch is an American politician who sits in the Missouri House of Representatives representing District 44. Reisch is a member of the Republican Party. [1]

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Reisch is a candidate for Boone County District II commissioner.

Career

Reisch previously served as mayor and city clerk/court administrator for Hallsville, Missouri. She ran for county collector in 2014. She also manages several properties in Hallsville and manages the Cline, Braddock, and Basinger Law Office in Columbia. [2] [3]

Missouri House of Representatives

Reisch endorsed the right-to-work law in her 2016 campaign, later signed into law by Eric Greitens and overturned by voters in a ballot initiative. In her first two years, she voted in favor of tax cuts, abortion restrictions, and reversed Greitens cuts to higher education. [3]

Reisch was sued for blocking a constituent on Twitter as of 11 December 2018. [4] In June 2018, Reisch tweeted that it was "sad to see" her 2018 election opponent, veterinarian Maren Bell Jones, put her hands behind her back during the Pledge of Allegiance at a Boone County Farm Bureau event that both candidates attended. The constituent was then blocked on Twitter after he retweeted a post by State Representative Kip Kendrick, D-Columbia, that criticized Reisch's statement. [5]

In 2021, Reisch sponsored a bill to restore parole for 35 people incarcerated under outdated drug laws. The House bill, turned Senate amendment, was mistakenly deleted and did not make it into law. [6] She re-filed the bill in 2022. [7]

In August 2022, Reisch falsely claimed on Facebook that students at Columbia Public Schools dressed as animals were using litterboxes as bathrooms. She reiterated the false claim two days later during an event with governor Mike Parson; when asked for evidence, she refused, claiming a need to protect "confidential sources". [8] Earlier in the year, Reisch was criticized for saying "Columbia sucks," referring to the public school system, in a House Education Committee meeting. [9]

In 2023, Reisch pushed a ballot initiative to freeze property taxes. Following a law passed by Parson, Boone County Commission has the authority to implement the tax freeze without election, and was in the process of assessing the eligibility and implications. [10]

In 2024, Reisch sponsored a bill to expand charter schools to St. Louis County, St. Charles County and Boone County, however stated that she is "not necessarily" supportive of charter schools. [11] Reisch supported a bill that would make voter ballot initiatives for constitutional amendments more difficult to pass. She stated the bill would combat fraud, due to her belief that many signatures were from deceased people. [12] Reisch testified in support of a bill that would remove restrictions on child labor for Missouri, claiming that she started working at age 9 and through high school. She went on to say that the majority of "kids of today" are lazy. [13]

Personal life

Reisch is the sixth-generation of her family to live in Boone County, her ancestors having settled in the county in the 1810s. [14]

Electoral history

Missouri House of Representatives Election, November 8, 2016, District 44 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Cheri Toalson Reisch 9,200 55.73%
Democratic Tom Pauley7,30944.27%
Total votes16,509 100.00%
Missouri House of Representatives Election, November 6, 2018, District 44 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Cheri Toalson Reisch 8,365 56.51% +0.78
Democratic Maren Bell Jones6,43743.49%-0.78
Total votes14,802 100.00%
Missouri House of Representatives Election, November 3, 2020, District 44 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Cheri Toalson Reisch 10,737 59.37% +2.86
Democratic Jacque Sample7,34840.63%-2.86
Total votes18,085 100.00%
Missouri House of Representatives Election, November 8, 2022, District 44 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Cheri Toalson Reisch 9,021 62.58% +3.21
Democratic Dave Raithel5,39337.42%-3.21
Total votes14,414 100.00%

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References

  1. ↑ "Representative Cheri Toalson Reisch". Missouri House of Representatives. State of Missouri. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ Dickey, Ashley (March 18, 2024). "Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch announces run for Boone County district commissioner". KOMU 8. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Keller, Rudi (October 31, 2018). "Personality dominates Reisch-Jones contest". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  4. ↑ McKinney, Roger. "Reisch sued in federal court for blocking constituent on Twitter". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ Tribune, Tess Vrbin Columbia Daily. "Reisch defends blocking more than 100 Twitter accounts". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved May 21, 2019.
  6. ↑ Hemphill, Evie (May 24, 2021). "How A Last-Minute Edit Doomed Parole Option For Some Missouri Drug Offenders". STLPR. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  7. ↑ Wicentowski, Danny (March 17, 2022). "Sentenced to 15 years for weed, a Missouri mom finally comes home". STLPR. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  8. ↑ McKinney, Roger (August 25, 2022). "State Rep. Cheri Reisch criticized for 'unwarranted' claim that CPS students use litterboxes". Columbia Daily Tribune . Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  9. ↑ McKinney, Roger (February 6, 2022). "State Rep. Cheri Reisch states 'Columbia sucks' when referring to public schools in education hearing". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  10. ↑ Maggio, Tia (October 22, 2023). "Seniors support initiative petition after Boone County delays property tax freeze". KOMU 8. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  11. ↑ Martirosov, Dmitry (January 29, 2024). "House committee approves charter school expansion". Columbia Missourian. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  12. ↑ Keller, Rudi (February 22, 2024). "Missouri Senate passes bill making it harder for voters to amend the constitution". Missouri Independent.
  13. ↑ Shoaib, Alia (May 10, 2024). "Missouri Republican moves to loosen child labor laws, calls children "lazy"". Newsweek. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  14. ↑ Kagubare, Ines (October 13, 2016). "Reisch says devotion to people is what keeps her going". Columbia Missourian . Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Election Results; Official Election Returns" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. December 7, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Election Results; Official Election Returns" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
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