Cindy O'Laughlin

Cindy O'Laughlin
Cindy O'Laughlin
President pro tempore of the Missouri Senate
	Incumbent
	Assumed office; January 8, 2025
Republican hold

Last updated May 17, 2025

References

1 2 3 4 Missouri Senate. "Senator Cindy O'Laughlin" . Retrieved November 18, 2020.
↑ "Cindy O'Laughlin makes history as first woman to lead Missouri Senate". FOX 2. 2024-11-19. Archived from the original on 2024-11-21. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
↑ "Cindy O'Laughlin Q&A". The Linn County Leader. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
↑ "O'Laughlin enters Missouri Senate race".
↑ KHQA (2018-08-07). "Cindy O'Laughlin wins Republican nomination for State Senate in District 18". KHQA. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
↑ Missouri Senate. "Joint Committee on Education" . Retrieved November 18, 2020.
↑ McGee, Caelan (2021-07-06). "State Senator Cindy O'Laughlin meets with Schuyler County residents". KTVO. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
↑ Keller, Rudi (2023-01-09). "'She doesn't have a tribe': Cindy O'Laughlin's new role tests ability to bridge factions". Missouri Independent. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
↑ Manley, Emily (2024-11-19). "Cindy O'Laughlin makes history as first woman to lead Missouri Senate". FOX 2. Archived from the original on 2024-11-21. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
↑ "Republican legislators approve ballot item that would again ban most abortions in Missouri". STLPR. 2025-05-15. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
1 2 Cliburn, Erik (March 23, 2020). "O'Laughlin questions validity of stay-at-home orders". The Moberly Monitor-Index . Retrieved November 18, 2020.
↑ Nelson, Benjamin (April 1, 2020). "O'Laughlin criticized for now deleted Facebook post regarding stay-at-home orders". The Macon County Home Press.
↑ "'Get on with the business of life'? Missouri lawmaker offers dangerous COVID-19 advice". The Kansas City Star . March 25, 2020.
↑ Bacharier, Galen. "U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments from Missouri on vaccine mandates for health care workers". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved 2022-01-08.
↑ "Missouri senator proposes trans student-athletes to play sports on gender identified at birth". CNN . January 14, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
↑ Suntrup, Jack (2025-04-29). "Passage of minimum wage, sick leave law 'valid,' Missouri Supreme Court rules". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
↑ "State of Missouri - Primary Election, August 07, 2018". Missouri Secretary of State. November 16, 2018.
↑ "State of Missouri - General Election, November 06, 2018". Missouri Secretary of State. November 16, 2018.
↑ "Election Results; Official Election Returns" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. December 9, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2023.

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Preceded by Caleb Rowden	Majority Leader of the Missouri Senate 2023–2025	Succeeded by Tony Luetkemeyer
Preceded by Caleb Rowden	President pro tempore of the Missouri Senate 2025–present	Incumbent

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[SenatorCindyO'Laughlin-1] 1 2 3 4 Missouri Senate. "Senator Cindy O'Laughlin" . Retrieved November 18, 2020.

[2] "Cindy O'Laughlin makes history as first woman to lead Missouri Senate". FOX 2. 2024-11-19. Archived from the original on 2024-11-21. Retrieved 2025-02-23.

[3] "Cindy O'Laughlin Q&A". The Linn County Leader. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

[4] "O'Laughlin enters Missouri Senate race".

[5] KHQA (2018-08-07). "Cindy O'Laughlin wins Republican nomination for State Senate in District 18". KHQA. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

[6] Missouri Senate. "Joint Committee on Education" . Retrieved November 18, 2020.

[:0-7] McGee, Caelan (2021-07-06). "State Senator Cindy O'Laughlin meets with Schuyler County residents". KTVO. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

[8] Keller, Rudi (2023-01-09). "'She doesn't have a tribe': Cindy O'Laughlin's new role tests ability to bridge factions". Missouri Independent. Retrieved 2025-04-29.

[9] Manley, Emily (2024-11-19). "Cindy O'Laughlin makes history as first woman to lead Missouri Senate". FOX 2. Archived from the original on 2024-11-21. Retrieved 2025-04-29.

[10] "Republican legislators approve ballot item that would again ban most abortions in Missouri". STLPR. 2025-05-15. Retrieved 2025-05-16.

[MonitorIndex2020-11] 1 2 Cliburn, Erik (March 23, 2020). "O'Laughlin questions validity of stay-at-home orders". The Moberly Monitor-Index . Retrieved November 18, 2020.

[12] Nelson, Benjamin (April 1, 2020). "O'Laughlin criticized for now deleted Facebook post regarding stay-at-home orders". The Macon County Home Press.

[13] "'Get on with the business of life'? Missouri lawmaker offers dangerous COVID-19 advice". The Kansas City Star . March 25, 2020.

[14] Bacharier, Galen. "U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments from Missouri on vaccine mandates for health care workers". Springfield News-Leader. Retrieved 2022-01-08.

[15] "Missouri senator proposes trans student-athletes to play sports on gender identified at birth". CNN . January 14, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.

[16] Suntrup, Jack (2025-04-29). "Passage of minimum wage, sick leave law 'valid,' Missouri Supreme Court rules". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2025-04-29.

[MO_State_Senate_Primary_Election_2018-17] "State of Missouri - Primary Election, August 07, 2018". Missouri Secretary of State. November 16, 2018.

[MO_State_Senate_General_Election_2018-18] "State of Missouri - General Election, November 06, 2018". Missouri Secretary of State. November 16, 2018.

[19] "Election Results; Official Election Returns" (PDF). Missouri Secretary of State. December 9, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2023.

Cindy O'Laughlin

President pro tempore of the Missouri Senate
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2025
	Republican	Cindy O'Laughlin	42,989	75.78%	+5.48
	Democratic	Ayanna Shivers	13,739	24.22%	−5.48
Total votes			56,728	100.0%
	Republican hold

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Senate	David Wasinger, President Cindy O'Laughlin, President pro tempore Tony Luetkemeyer, Majority Leader Doug Beck, Minority Leader
House	Jon Patterson, Speaker Chad Perkins, Speaker pro tempore Alex Riley, Majority Leader Ashley Aune, Minority Leader
Supreme Court	Mary Russell, Chief Justice Zel Fischer Paul C. Wilson W. Brent Powell Robin Ransom Kelly C. Broniec Ginger Gooch

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