William Lacy Clay Jr. is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative from Missouri's 1st congressional district from 2001 to 2021. His congressional career ended after he lost in a Democratic primary to Cori Bush in 2020,after successfully defeating her in the 2018 primary.
Ann Louise Wagner is an American politician and former 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.
Peter Dickson Kinder is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 46th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri from 2005 to 2017. He was appointed as a co-chairman of the Delta Regional Authority in August 2017,serving in that post until he resigned in June 2018.
Catherine Lucille Hanaway is an American attorney,former federal prosecutor and Republican candidate for Missouri Governor who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri from 2005 to 2009,and as the first and only female Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2003 to 2005.
Christopher Andrew Koster is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 41st Attorney General of Missouri from 2009 to 2017. Before that,Koster was elected three times as prosecuting attorney of Cass County,Missouri,and served four years as State Senator from Missouri's 31st Senatorial district.
James Matthes Talent is an American politician who was a U.S. Senator from Missouri from 2002 to 2007. He is a Republican and resided in the St. Louis area while serving in elected office.
Maria Nicole Chappelle-Nadal is an American politician who served in the Missouri House of Representatives from the 86th district from 2019 to 2021. A Democrat from University City,Missouri,she represented district 14 in the Missouri Senate from 2011 to 2019. She previously served in the Missouri House of Representatives from district 72,a position which she held from 2005 to 2011. In 2010,Chappelle-Nadal was elected to the Missouri Senate to succeed fellow Democrat Rita Heard Days of St. Louis.
Andrew P. Koenig is an American politician who has served in the Missouri Senate since 2017. Koenig,a Republican,is a former member of the Missouri House of Representatives and a small business owner. From 2009 to 2012,he represented the 88th district of Missouri. From 2013 to 2017,he represented the 99th district,which includes Manchester,Twin Oaks,Valley Park,and parts of Fenton,from. Koenig was elected to serve as the State Senator from the 15th district in 2017 and re-elected in 2020.
Jason Thomas Smith is an American businessman and politician who has been the U.S. representative for Missouri's 8th congressional district since 2013. The district comprises 30 counties,covering just under 20,000 square miles of southeastern and southern Missouri.
Jay Wasson is an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the Missouri Senate for the 20th district from 2011 to 2019. Previously,Wasson served four terms in the Missouri House of Representatives (2002–2010).
Joshua D. Peters is an American politician in the Democratic Party who was the Missouri State Representative of Missouri's 76th District from 2013 to 2019. Peters was first elected in a special election on April 2,2013. He represented portions of north Saint Louis City. At the time of his election,he was the youngest African American ever elected to the Missouri House of Representatives. In 2016 Peters served as the House Minority Chief Deputy Whip.
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.
Deb Lavender is an American politician who from 2015 to 2021 served in the Missouri House of Representatives,and is serving again as of 2023. A Democrat,Lavender represented the 90th district from 2015 to 2021,which comprised all or part of the cities of Glendale,Kirkwood,Oakland,Sunset Hills,Warson Woods,and Webster Groves in St. Louis County. In 2020,she unsuccessfully ran for the Missouri Senate against incumbent Republican Andrew Koenig. As of 2022,she was elected to the House again from District 98,which includes the cities of Manchester,Twin Oaks,and Valley Park.
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.
Bruce Franks Jr. is an American community activist,musician,battle rapper,and former politician. He served in the Missouri House of Representatives representing the 78th District and as the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Police/Community Relations before resigning in 2019.
Robert Edward Sauls is a Democratic member of the Missouri General Assembly,representing the state's 21st House district. He currently serves as the ranking minority member on the Crime Prevention and Public Safety committee,in addition to his positions on the following committees;Fiscal Review,Insurance Policy,Judiciary,Rules - Legislative Oversight,and Special Committee on Homeland Security. On April 23,2019,Representative Sauls was named a,"Freshman to Watch" by the Missouri Times.
The 2016 United States attorney general elections were held on November 8,2016,in 10 states. The previous attorney general elections for eight of the 10 states took place in 2012. The last attorney general elections for Utah and Vermont took place in 2014,as Utah held a special election due to the resignation of John Swallow,while the attorney general of Vermont serves two-year terms. The elections took place concurrently with the 2016 presidential election,elections to the House of Representatives and Senate,and numerous state and local elections.
Juanita Head Walton was a real estate agent,flight attendant,instructor at colleges,and director of a business organization who served as a state representative in Missouri. She graduated from Kinloch High School,Lincoln University,and Lindenwood University,She also earned a master's degree from Washington University in St. Louis. She married Elbert Walton,an attorney,and later divorced. Willie Head,who served as an alderman and the first mayor of Kinloch,Missouri,was her grandfather.
Michael Person is an American politician who served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 74th district. Elected in November 2019,he assumed office in January 2020. After winning a full term in November 2020,redistricting of 2022 placed his home in district 73,with fellow incumbent Raychel Proudie,and Person lost the next primary to Proudie. As such,his tenure in the House ended in January 2023.
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.
