Rick Brattin

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Rick Brattin
Member of the Missouri Senate from the 31st district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 6, 2021
	Republican	Rick Brattin	8,100	51.29%	+9.74
	Democratic	Luke Scavuzzo	7,335	46.44%	−12.01
	Constitution	Kent Cogan	359	2.27%	+2.27

Missouri House of Representatives Election, November 6, 2012, District 55 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rick Brattin	11,747	65.50%	+14.21
	Democratic	Jim White	6,465	34.50%	−11.94

Missouri House of Representatives Election, November 4, 2014, District 55 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rick Brattin	8,362	100%	+34.50

Missouri House of Representatives Election, November 8, 2016, District 55 ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rick Brattin	12,350	63.37%	−36.63
	Democratic	Ashley Beard-Fosnow	7,139	36.63%	+36.63

State Senate

Missouri Senate Primary Election, August 4, 2020, District 31 ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rick Brattin	14,012	49.59	N/A
	Republican	Jack Bondon	12,467	44.13	N/A
	Republican	Bill Yarberry	1,774	6.28	N/A

Missouri Senate General Election, November 3, 2020, District 31 ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rick Brattin	63,929	71.42	−1.01
	Democratic	Raymond Kinney	25,584	28.58	+28.58

U.S. Representative

Missouri Congressional Primary Election, August 2, 2022, Missouri's 4th congressional district ^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mark Alford	36,981	35.18%
	Republican	Rick Brattin	22,509	21.42%
	Republican	Kalena Bruce	16,677	15.87%
	Republican	Taylor Burks	10,624	10.11%
	Republican	William (Bill) Irwin	9,648	9.18%
	Republican	Jim (Soupy) Campbell	4,642	4.42%
	Republican	Kyle Stonner LaBrue	4,026	3.83%
Total votes			105,107	100.00%

Personal life

Brattin is married and has five children. ^[26]

References

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13. Kansas City Star Editorial Board (9 May 2017). "Editorial: Intolerance in Missouri — lawmaker says there's a 'distinction between homosexuality and just being a human being'". The Kansas City Star. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
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26. Cheryl Chumley, Missouri politico pushes law to make women get men’s OK for abortion, Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/dec/18/rick-brattin-pushes-law-to-force-men-OK-abort/