Jo Ann Emerson is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Missouri's 8th congressional district from 1996 to 2013. The district consists of Southeast and South Central Missouri and includes the Bootheel,the Lead Belt and the Ozarks. Emerson is a member of the Republican Party. On January 22,2013,Emerson resigned her seat in Congress to become the president and chief executive officer of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. She served as CEO until August 2015.
Robin Colleen Carnahan is an American businesswoman,lawyer,and politician,who previously served as the Missouri Secretary of State and currently serves as the Administrator of General Services in the Biden administration. She is the daughter of Missouri politicians Mel and Jean Carnahan. In 2010,she was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate to replace retiring Republican Senator Kit Bond. She was then a senior advisor at the global strategy firm Albright Stonebridge Group. In 2013,Carnahan was named a fellow at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. In February 2016,she joined the General Services Administration as the director of the state and local practice at 18F,a role she held until January 2020. She then became a fellow at the Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University.
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.
Luann Ridgeway is an attorney who served in several elected government offices. A Republican,she served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives elected in 1992 and serving through 2002 and Missouri Senate elected in 2004 and serving through 2012. Ridgeway served as the Eastern District Commissioner of Clay County,Missouri,elected 2012 through 2020. She announced she would not run for reelection in 2020 and returned to private life in 2021.
Scott T. Rupp is a former Republican member of the Missouri Senate,representing the 2nd District from 2006 to 2014. Previously he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2002 through 2006. In the Missouri Senate,Rupp represented all of Lincoln County and portions of St. Charles County. Elected to the Missouri Senate in a special election in April 2006,Scott was re-elected in November 2006 to serve his first full term. He was re-elected in November 2010 to his second full term in the Missouri Senate. Previously,he was twice elected to represent the citizens of northwest St. Charles County in the Missouri House of Representatives and received more than 65 percent of the vote in 2002 and 2004. In 2014 Rupp could not run for re-election due to term limits. In April 2014 he retired early to take a position on the Missouri Public Service Commission.
Vicki Schneider is a former Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives. Schneider represented the 17th District which encompasses portions of St. Charles County,Missouri. She was first elected to the Missouri House in 2002. Schneider served four terms in the Missouri House of Representatives,the most allowed by term limits.
Nora Bayly Slawik is a Minnesota politician,previously serving as Chairwoman of the Metropolitan Council,Maplewood Mayor and Minnesota State Representative. From 1997 to 1998 and 2001–2012,she represented District 57A,and from 2003 to 2012,she represented District 55B,which includes portions of Ramsey and Washington counties and the cities of Maplewood and Oakdale in the eastern part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. As Mayor of Maplewood,first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2018,she oversaw economic redevelopment,increased public safety,and expansion of Maplewood's public outdoor spaces. In 2018,she was appointed by Governor Tim Walz to serve as head of the Metropolitan Council,where she worked until stepping down in November 2019. She also has a history of community service before her time in office,including her development of Juniper as their Project Manager for the Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging from 2016 to 2017.
Clint Zweifel,is an American politician and businessman who served as the State Treasurer of Missouri from 2009 to 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party and the most recent member of the party to hold that office. Following his service as State Treasurer,he was appointed as a managing director with Northern Trust,leading a multi-disciplinary team that includes banking,investment management,and trust/advisory services.
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.
Frances (Fran) Natividad Coleman is an American politician. She is a former elected state representative from Colorado. A Democrat,she represented House District 1 in Southwest Denver from 1998 to 2006.
Jeanie Riddle is an American politician from Missouri. A Republican,she served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 49th District in Callaway County. She is currently serving as a member of the Missouri Senate from the 10th District which includes the counties of Audrain,Callaway,Lincoln,Monroe,Montgomery and Warren.
Tishaura Oneda Jones is an American politician who has served as the mayor of St. Louis,Missouri since April 2021. A member of the Missouri Democratic Party,Jones served from 2008 to 2013 in the Missouri House of Representatives;and as Treasurer of the City of St. Louis from 2013 to 2021.
Chrissy Sommer was an American politician who served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives for the 106th district from 2012 to 2021. She was first elected to the Missouri House in a special election on November 8,2011 to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Sally Faith.
Anne Zerr is a Republican former member of the Missouri House of Representatives. Zerr represented the 18th District,redrawn during her tenure as the 65th District,which encompasses portions of St. Charles County,Missouri. She was first elected to the Missouri House in 2008.
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.
Joe Adams is an American politician. succeeding Rory Ellinger,as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives,from 2015 to 2019. He was succeeded by Maria Chappelle-Nadal for one term,then after she stepped down,was elected again to his old seat in 2020,taking office in 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Dorinda Keenan Borer is an American businesswoman and mayor of West Haven,Connecticut since 2023. Borer is a former member of the West Haven Board of Education and served as a Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives,representing District 115.
Cora Louise Boehringer was the first female superintendent of schools in Yuma County,Arizona. She has been called "the mother of the Arizona educational system". In 2008 she was inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame.
Chad Perkins is an American politician,radio host and police officer from Bowling Green,Missouri. A member of the Republican Party,he has served in the Missouri House of Representatives since 2021. He represents the 40th district,which includes all of Pike and part of Lincoln counties in northeastern Missouri. Previously,Perkins served as the mayor of Bowling Green.
