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2018 Missouri Elections
The 2018 Missouri elections were held on November 6, 2018. United States Senate This was one of the most hotly contested Senate elections in the entire country in 2018. Incumbent Democrat Claire McKaskil was holding onto her seat in a state Republican Donald Trump had won by a sizable margin in 2016. United States House of Representatives State auditor State senate District 2 District 4 District 6 District 8 District 10 District 12 District 14 District 16 District 18 District 20 District 22 District 24 District 26 District 28 District 30 District 32 District 34 References {{Reflist 2018 Missouri elections, 2018 elections in the United States by state, Missouri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri's 4th Congressional District
Missouri's 4th congressional district comprises west-central Missouri. It stretches from the northern half of Columbia to the southern and eastern suburbs of Kansas City, including a sliver of Kansas City in Cass County and parts of Blue Springs in Jackson County. It also includes the portion of Columbia north of Interstate 70, home to the University of Missouri (but not the university itself). The district is predominantly rural and relatively conservative; George W. Bush defeated John Kerry 64% to 35% in the 2004 election and John McCain defeated Barack Obama 61% to 38% in the 2008 election. The district is currently represented by Republican Mark Alford, a former reporter for WDAF-TV, the city's Fox affiliate. This district had historically been a Democratic Party stronghold. Antipathy to the Republican Party had its origins in the American Civil War and the infamous General Order 11. The Union Army ordered evacuation of the county in an attempt to reduce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cindy O'Laughlin
Cindy O'Laughlin is an American politician. She was elected to Missouri's 18th Senatorial District in 2018, and as President Pro Tempore since 2025. Prior to being elected to the Missouri Senate, O’Laughlin served as a member of the Shelby County R-IV School District and the Treasurer of the Missouri Club for Growth. Career O’Laughlin served as vice president and co-ownder of Leo O’Laughlin, Inc, a trucking company and ready-mix concrete business. She also worked as a school bus driver and administrator at a Christian school. She has participated in various civic organizations such as the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the Shelby County Economic Development Board, the Associated Builders and Contractors, and the Missouri Club for Growth. In October 2017, O’Laughlin announced her candidacy for state senate. She won the Republican primary against three other candidates. She successfully ran against Democrat Crystal Stevens in the November election. O’L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Williams (Missouri Politician)
Brian Christopher Williams is an American politician who is a member of the Missouri Senate from the 14th district in St. Louis County. Williams resides in University City, Missouri, and is the first Black male to serve in the Missouri Senate in over two decades. He previously held the position of Assistant Minority Floor Leader. In 2021, Williams sponsored Senate Bills 53 & 60, which enacted significant criminal justice reforms. These reforms included establishing a statewide use-of-force database, prohibiting the use of chokeholds by law enforcement unless deadly force is authorized, and creating a process for vacating wrongful convictions. His legislative work also focuses on public health policy and economic development in his district and throughout Missouri. Career Williams won a contested three-way primary election on August 7, 2018. Williams was elected unopposed in the general election A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Hegeman
Daniel Jay Hegeman (born March 4, 1963) is a former Republican member of the Missouri Senate from the 12th district, which covered parts of northwestern Missouri. He was first elected unopposed in 2014. Hegeman previously served as president of the Andrew County Farm Bureau, member of the Nodaway County Economic Development Board, and member of the Maryville and Savannah Chambers of Commerce. He also served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1991 until 2003. Electoral history State representative State Senate Personal life Hegeman and his wife, Francine, have 4 children; Hannah, Joseph, Heidi, and Joshua. They reside in Cosby, Missouri. Hegeman graduated from Savannah High School in 1981, and from the University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou or MU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri, United States. It is Missouri's largest universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeanie Riddle
Jeanie Riddle (born c. 1954) 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 and as a member of the Missouri Senate from the 10th District which includes the counties of Audrain, Callaway, Lincoln, Monroe, Montgomery and Warren. Personal history Riddle is a 1972 graduate of McCluer High School in Florissant, Missouri. She received her higher education at Drury College in Springfield, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Education in 1976. Following college, she worked briefly in St. Louis St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a populatio ... in the accounting department of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. In 1977, Riddle moved to Callaway County where she took a job as teac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Cierpiot
Mike Cierpiot (born January 14, 1953) is an American politician. He is a member of the Missouri Senate from the 8th district, serving since 2018. He previously represented the 30th district in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2010 to 2018. He is a member of the Republican Party. Political career Cierpiot served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2011 until 2017. From 2011 to 2013, he represented District 56. From 2013 to 2017, he represented District 30. Before becoming a representative, he was a committee member of the Jackson County Republican Party from 1993 to 2003. Due to Missouri's term limits, Cierpiot term as a state representative ended in 2018. In November after the 2012 election, Cierpiot was selected by House Republicans as the Assistant Majority Floor Leader. In August 2015, Cierpiot was selected by House Republicans as the Majority Floor Leader. In November 2017, Cierpiot won a special election to the Missouri Senate 50-42% in District 8. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Bernskoetter
Mike Bernskoetter (born November 29, 1959) is an American politician. He is a member of the Missouri Senate from the 6th district, serving since 2019. He previously represented the 59th district in the Missouri House of Representatives The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections ... from 2011 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party. In 2025, Bernskoetter sponsored legislation to rescind paid sick leave and a provision that requires the minimum wage to be indexed to inflation. The paid sick leave and minimum wage provisions were passed in a November 2024 ballot initiative by Missouri voters. Electoral history State representative State Senate References External links 1959 births Living people Republican Party Misso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karla May
Karla May (born June 12, 1970) is an American politician. She is a member of the Missouri Senate from the 4th district, serving since 2018. She previously represented the 84th district in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2010 to 2018. She is member of the Democratic Party. Prior to entering politics, May worked for AT&T, also serving as a shop steward of Local 6300 of the Communications Workers of America. She received her bachelor's degree from Saint Louis University in business administration, and a master's degree in education from Lindenwood University. May challenged and defeated incumbent State Senator Jacob Hummel (4th district) in the 2018 Democratic primary. May was a candidate for United States Senate and along with December L. Harmon and Mita Biswas was defeated on August 6, 2024 in the Democratic Primary by attorney Lucas Kunce. In 2025, May was the only Democrat to vote against repealing a 2001 law prohibiting same-sex marriage Same-sex marri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Onder
Robert Frank Onder Jr. (born January 6, 1962) is an United States of America, American politician, attorney, and physician from the state of Missouri. He is the member of the United States House of Representatives for , a district once represented by Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, 2013, House speaker Champ Clark. He is a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. Before his tenure in the House of Representatives, he was a member of the Missouri Senate from 2015 to 2023, serving the Missouri's 2nd Senate district, 2nd District in the St. Charles, Missouri, St. Charles area. Onder previously was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2007 to 2008. Onder announced his bid for the 3rd district in 2024, following the announcement that incumbent Blaine Luetkemeyer would not run for reelection. After defeating six opponents to win the Republican nomination, Onder 2024 United States House of Representatives election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Galloway
Nicole Marie Galloway (née Rogge; born June 13, 1982) is an American accountant and politician who served as the state auditor of Missouri from 2015 to 2023. She was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Missouri in the 2020 election, losing to incumbent Republican Mike Parson. Galloway was appointed to the office of State Auditor by Governor Jay Nixon on April 14, 2015, following the death of Tom Schweich in February 2015. She was elected to a full term in the 2018 election. In 2018, following the electoral defeat of U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill to Josh Hawley, Galloway became both the only female state officeholder and the only Democratic statewide elected official in Missouri. On June 4, 2021, Galloway announced that she would not run for reelection as State Auditor in the 2022 election. She is the most recent Democrat to hold statewide office in Missouri. Early life and education Galloway grew up in Fenton, Missouri and graduated high school from Ursuline Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Missouri's 8th Congressional District
Missouri's 8th congressional district is one of 435 congressional districts in the United States and one of eight congressional districts in the state of Missouri. The district encompasses rural Southeast Missouri and South Central Missouri as well as some counties in Southwest Missouri. The district stretches from the Bootheel in the south to the St. Louis southern exurbs of Festus, Hillsboro, and surrounding areas in the Lead Belt; it ranges in the east to counties along the Mississippi River and in the west to counties along the Ozark Plateau near Branson. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+27, it is the most Republican district in Missouri. History The district's largest city is Cape Girardeau. A predominantly rural district, the district votes strongly Republican for national offices. In 2004, President George W. Bush received 63% of the vote in the district over U.S. Senator John Kerry ( D-Massachusetts) who clinched 36%. In 2008, U.S. Senator John McCain ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
