Age
72
Highest post-secondary educ
M.D., University of Illinois
Occupation
Physician/scientist, retail sales
Middle-class return to prosperity, healthcare cost and quality, minority and majority federal rights, women's health and needs, and the failure of computer databases/AI data centers.
State-payer medical funding, return to adequate taxation and prosecute insider trading.
Age
29
Highest post-secondary educ
A.A., St. Charles Community College, general studies
Occupation
Hospitality
Our government spends too much money. It runs deficits in the trillions. The taxpayer now pays over one trillion dollars per year to service the debt. More debt and spending means more inflation. It's also long past time to listen to the advice of Ron Paul and Scott Horton and stop intervening in so many military affairs. We have our own problems at home.
My top priority is curtailing deficit spending. I would work with legislators on finding ways to make cuts that help ensure the smoothest transition to a balanced budget and I would never vote yes on a bill or budget that created more debt for future generations to bear the burden of.
Age
50
Highest post-secondary educ
J.D., University of Missouri-Columbia
Occupation
Attorney
I'm passionate about restoring accountability in government. This can be accomplished through court reform, term limits and fiscal responsibility. Career politicians and an unaccountable judiciary have eroded public trust. I believe Congress must lead with transparency, limit its own power and stop runaway federal spending.
My top priority is court reform, including in the states' family courts. Additionally, term limits for both U.S. House and U.S. Senate members are critical. I'll also push for a federal hiring freeze to reduce government bloat and lower taxes on working families. Accountability starts when elected officials and the institutions they oversee answer to the people.
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Age
55
Highest post-secondary educ
Some college
Occupation
Retired
I’m personally passionate about our growing elderly population, caregivers, mental health and children’s literacy. I’m also very passionate about jail and prison reform and improving their conditions, as well as supporting law enforcement with strong community engagement and awareness.
My top priority for legislative action is streamlining the asylum-seeking process, lowering electricity costs while improving reliability in our grid and reducing recidivism by providing opportunities for ex-convicts to reenter the workforce.
Age
63
Highest post-secondary educ
M.Ed., University of Missouri-St. Louis
Occupation
Teacher, retired
I am most focused on Medicare for all and universal pre-K. A healthy nation is a thriving nation and a country that takes care of its children is a measure of its humanity and honoring our social contract. Healthcare is a right and should not be based on income or employment status. Free public education is a right and should begin as young as possible, as minds develop.
I am a member of BAC (take back Balance and Accountability to Congress). We need to restore the role of Congress as a check on the executive and remove the corruption that has brought us to this point: ending Citizens United, banning stock trades, term limits, SCOTUS code of ethics. A corporate-influenced Congress cannot address the needs of the people. Time for a reset.
Age
63
Public elected offices held
U.S. representative, District 2, 2012-present
Highest post-secondary educ
BSBA, University of Missouri-Columbia, business
Incumbent?
Yes
I am dedicated to keeping our communities safe from violent crime that threatens your family and way of life. I’m fighting to secure the border from illegal immigrants, traffickers and drug cartels. I will continue to pass legislation to support the most vulnerable, like victims of child and sexual abuse. I will always work to ensure seniors are protected from fraudsters.
My top priority is to lower the cost of living and make life more affordable and easier for hardworking Missouri families. As your congresswoman, I will continue to vote to lower taxes, ease prices at the gas pump and grocery stores, and help you keep more of your hard-earned dollars so you can save for your future.
Age
60
Highest post-secondary educ
M.P.A., Harvard University
Occupation
Host, On Democracy with FP Wellman, MeidasTouch Network
I care about whether working people can build a decent life: affordable healthcare, good jobs, housing, veterans’ care, clean water, reproductive freedom and democracy. After 22 years in the Army and helping lead a COVID field hospital, I know government matters most when people need it.
Lowering costs for working families. We need an economy with a strong floor and no ceiling: affordable healthcare, lower drug prices, housing people can afford, strong workers’ rights and tax policies that reward work instead of wealth.
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