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About Sam Graves (R-Mo.) has represented Missouri’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2001. He ran for reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and won in his heavily Republican district. Prior to being elected to Congress, Graves served in the Missouri general assembly from 1992–2000, first as a state representative and … Read more
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About Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) has represented Missouri’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2011 and ran for the Senate in 2022 but lost. Prior to her years in Congress, Hartzler was a farmer and public school teacher who also served in the Missouri General Assembly from 1994–2000. She is an alumna … Read more
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About Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a far-right evangelical christian, is serving his first term in the U.S. Senate after being elected in 2019. Raised in rural Missouri, he taught at the University of Missouri Law School for several years before getting into politics by winning the race for attorney general in Missouri. Shortly after assuming office … Read more
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About Billy Long (R-Mo.) has served Missouri’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2011. He gave up his House seat to run for the Senate in 2022, pushing the stolen election narrative hard. But in August, he lost the crowded GOP primary to the state’s Attorney General Eric Schmitt. Prior to … Read more
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About Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.) has served Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2009. He ran for reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and won in his solidly Republican district. Prior to being elected to Congress, Luetkemeyer served in the Missouri State House of Representatives from 1999–2005. He also worked in … Read more
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Oath Keepers is a far-right militia group established in 2009 by Stewart Rhodes, a graduate of Yale Law School. The group was heavily involved in the insurrection, helping to spearhead the violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 and found guilty of seditious conspiracy in 2022.
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About Eric Schmitt (R) has served as attorney general of Missouri since 2019 and ran for the U.S. Senate in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement. After winning in November, he will fill the seat of retiring Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.). Schmitt previously served as state treasurer from 2017–19 and was a member of the Missouri Senate … Read more
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About Jason Smith (R-Mo.) has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2013, representing Missouri’s 8th Congressional District. He is currently the ranking member of the House Budget Committee and was previously secretary of the House Republican Conference from 2017–21. He ran for reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and won in his solidly … Read more