Current Women Officeholders in Missouri
This is a list of women who currently hold office in Missouri. Source: Missouri Secretary of State, General Election results. (*)Asterisk indicates newly elected to respective positions.
updated: 2/12/2008
When quoting from this page, please cite your source
as:
The Sue Shear Institute for Women in Public Life
| Name | Hometown | Office | Party | |
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| Federal and Statewide | ||||
| *Claire McCaskill | St. Louis | U.S. Senate | D | |
| *Susan Montee | St. Joseph | Auditor | D | |
| Robin Carnahan | St. Louis | Sec of State | D | |
| Sarah Steelman | Rolla | Treasurer | R | |
| JoAnn Emerson | Cape Girardeau | U.S. Rep-8 | R | |
Currently:
1/2 U.S. Senators = 50% D=1 3/6 Statewide offices = 50% D=2/R=1 |
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| State Senate | ||||
| *Jolie Justus | Kansas City | MO Sen-10 | D | |
| Maida Coleman | St. Louis | MO Sen-5 | D | |
| Yvonne Wilson | Kansas City | MO Sen-9 | D | |
| Rita Days | St. Louis | MO Sen-14 | D | |
| Luann Ridgeway | Smithville | MO Sen-17 | R | |
| Joan Bray | St. Louis | MO Sen-24 | D | |
| Norma Champion | Springfield | MO Sen-30 | R | |
| Currently: 7/34 State Senators = 20.6% D=5 / R=2 National average of women in the State Senate = 21.5%. |
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| State Representative | ||||
| *Rebecca McClanahan | Kirksville | MO Rep-2 | D | |
| Rachel Bringer | Palmyra | MO Rep-6 | D | |
| Sally Faith | St. Charles | MO Rep-15 | R | |
| Vicki Schneider | O'Fallon | MO Rep-17 | R | |
| Cynthia L. Davis | O'Fallon | MO Rep-19 | R | |
| Danielle (Danie) Moore | Fulton | MO Rep-20 | R | |
| Therese Sander | Moberly | MO Rep-22 | R | |
| Judy Baker | Columbia | MO Rep-25 | D | |
| Beth Low | Kansas City | MO Rep-39 | D | |
| *Shalonn Curls | Kansas City | MO Rep-41 | D | |
| Jenee Lowe | Kansas City | MO Rep-44 | D | |
| Kate Meiners | Kansas City | MO Rep-46 | D | |
| Terry Young | Raytown | MO Rep-49 | D | |
| Jeannette Mott Oxford | St. Louis | MO Rep-59 | D | |
| *Jamilah Nasheed | St. Louis | MO Rep-60 | D | |
| Connie (LaJoyce) Johnson | St. Louis | MO Rep-61 | D | |
| Robin Wright Jones | St. Louis | MO Rep-63 | D | |
| Rachel Storch | St. Louis | MO Rep-64 | D | |
| *Michelle Kratky | St. Louis | MO Rep-65 | D | |
| Gina Walsh | St. Louis | MO Rep-69 | D | |
| Esther Haywood | St. Louis | MO Rep-71 | D | |
| Maria Chappelle-Nadal | St. Louis | MO Rep-72 | D | |
| Margaret Donnelly | St. Louis | MO Rep-73 | D | |
| Juanita Head Walton | St. Louis | MO Rep-81 | D | |
| Jane Cunningham | Chesterfield | MO Rep-86 | R | |
| Kathlyn Fares | Webster Groves | MO Rep-91 | R | |
| Patricia (Pat) Yaeger | St. Louis | MO Rep-96 | D | |
| Sue Schoemehl | St. Louis | MO Rep-100 | D | |
| Belinda Harris | Hillsboro | MO Rep-110 | D | |
| Marilyn Ruestman | Joplin | MO Rep-131 | R | |
| Sara Lampe | Springfield | MO Rep-138 | D | |
| *Mary Kasten | Cape Girardeau | MO Rep-158 | R | |
| *Ellen Brandom | Sikeston | MO Rep-160 | R | |
| Currently: 33/163 State Representatives
= 20% D=23/ R=10 National average of women in the House = 24.4% |
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| Current total
of women in the General Assembly, 40/197 = 20.3% National average of women in the General Assembly = 23.6% |
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NOTE: Missouri is tied for 33rd with Texas among the states for the percentage of women in the state legislature, the second lowest among surrounding states. Illinois ranks 18th, Iowa 26th, Nebraska 37th, Kansas 14th, and Arkansas 29th. Vermont ranks first with 37.8%, while South Carolina ranks last with 8.8%.
National averages
and state rankings provided by:
Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics
at Rutgers University.