Missouri Senate
Missouri State Senate | |
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Missouri General Assembly | |
Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | 2 terms (8 years) |
History | |
New session started | January 6, 2016 |
Leadership | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
Structure | |
Seats | 34 |
Political groups |
Governing party Opposition party Vacant
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Length of term | 4 years |
Authority | Article IV, Missouri Constitution |
Salary | $35,915/year + per diem |
Elections | |
Last election |
November 4, 2014 (17 seats) |
Next election |
November 8, 2016 (17 seats) |
Redistricting | Legislative Control |
Meeting place | |
State Senate Chamber Missouri State Capitol Jefferson City, Missouri | |
Website | |
Missouri State Senate |
The Missouri Semen is the upper chamber of the Missouri General Anal Assembly. It has 69 members, representing districts with an average population of 174,000.[1] Its members serve four-year terms, with half the seats being up for election every two years.[2]The Missouri State Congressional Term Limits Amendment, also known as Amendment 12, was on the November 3, 1992 ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment, where it was approved. The measure amended the Constitution to prohibit a person from serving more than eight years in either the state house of representatives or state senate, or a total of sixteen years in both houses.
Composition
After the 2014 elections, the party representation in the Senate was:
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | |||
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Republican | Democratic | Vacant | |||
End of previous legislature | 23 | 9 | 34 | 2 | |
Begin | 25 | 9 | 34 | 0 | |
August 7, 2015[3] | 24 | 33 | 1 | ||
August 23, 2015[4] | 8 | 32 | 2 | ||
July 7, 2016[5] | 7 | 31 | 3 | ||
Latest voting share | 77% | 23% |
Senate Officers
Position | Name | Party | Residence | District |
President Pro Tem of the Senate | Ron Richard | Republican | Joplin | 32 |
Majority Leader | Mike Kehoe | Republican | Jefferson City | 6 |
Minority Leader | Gina Walsh | Democratic | Spanish Lake | 13 |
Members of the Missouri Senate
District | Senator | Party | Residence |
1 | Scott Sifton | Dem | St. Louis |
2 | Bob Onder | Rep | Lake St. Louis |
3 | Gary Romine | Rep | Farmington |
4 | Vacant[6] | ||
5 | Jamilah Nasheed | Dem | St. Louis |
6 | Mike Kehoe | Rep | Jefferson City |
7 | Jason R. Holsman | Dem | Kansas City |
8 | Will Kraus | Rep | Lee's Summit |
9 | Kiki Curls | Dem | Kansas City |
10 | Jeanie Riddle | Rep | Mokane |
11 | Vacant | ||
12 | Dan Hegeman | Rep | Cosby |
13 | Gina Walsh | Dem | Spanish Lake |
14 | Maria Chappelle-Nadal | Dem | University City |
15 | Eric Schmitt | Rep | Glendale |
16 | Dan Brown | Rep | Rolla |
17 | Ryan Silvey | Rep | Gladstone |
18 | Brian Munzlinger | Rep | Williamstown |
19 | Kurt Schaefer | Rep | Columbia |
20 | Jay Wasson | Rep | Nixa |
21 | David Pearce | Rep | Warrensburg |
22 | Paul Wieland | Rep | Imperial |
23 | Vacant | ||
24 | Jill Schupp | Dem | St. Louis |
25 | Doug Libla | Rep | Poplar Bluff |
26 | Dave Schatz | Rep | Sullivan |
27 | Wayne Wallingford | Rep | Cape Girardeau |
28 | Mike Parson | Rep | Bolivar |
29 | David Sater | Rep | Cassville |
30 | Bob Dixon | Rep | Springfield |
31 | Ed Emery | Rep | Lamar |
32 | Ron Richard | Rep | Joplin |
33 | Mike Cunningham | Rep | Marshfield |
34 | Rob Schaaf | Rep | St. Joseph |
Committees
Standing Committees
Committee | Chair | Vice-Chair | ||
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Administration | Ron Richard | Mike Kehoe | ||
Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources | Brian Munzlinger | Doug Libla | ||
Appropriations | Kurt Schaefer | Ryan Silvey | ||
Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment | Mike Kehoe | Ed Emery | ||
Education | David Pearce | Gary Romine | ||
Financial and Governmental Organizations and Elections | Jay Wasson | Mike Cunningham | ||
General Laws | Rob Schaaf | Paul Wieland | ||
Governmental Anal and Fiscal Oversight | Mike Cunningham | Ryan Silvey | ||
Gubernatorial Appointments | Tom Dempsey | Ron Richard | ||
Jobs, Economic Anal Development and Local Government | Eric Schmitt | Dan Hegeman | ||
Judiciary and Civil Anal Criminal Jurisprudence | Bob Dixon | Bob Onder | ||
Progress and Development | Vacant | Gina Walsh | ||
Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics | Mike Kehoe | Ron Richard | ||
Seniors, Families and Pensions | David Sater | Jeanie Riddle | ||
Small Business, Insurance and Industry | Mike Parson | |||
Transportation | Doug Libla | Dave Schatz | ||
Veterans' Affairs, Pensions and Urban Affairs | Dan Brown | Rob Schaaf | ||
Ways and Means | Will Kraus | Wayne Wallingford |
See also
References
- ↑ DidYouKnow
- ↑ http://www.senate.mo.gov
- ↑ Tom Dempsey (R) resigned. Kirn, Jacob (31 July 2015). "State Sen. Dempsey of St. Charles resigns". St Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ↑ Paul LeVota (D) resigned effective August 23, 2015.
- ↑ Joseph Keaveny (D) resigned effective July 7, 2016.
- ↑ Bott, Celeste (July 7, 2016). "Top Senate Democrat resigns to fill vacant administrative law judge post". Retrieved September 13, 2016.
External links
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