Candidates for President and Vice President
Kamala Harris, candidate for President of the United States, and the current Vice President of the United States, previously served as a US Senator for the state of California and as California Attorney General. Kamala Harris has dedicated her entire career to public service. She has pledged to defend American democracy and the peaceful transfer of power. She supports access to affordable housing and health care for all Americans, and has proposed reducing taxes for working and middle class Americans.
Tim Walz, Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States, is the current governor of Minnesota and previously served as a Representative in the US Congress. Tim is a former public school social studies teacher, former high school football coach, and military veteran. As Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz helped make free school lunches available to all children in Minnesota public schools, increased protections for Minnesota workers, lowed prescription drug costs and decreased taxes for middle class families. He fully supports Kamala Harris’s plans to improve the economy, defend American democracy, and protect Americans’ civil rights.
Candidates for US Senate and US House
Lucas Kunce, Democratic candidate for US Senate for Missouri, is a lawyer and a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He grew up in a working-class family in Jefferson City, and his family struggled financially when he was a child due the high cost of medical care for his sister’s heart condition. Lucas supports access to affordable health care for all Americans, better benefits for veterans, campaign finance reform, rebuilding US manufacturing sector, workers’ rights, and reproductive freedom.
Ray Hartmann, candidate for United States Congress in Missouri’s Second Congressional District, is a respected journalist and the founder of the St. Louis newspaper the Riverfront Times. Ray is a staunch defender of reproductive freedom and if elected, plans to fight in Congress to restore the reproductive health protections that were lost with the overturning of Roe v. Wade. He is also committed to helping Missourians who have been harmed by improperly dumped Manhattan project era radioactive waste, and to securing federal funding for infrastructure projects to help rebuild Missouri.
Candidates for Statewide Missouri Offices
For Missouri Governor
Crystal Quade, candidate for Governor of the State of Missouri, has served for several years as a State Representative in the Missouri State Legislature and was the youngest ever person picked to serve as Missouri’s Democratic Minority Leader in the State House. Growing up in rural Missouri, Crystal was the first person in her family to graduate from high school, and she went on to earn a degree in social work. Before becoming a Representative, Crystal worked for a non-profit, Care to Learn, that provides funding for health, hunger, and hygiene needs of schoolchildren in Missouri public schools. Crystal supports access to high quality public education for all Missourians, restoring reproductive freedom, keeping Missouri farmland in the hands of Missouri farmers, and protecting workers’ rights. If elected, Crystal Quade would be the first ever woman governor of the state of Missouri.
For Missouri Lieutenant Governor
Richard Brown, a retired public school teacher from Kansas City, Missouri, has served as a State Representative in the Missouri State Legislature. As a former teacher, Richard is committed to supporting our public school system and to ending gun violence in our schools. As the father of a daughter with cerebral palsy, and as the husband of a wife who died after a 12 year battle with cancer, Richard supports better access to affordable health care for all Missourians.
For Missouri Secretary of State
Barbara Phifer, Democratic candidate for Secretary of State of Missouri, served as a United Methodist pastor for more than four decades and has also served her community as a State Representative in the Missouri State House. Barbara supports free, fair, secure elections in Missouri. As Secretary of State she would work to make sure that her office provides Missourians with clear, accurate ballot language. She would also work to support Missouri businesses and our public libraries.
For Missouri Attorney General
Elad Gross, candidate for Attorney General of Missouri, is a constitutional and civil rights attorney who previously worked for the Missouri Attorney General’s office as an Assistant Attorney General in the Labor and Litigation Division. Before becoming an attorney, while still in college, Elad started the Education Exchange Corps, a nonprofit organization that has helped children in St. Louis City learn through civic engagement. If elected, Elad plans to create the first ever Civil Rights Division of the Missouri Attorney General’s office. He will also work to protect Missouri consumers from scams and fraud, protect Missouri workers, and fight to shut down puppy mills.
For Missouri Treasurer
Mark Osmack, Democratic candidate for Missouri State Treasurer, is a US Army veteran who served in Afghanistan. After serving in the Army he worked for a time for Missouri’s US Senator Claire McCaskill. A Valley Park native, he is a husband and father of two young daughters. As Missouri Treasurer, he would defend Missouri’s financial resources and protect funding for Missouri retirees and farmers.