They Got it Right: Vote Your District

A handful of Missouri politicians are feverishly trying to repeal or gut Proposition B, the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act, which voters passed in November. The issue may come up for debate in the state Senate as early as next week, and two of the leaders of the repeal effort who are working hard to dismantle the will of the people are Senators Bill Stouffer, R-21, and Mike Parson, R-28.

You might think we don’t agree on much with Senators Stouffer and Parson. But we have to give credit where credit is due. There is one thing that both Stouffer and Parson got exactly right: that every Missouri lawmaker should vote their district.

Back in December, when the election was weeks old, Stouffer told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, “If you look at the Proposition B votes, if every legislator votes the way their district voted, it will repeal easily.” And Parson commented on the plans for repeal at a forum in Bolivar, “I think if the legislators will vote their districts, then we will be able to do that.”

In a flub worthy of “Dewey beats Truman,” they apparently forgot to check the votes. Prop B was favored in 18 of 34 Senate districts, and 88 of 163 House districts. When these bills come to the Senate and House floor for a vote, elected officials need to be reminded that the same constituents who placed them in their seats were responsible for passing Prop B in a majority vote. The districts that went “yes” on Prop B are listed below for their easy reference.

Elections matter. So today we ask Missouri legislators to listen to Senators Parson and Stouffer: Vote your district!

District	Representative	Yes %	No %
39	Jean Peters-Baker	81.5	18.5
60	Jamilah Nasheed	80.8	20.2
58	Penny Hubbard	80.5	20.6
63	Tishaura Jones	80.4	20.6
59	Jeanette Mott Oxford	78.8	21.2
61	Chris Carter	78.8	21.2
67	Mike Colona	78.8	21.2
64	Susan Carlson	78.5	21.5
44	Jason Kander	77.8	22.2
37	Mike Talboy	77.5	22.5
73	Stacey Newman	77	23
57	Karla May	76.7	23.3
66	Genise Montecillo	76.4	23.6
108	Jacob Hummel	76.2	23.8
72	Rory Ellinger	76.1	23.9
41	Shalonn Curls	75.8	24.2
65	Michele Kratky	75.5	24.2
50	Michael Brown	74.4	25.6
70	Sharon Pace	73.9	26.1
43	Gail McCann Beatty	73.2	26.8
69	Tommie Pierson	73	27
31	Jay Swearingen	72.6	26.4
71	Clem Smith	72.3	26.7
74	Steve Webb	72.2	26.8
75	Bert Atkins	72.2	26.8
40	John Joseph Rizzo	71.7	28.3
77	Eileen Grant McGeoghegan	71.2	28.8
76	Churie Spreng	71.1	28.9
42	Leonard Hughes	70.9	29
33	Jerry Nolte	70	30
78	Margo McNeil	69.6	31.4
32	Ronald Schieber	69	31
38	Ryan Silvey	68.9	31.1
51	Ira Anders	68.6	31.4
49	Tom McDonald	68.4	31.6
96	Scott Sifton	66.7	33.3
15	Sally Faith	66.5	33.5
45	Jason Holsman	66.5	33.5
46	Kevin McManus	66.2	33.8
34	Myron Neth	65.8	34.2
52	Noel Torpey	65.5	34.5
80	Sylvester Taylor	65.5	34.5
83	Jake Zimmerman	65.4	34.6
48	Gary Cross	65	35
101	Tim Meadows	65	35
79	Mary Nichols	64.7	35.3
18	Anne Zerr	64.5	35.5
16	Mark Parkinson	64	36
85	Cloria Brown	64	36
93	Dwight Scharnhorst	64	36
92	Sue Allen	63.6	36.4
88	Andrew Koenig	63.5	36.5
89	Timothy Jones	63.2	36.8
82	Jill Schupp	63	37
90	John McCaherty	62.8	37.2
81	Rochelle Walton Gray	62.6	37.4
14	Kathie Conway	62.5	37.5
84	Don Gosen	62.5	37.5
97	Gary Fuhr	62.3	27.7
30	Nick Marshall	61.9	38.1
86	Cole McNary	61.9	38.1
19	Kurt Bahr	61.7	38.3
17	Vickie Schneider	61.6	38.4
100	Marsha Haefner	61.5	38.5
102	Paul Wieland	61.5	38.5
54	Jeanie Lauer	61.4	38.6
87	John Diehl	61.4	38.6
53	Brent Lasater	61.2	38.8
91	Jeanne Kirkton	61.2	38.8
94	Rick Stream	61	39
123	Chris Molendorp	60.9	39.1
95	Mike Leara	60.8	39.2
12	Doug Funderburk	60.5	39.5
47	Jeff Grisamore	60.2	39.8
56	Mike Cierpiot	59.5	40.5
103	Ron Casey	58.7	41.3
107	Linda Black	58.7	41.3
35	TJ Berry	57.1	42.9
55	Sheila Solon	56.6	43.4
162	Terry Swinger	56.3	43.7
138	Sara Lampe	56	44
27	Pat Conway	55.2	44.5
105	Paul Curtman	54.7	45.3
13	Chuck Gatschenberger	54	46
129	Bill White	53.4	46.6
23	Stephen Webber	53	47
137	Melissa Leach	51.5	48.5
25	Mary Wynne Stlil	50.2	49.8

     

District	Senator	Yes %	No %
1	Jim Lembke	70.4	29.6
2	Scott Rupp	53.5	46.5
4	Joe Keaveny	78.0	22.0
5	Robin Wright-Jones	79.4	20.6
7	Jane Cunningham	65.4	34.6
8	Will Kraus	60.4	39.6
9	Kiki Curls	72.8	27.2
10	Jolie Justus	75.9	24.1
11	Victor Callahan	67.7	32.3
13	Timothy Green	73.3	26.7
14	Maria Chappelle Nadal	70.5	29.5
15	Eric Schmitt	70.1	29.9
17	Luann Ridgeway	67.7	32.3
22	Ryan McKenna	60.7	39.3
23	Tom Dempsey	64.8	35.2
24	John Lamping	69.0	31.0
30	Bob Dixon	50.9	49.1
34	Rob Schaaf	58.8	41.2