Rick Stream

Rick Stream
Missouri House of Representatives, District 90
Incumbent
In office
2007 - present
Term ends
January 5, 2015
Years in position	6
Party	Republican
Compensation
Base salary	35,915/year
Per diem	$104/day
Elections and appointments
Last election	November 6, 2012
First elected	2006
Next election	November 4, 2014
Term limits	4 terms (8 years)
Education
Bachelor's	University of Missouri-Saint Louis
Associate's	Meramec Community College
Personal
Birthday	02/23/1949
Place of birth	Saint Louis, MO
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Rick Stream (b. February 23, 1949) is a Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives. He has represented District 94 from 2007 to 2013, and District 90 since January 7, 2013.

Stream worked in Army Aviation and Logistics Command from 1977-2006, served in the United States Navy from 1971-1975, and was a Budget/Project Manager for the Department of Defense. He earned his BS in Business Administration from the University of Missouri-Saint Louis and AB in Business from Meramec Community College.

Stream is Vice Commander of Post 156 American Legion of the Greentree Community Church, Coach of Kirkwood Youth Basketball/Volleyball/Baseball, and tutor with Hope Unlimited - Nipher School.

Issues

Campaign themes

Stream's website highlights the following campaign themes:

Private Sector Job Creation

• Excerpt:"Rick Stream is laser-focused on private sector job creation."

Economic Growth and Financial Security

• Excerpt:"Our return to prosperity will be driven by entrepreneurial innovation and private investment in new technology, not by more regulation and government spending. To foster a pro-growth economic environment and revitalize our economy, Rick’s primary goal is to ensure that local businesses and entrepreneurs are provided with economic certainty and liberty to expand and thus increase private sector jobs and salaries."

Balanced Budget

• Excerpt:"As Vice Chairman of the Budget Committee, Rick demands government accountability and fiscal responsibility."

Education

• Excerpt:"Rick continues to aggressively support public education. Specifically, he filed legislation to help struggling schools improve through high teacher standards, principal training, alternative schools and reading and math immersion programs."

Low Taxes

• Excerpt:"Keeping taxes low strengthens our economy, supports private sector job growth, and helps each of us to provide the lifestyle our families deserve. As a leading advocate of fiscal responsibility, Rick continues to balance the state budget without raising taxes."

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Stream served on the following committees:

Missouri Committee Assignments, 2013
• Budget, Chair
• Joint Committee on Capital Improvements and Leases Oversight
• Joint Committee on Legislative Research

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Stream served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Stream served on these committees:

Issues

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Rick Stream endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.

Elections

2012

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2012

Stream won re-election in the 2012 election for Missouri House of Representatives, District 90. Stream ran unopposed in the August 7 Republican primary and defeated [[Deb Lavender] (D) in the general election which took place on November 6, 2012.

Missouri House of Representatives, District 90, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Rick Stream Incumbent	50.6%	11,438
	Democratic	Deb Lavender	49.4%	11,172
Total Votes				22,610

2010

On November 2, 2010 Stream won election to the Missouri House of Representatives.

Missouri House of Representatives, District 94 General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Rick Stream (R)		9,326
Deb Lavender (D)		7,267

2008

On November 04, 2008, Rick Stream ran for District 94 of the Missouri House of Representatives, beating Deb Lavender.

Rick Stream raised $72,137 for his campaign.

Missouri House of Representatives, District 94
Candidates		Votes	Percent
Rick Stream (R)		11,623	54.2%
Deb Lavender (D)		9,828	45.8%

Campaign donors

2012

Campaign donor information is not yet available for this year.

2010

In 2010, a year in which Stream was up for re-election, he collected $110,006 in donations.

His four largest contributors in 2010 were:

Donor	Amount
MISSOURI HEALTH & HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	$3,000
MISSOURI STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION	$2,500
MISSOURI HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION	$2,500
ZYLO CREATIVE LLC	$2,350

2008

Listed below are the five largest contributors to Rick Stream's 2008 campaign.

Donor	Amount
84th Republican Legislative District CMTE	$1,500
Andrew Daniels Global Asset Advisors	$1,500
Missouri Health & Hospital Association	$1,150
AT&T	$1,025
Citizens for Tim Jones	$1,000

Personal

Stream is married and has 4 children.

External links

• Missouri House of Representatives - Rep. Rick Stream
• Project Vote Smart profile
• Campaign Contributions: 2010, 2008, 2006

References

Political offices
Preceded by -	Missouri House of Representatives District 90 2013–present	Succeeded by N/A
Preceded by -	Missouri House of Representatives District 94 2007–2013	Succeeded by Vicki Lorenz Englund (D)