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Alan Bennett
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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

August 2, 2022

Education

Associate

Kansas City Kansas Community College, 1993

Bachelor's

Northwest Missouri State University, 2001

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1986 - 2017

Personal
Birthplace
Kansas City, Mo.
Religion
Christian
Profession
Construction inspector
Contact

Campaign website

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Alan Bennett (Republican Party) ran for election to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 1. He lost in the Republican primary on August 2, 2022.

Bennett completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Alan Bennett was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He served in the U.S. Army from 1986 to 2017. Bennett earned an associate degree from Kansas City Kansas Community College in 1993, a bachelor's degree from Northwest Missouri State University in 2001, and a military citation from Command and General Staff College in 2014. His career experience includes working as a construction inspector for the Missouri Department of Transportation.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 1

Jeff Farnan defeated Jessica Piper in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 1 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Farnan
Jeff Farnan (R)
 
75.2
 
9,762
Image of Jessica Piper
Jessica Piper (D) Candidate Connection
 
24.8
 
3,225

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,987
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 1

Jessica Piper advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 1 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jessica Piper
Jessica Piper Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
1,094

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,094
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 1

Jeff Farnan defeated Alan Bennett, Holly Cronk, Jasper Logan, and Michelle Horner in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 1 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jeff Farnan
Jeff Farnan
 
47.3
 
3,338
Image of Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett Candidate Connection
 
25.5
 
1,795
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Holly Cronk
 
14.0
 
987
Image of Jasper Logan
Jasper Logan Candidate Connection
 
7.6
 
534
Image of Michelle Horner
Michelle Horner Candidate Connection
 
5.7
 
399

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 7,053
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Alan Bennett completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bennett's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Alan Bennett a 31-year veteran of the US Army & Missouri Army National Guard, Bennett has served multiple combat and non combat tours across the United States and world Afghanistan and earned several honors including the Meritorious Service Medal, and Army Commendation Medal. Bennett served his first enlisted tour as a Military Policeman, and Subsequent tours as Field Artillery Officer in the 129th Field Artillery in Maryville and Albany, and later as a Logistics Officer. In addition to military service, he was also a Full time Substitute teacher, and worked as a Social Security Technician. Today, Bennett serves as a Construction Technician with the Missouri Department of Transportation where he inspects construction of roads and bridges in the district.
  • I am committed to a life of service. I answered that call my entire adult life, and I have more years to serve the people of the state of Missouri.
  • Government is not the answers to all our problems. Our brilliant founders recognized a God given right and ability in each of us to live up to our full potential, and complaining about bad decisions won’t fix them; electing better leaders will.
  • Our founders set up a system that allowed for smaller government, closer to the people that would allow the average citizen to have voice in their government. That is what I am committed to.
Pro Life, 2nd Amendment, Pro Law Enforcement and Veterans Issues.
I look up to Harry Truman whose motto was "the buck stops here". I admire leaders that are willing to make the hard decision and accept the consequences of those decisions.
Atlas Shrugged.
Humility, honesty, treating everyone with respect.
I am dedicated to Public Service. I have demonstrated this over the course of my adult life. I am a quick learner, inLeavin the Army, we were often put into areas that we had to learn about. That gave us broad experiences similar to legislators.
The core responsibility is to talk to people, understand their concerns and respect their point of view even when it is different than mine. Then the public servant is charged with representing the people of the district based on his/her conversations.
On March 30, 1981, United States President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, D.C. I was 12.
My first job in high school was working as a stockboy at T.G.&Y, a regional retail store.
During my Army Career, I was away from home for months or years at a time. It is hard to leave for a long time and come back and integrate yourself back into your family's life.
As with the Federal model, the Legislative and Executive branches are to serve as a check and balance against each other. Our government is designed to work slowly in order to prevent wild swings in policy.
Economic Development. We have a great state with amazing resources, cities and outdoor areas. With the ability of workers to work anywhere, we need to draw them to Missouri.
A few advantages, it is democratic, it is cleaner that bicameral, probably more cost effective and there is no need for two bodies to compete for superiority.
The main disadvantage is that it does not account for equal representation between the higher populated and less populated areas.
I think that is not necessary at the state legislative level.
It is essential to build relationships. One legislator cannot get it done alone.
I prefer the hybird method where the legislature shares redistricting authority with a commission.
I am interest first in Veteran's Issues, as a Veteran I would like to serve on that committee.

I am interested in the Transportation committee and the Right of way Management

I have experience in Disaster Response, so the Committee on Disaster Preparedness would be interesting.
Not at this time, I am going to keep my options open.
Compromise is essential to our system of governance. When one party or voice in the room makes all the decisions without compromise, it is usually the wrong decision.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 27, 2022


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