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Andy Leighton
Andy Leighton (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 147. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Leighton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Andy Leighton was born in Elgin, Illinois. He earned a bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University in 1986.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 147
John Voss defeated Andy Leighton and Greg Tlapek in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 147 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Voss (R) | 64.5 | 6,990 |
 | Andy Leighton (D)  | 31.4 | 3,405 | |
| Greg Tlapek (L) | 4.1 | 450 | ||
| Total votes: 10,845 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 147
Andy Leighton advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 147 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andy Leighton | 100.0 | 911 |
| Total votes: 911 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 147
John Voss defeated Elaine Edgar and Nathan Thomas in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 147 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Voss | 40.0 | 1,616 |
| Elaine Edgar | 30.6 | 1,237 | ||
| Nathan Thomas | 29.3 | 1,185 | ||
| Total votes: 4,038 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 147
Greg Tlapek advanced from the Libertarian primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 147 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Greg Tlapek | 100.0 | 19 | |
| Total votes: 19 | |||
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2020
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 147
Wayne Wallingford defeated Andy Leighton in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 147 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Wayne Wallingford (R) | 63.1 | 10,167 |
| Andy Leighton (D) | 36.9 | 5,935 | |
| Total votes: 16,102 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 147
Andy Leighton advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 147 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andy Leighton | 100.0 | 1,394 |
| Total votes: 1,394 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 147
Wayne Wallingford defeated John Voss in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 147 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wayne Wallingford | 51.8 | 2,801 |
| John Voss | 48.2 | 2,609 | |
| Total votes: 5,410 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Andy Leighton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Leighton's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Mr. Leighton is the eighth of eight children. He grew up in Arlington Heights, Illinois, located in northwest suburban Chicago. He has worked since childhood mowing lawns, raking leaves, and shoveling snow. Mr. Leighton graduated in 1980 from nearby Rolling Meadows High School. He then attended Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, graduating in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.
In August 1988, Mr. Leighton married Pamela Gibson (Makanda, Illinois). The couple moved to Aurora, Illinois, in 1989 where Mr. Leighton worked in the waste management industry in governmental affairs, sales, and marketing. He transferred to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, in 1996. Mr. Leighton left the waste industry in 1999 and has worked in telecommunications, insurance, and collections. He became a medical biller in 2015 specializing in Medicaid claims.
The Leightons have two sons which they brought up through the Cape Girardeau Public School system. The Leightons both volunteered in various capacities in the schools, contributed as coaches for park district baseball and soccer leagues, and as Cub Scout and Boy Scout leaders. They have two grandchildren who live in the area. Mr. Leighton is the current chairperson of the Cape Girardeau County Democratic Committee.- I am pro-choice because none of us are free unless we are all free to control our own bodies and healthcare options.
- We must work to bring the jobs of the future to our state - renewable energy jobs! Or our children and our country will be left behind.
- We must work to reduce violent crime in our state or we will have no future. Common sense gun control measures must be an integral part of any solution.
Our greatest challenge, because of the hyper-sensitivity of opponents to gun regulation, is to pass long-lasting, effective, common sense gun regulations to make our state safer so it can grow and prosper. We are not going to just punish criminals harder to get ourselves out of this mess. Any crime reduction plan that does not include a healthy dose of common sense gun regulation is destined to fail. Every member of the General Assembly needs to read that Chamber report and have a sit down discussion with their supporters to help them understand the danger we are in if we fail to act now.
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2020
Andy Leighton did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 8, 2022
