Bill Wayne

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Bill Wayne

Libertarian Party

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November 5, 2024

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Bill Wayne (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 5th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Missouri's 5th Congressional District election, 2024

Missouri's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)

Missouri's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 5

Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver defeated Sean Smith, Bill Wayne, and Michael Day in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Emanuel Cleaver (D)	60.2	199,900
		Sean Smith (R)	36.4	120,957
		Bill Wayne (L)	2.0	6,658
		Michael Day (G)	1.3	4,414

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 331,929
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Bowman (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5

Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Emanuel Cleaver	100.0	65,248

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 65,248
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5

Sean Smith advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Smith	100.0	32,574

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 32,574
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5

Bill Wayne advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Wayne	100.0	340

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 340
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2022

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 57

Incumbent Rodger Reedy defeated Bill Wayne in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 57 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Rodger Reedy (R)	83.6	10,723
		Bill Wayne (L)	16.4	2,103

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,826
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 57

Incumbent Rodger Reedy defeated James White in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 57 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Rodger Reedy	68.6	3,926
	Submit photo	James White	31.4	1,797

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,723
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 57

Bill Wayne advanced from the Libertarian primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 57 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Wayne	100.0	20

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20
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2020

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 51

Kurtis Gregory defeated Bill Wayne in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 51 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kurtis Gregory (R)	75.3	10,803
		Bill Wayne (L)	24.7	3,551

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,354
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 51

Kurtis Gregory advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 51 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kurtis Gregory	100.0	3,593

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,593
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 51

Bill Wayne advanced from the Libertarian primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 51 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Wayne	100.0	35

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35
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2018

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 51

Incumbent Dean Dohrman defeated Vince Lutterbie and Bill Wayne in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 51 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dean Dohrman (R)	63.9	7,668
	Submit photo	Vince Lutterbie (D)	32.6	3,910
		Bill Wayne (L)	3.5	414

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,992
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 51

Vince Lutterbie advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 51 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Vince Lutterbie	100.0	1,999

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,999
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 51

Incumbent Dean Dohrman advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 51 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dean Dohrman	100.0	3,358

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,358
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 51

Bill Wayne advanced from the Libertarian primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 51 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Wayne	100.0	44

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 44
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2016

See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Missouri State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 29, 2016. Incumbent David Pearce (R) did not seek re-election.

Denny Hoskins defeated ElGene Ver Dught and Bill Wayne in the Missouri State Senate District 21 general election.

Missouri State Senate, District 21 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Denny Hoskins	67.63%	50,288
	Democratic	ElGene Ver Dught	26.88%	19,988
	Libertarian	Bill Wayne	5.48%	4,077
Total Votes				74,353
Source: Missouri Secretary of State

ElGene Ver Dught ran unopposed in the Missouri State Senate District 21 Democratic primary.

Missouri State Senate, District 21 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	ElGene Ver Dught  (unopposed)

Denny Hoskins defeated Mike McGhee in the Missouri State Senate District 21 Republican primary.

Missouri State Senate, District 21 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Denny Hoskins	58.51%	11,219
	Republican	Mike McGhee	41.49%	7,954
Total Votes				19,173

2014

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Missouri House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 25, 2014. Gary Grigsby was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Dean Dohrman was unopposed in the Republican primary. Bill Wayne was unopposed in the Libertarian primary. Dohrman defeated Grigsby and Wayne in the general election.

Missouri House of Representatives District 51, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dean Dohrman Incumbent	57.2%	4,727
	Democratic	Gary Grigsby	37.6%	3,107
	Libertarian	Bill Wayne	5.2%	431
Total Votes				8,265

2012

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2012

Wayne ran in the 2012 election for Missouri House of Representatives, District 51. Wayne ran as a Libertarian Party candidate and was defeated by Dean A. Dohrman (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.

Missouri House of Representatives, District 51, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dean Dohrman	49.9%	6,714
	Democratic	Gary Grigsby	46.4%	6,244
	Libertarian	Bill Wayne	3.7%	504
Total Votes				13,462

2010

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2010

Wayne was a Libertarian candidate for District 121 of the Missouri House of Representatives. The primary election was on August 3, 2010, and the general election was on November 2, 2010. Wayne's opponents in the November 2 general election were incumbent Denny Hoskins (R) and Courtney Cole (D).

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

Bill Wayne did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Bill Wayne campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Missouri District 5	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2022	Missouri House of Representatives District 57	Lost general	$1,384	$1,419
Grand total			$1,384	$1,419
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

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Missouri's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Josh Hawley (R)

Eric Schmitt (R)

Representatives

District 1

Wesley Bell (D)

District 2

Ann Wagner (R)

District 3

Bob Onder (R)

District 4

Mark Alford (R)

District 5

Emanuel Cleaver (D)

District 6

Sam Graves (R)

District 7

Eric Burlison (R)

District 8

Jason Smith (R)

Republican Party (8)

Democratic Party (2)