Cisse Spragins

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Cisse Spragins

Libertarian Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 7, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

University of Tennessee

Graduate

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Ph.D

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Personal

Religion

Christian: Methodist

Contact

Personal website

Cisse Spragins (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 5th Congressional District. She lost in the Libertarian Party primary on August 7, 2018.

Spragins was previously the Libertarian candidate for governor of Missouri in the 2016 elections. She was defeated in the general election on November 8, 2016. She was also a 2012 Libertarian candidate for Missouri Secretary of State. She ran for U.S. Senate in 2010.

Biography

Education

• B.S. in chemistry, University of Tennessee
• M.S. in physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• M.S. in chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Ph.D. in plasma physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Career

Spragins was raised on a farm in Jackson, Tennessee. She attended the University of Tennessee for her undergraduate studies, earning her B.S. in chemistry. She continued her higher education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she continued studies in several scientific disciplines. Spragins graduated from the university with an M.S. in chemistry, an M.S. in physics and a Ph.D. in plasma physics.

Following graduation, she spent 10 years with a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of rodent control products. Spragins worked with the company as a researcher, technical director and director of international business development. In her role as development director, she was deployed to England for three years and set up an office for the company there.

Political career

In 1998, Spragins segued into a new career venture when she relocated to Minnesota and founded Rockwell Labs Ltd. Her company develops, manufactures and markets health sanitation and structural pest management products. While living in Minnesota, she became active in the Libertarian Party, serving as the Minnesota state coordinator for the Michael Badnarik campaign in 2004. After the election, she moved the business to Kansas City, where she lives today.

Spragins moved to Kansas City, Missouri, following the 2004 election. She became the Missouri Libertarian Party vice chair in 2008 and was elected chair in June 2010. She helped publish a revamped version of the party's newsletter, "Show Me Freedom," and represented the party at state fairs and other local events.

Spragins first ran for elected office in 2010 as a Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate. She was unsuccessful in securing the primary nomination, leaving fellow Libertarian Jonathon Dine to advance to the general election.

Elections

2018

See also: Missouri's 5th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver defeated Jacob Turk, Alexander Howell, Maurice Copeland, and E.C. Fredland in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on November 6, 2018.

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 5

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Emanuel Cleaver (D)	61.7	175,019
		Jacob Turk (R)	35.6	101,069
		Alexander Howell (L)	1.7	4,725
	Submit photo	Maurice Copeland (G)	0.7	2,091
	Submit photo	E.C. Fredland (Constitution Party)	0.3	876
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	5

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 283,785
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Democratic primary

Incumbent Emanuel Cleaver advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 7, 2018.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Emanuel Cleaver	100.0	87,449

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 87,449
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jenna Squires (D)

Republican primary

Jacob Turk defeated Kress Cambers and Richonda Oaks in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 7, 2018.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jacob Turk	75.1	35,883
		Kress Cambers	17.6	8,423
	Submit photo	Richonda Oaks	7.3	3,467

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 47,773
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brent Lasater (R)

Constitution Party primary election

E.C. Fredland advanced from the Constitution primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 7, 2018.

Constitution primary election

Constitution primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	E.C. Fredland	100.0	184

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 184
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Green Party primary election

Maurice Copeland advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 7, 2018.

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Maurice Copeland	100.0	315

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 315
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Libertarian primary election

Alexander Howell defeated Cisse Spragins in the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5 on August 7, 2018.

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 5

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Alexander Howell	56.3	512
		Cisse Spragins	43.7	398

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 910
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2016

Main article: Missouri gubernatorial election, 2016

Spragins ran for governor of Missouri. She was unopposed in the August 2 Libertarian primary election. She competed in the November 8, 2016, general election with Chris Koster (D) and Eric Greitens (R), who won their parties' primaries elections on August 2; Green Party candidate Don Fitz, and independent Lester Turilli Jr.

Eric Greitens defeated Chris Koster, Cisse Spragins, Lester Turilli, and Don Fitz in the Missouri governor election.

Missouri Governor, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Eric Greitens	51.29%	1,424,730
	Democratic	Chris Koster	45.40%	1,261,110
	Libertarian	Cisse Spragins	1.47%	40,718
	Independent	Lester Turilli Jr.	1.07%	29,774
	Green	Don Fitz	0.75%	20,785
		Write-in votes	0.03%	737
Total Votes				2,777,854
Source: Missouri Secretary of State

Cisse Spragins ran unopposed in the Missouri Libertarian primary for governor.

Missouri Libertarian primary for governor, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Cisse Spragins  (unopposed)	100.00%	3,515
Total Votes (3214 of 3214 precincts reporting)		3,515
Source: Missouri Secretary of State

2012

See also: Missouri secretary of state election, 2012

Spragins ran for Secretary of State as a Libertarian candidate. She lost to Shane Schoeller ((R), Jason Kander (D) and Constitution Party candidate Justin Harter in the general election on November 6, 2012.

Missouri Secretary of State General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jason Kander	48.9%	1,298,022
	Republican	Shane Schoeller	47.4%	1,258,937
	Libertarian	Cisse Spragins	2.7%	70,814
	Constitution	Justin Harter	1%	27,710
Total Votes				2,655,483
Election results via Missouri Secretary of State

2010

See also: U.S. Senate election, Missouri, 2010

• Primary election

• Spragins lost in the Libertarian primary race to Jonathan Dine.

U.S. Senate, Missouri Primary Election Libertarian Primary, 2010
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jonathon Dine	58.6%	2,069
Cisse Spragisns	41.4%	1,460
Total Votes		3,529

Campaign themes

2016

Economy:

“

Veto any legislation that involves an increase in spending Eliminate the state income tax, with the first priority being the tax on business income to accelerate job creation Eliminate so-called “economic development” programs that use public resources, tax credits, TIF etc to benefit politically-favored businesses Eliminate state regulations on businesses and occupational licensing requirements (regulations are based on the presumption of guilt and punish everyone, with the costs ultimately born by consumers) Opt out of federal regulations to the extent possible and do not use state government to enforce federal regulations. The market is the best regulator, wherein consumers “vote” multiple times each day with their money and their personal choices. Help protect Missourians from the Fed’s inflationary policies by making gold, silver and other forms of physical or digital currency that the market adopts, legal tender in the state.

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Education

“

Opt out of federal interference in education and federally-imposed standards Eliminate the state department of education and return children’s education to full local and parental control Eliminate state requirements and restrictions on the provision of education Transition state universities to a self-funding model and ultimately privatize them

”

Healthcare

“

Opt out of Obamacare and other federal regulations on the provision of health care Remove state government restrictions on the provision of health care Remove state government restrictions on the provision of health insurance Remove mandates for employer-provided health insurance, and remove regulations on employers who choose to provide health insurance Eliminate state Certificate of Need requirements for the construction of hospitals and nursing homes Oppose Obamacare Medicaid expansion

”

Social justice

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Eliminate victimless crimes, including opting out of enforcing federal victimless crimes. When crimes with actual victims occur, authorities are generally notified of the crime in order to bring justice. When victimless “crimes” occur, those involved hide their actions from authorities. Victimless crimes, particularly drug laws, have effectively turned everyone into a suspect, and disproportionately those members of certain demographic profiles. This has created the culture of mistrust between citizens and the police, and made the police not public servants but rather effectively public “harassers”. Expunge the records of anyone convicted of a victimless crime and free anyone currently imprisoned for such a crime Eliminate civil asset forfeiture at the state level and do not participate in federal asset forfeiture sharing programs, no more “policing for profit” Eliminate plea bargaining that coerces defendants into accepting a guilty plea without a trial. The court system will be dramatically less congested without victimless crimes. Insure juries know their job is not only to determine if the defendant broke a law, but also if the law itself is just. Do not allow judges or court officials to instruct jurors otherwise.

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Personal

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Spragins resides in Kansas City, Missouri with her husband. She is active in her neighborhood church, Melrose United Methodist Church.

See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Missouri's 5th Congressional District election, 2018
• Missouri's 5th Congressional District
• Secretary of State of Missouri
• Current Missouri Secretary of State
• Missouri secretary of state election, 2012

External links

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• United States House of Representatives
• Secretary of State 2012 Candidate Listings
• Spragins on Facebook

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)