Dave Gragg

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Dave Gragg
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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 3, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

Truman State University, 1998

Personal
Birthplace
Lowry City, Mo.
Profession
Insurance agency owner
Contact

Dave Gragg (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 130. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Gragg completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Dave Gragg was born in Lowry City, Missouri. He earned a bachelor's degree from Truman State University in 1998. As of 2020, he owned an insurance agency. Below is a brief outline of Gragg's other professional experience:

  • 2003-2010: Assistant metro editor, metro editor for The Monitor in McAllen, Texas
  • 2000-2003: Managing editor/Associate publisher for the Quay County Sun in Tucumcari, N.M.
  • 1999-2000: Reporter for the Dodge City Daily Globe in Dodge City, Kansas[1]

Elections

2020

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 130

Bishop Davidson defeated Dave Gragg in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 130 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bishop Davidson
Bishop Davidson (R) Candidate Connection
 
77.0
 
15,609
Image of Dave Gragg
Dave Gragg (D) Candidate Connection
 
23.0
 
4,665

Total votes: 20,274
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 130

Dave Gragg advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 130 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dave Gragg
Dave Gragg Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
1,429

Total votes: 1,429
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 130

Bishop Davidson defeated Macy Mitchell and Sam Snider in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 130 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Bishop Davidson
Bishop Davidson Candidate Connection
 
45.4
 
2,868
Macy Mitchell
 
42.8
 
2,704
Sam Snider
 
11.8
 
747

Total votes: 6,319
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Campaign themes

2020

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Candidate Connection

Dave Gragg completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gragg's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I live in Republic with my wife and three sons and I've owned my insurance and financial services agency since 2011.

I grew up in small-town Missouri and spent close to a dozen years after college as a newspaper editor and reporter in four states before coming back home.

I love being back in Missouri, but our state has lost its way. We used to be a bellwether that voted for president based on the candidate, not the party. Now it's too easy for candidates to roll to victory based solely on the letter next to their name and not enough on their experience, character and vision.

Republicans have done a masterful job of convincing people that the only things that only a couple of things matter, but it means our state is falling behind on so many other issues

And our state has suffered for it.

  • Democracy needs debate - A supermajority means Republicans don't have to worry about checks and balances or being held accountable.
  • I don't like the direction our state is heading, so I'm going to use my experience to try to change it.
  • We must make better public investments in education and infrastructure.
I am a big fan of investments that pay dividends in the long run, like education, infrastructure, the environment and broadband Internet in rural areas.

A big part of the reason I'm running is because the supermajority is more concerned about the culture wars that give them a boost of support from their base but hurt our state in the long run.

I look forward to joining the fight that others are leading for protecting all Missourians, including criminal justice reform, the Missouri Non-Discrimination Act, gun control and protecting our farmers and unions.
For political heroes, I'm a big fan of the folks who stood up and fought for what was right, even if it was difficult. Abraham Lincoln, Harry Truman, John McCain and Claire McCaskill had a combination of honesty, plain-spokenness and a moral compass that was stronger than their political ambitions.
I "helped" my uncles on their farms by raking hay. I was 11 and the job lasted three days.

After that, my uncles thought I'd be better off helping my dad in his gas station. I worked there during the summers and weekends until I was 16, when I got a paying job in fast food.

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  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 17, 2020


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