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Dave Gragg
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 | ||
| ✔ |  | Bishop Davidson (R)  | 77.0 | 15,609 |
 | Dave Gragg (D) | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Dave Gragg | 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 | ||
| ✔ | | Bishop Davidson | 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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Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's 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 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.
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.
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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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 17, 2020
