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Jay Wasson
Jay Wasson (Republican Party) was a member of the Missouri State Senate, representing District 20. He assumed office in 2011. He left office in 2019.
Wasson (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 7th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on August 2, 2022.
Wasson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Wasson is a former Republican member of the Missouri State Senate, representing District 20 from 2011 to 2019.
Wasson was unable to run for re-election in 2018 to the Missouri State Senate because of term limits.
Wasson served as Mayor of the City of Nixa from 1997 to 2002.
Biography
Jay Wasson earned a high school diploma from Nixa High School in 1974.[1] Wasson attended Drury University. His professional experience includes working as a real estate developer.[2]
Committee assignments
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Missouri committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Economic Development, Chair |
| • Fiscal Oversight |
| • General Laws and Pensions |
| • Insurance and Banking |
| • Joint Committee on the Life Sciences |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Wasson served on the following committees:
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Wasson served on the following committees:
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Wasson served on the following committees:
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Wasson served on the following committees:
| Missouri committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Budget |
| • Insurance Policy |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2022
See also: Missouri's 7th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 7
Eric Burlison defeated Kristen Radaker-Sheafer, Kevin Craig, and Roger Rekate in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eric Burlison (R) | 70.9 | 178,592 |
 | Kristen Radaker-Sheafer (D)  | 26.8 | 67,485 | |
 | Kevin Craig (L) | 2.3 | 5,869 | |
| Roger Rekate (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 251,947 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7
Kristen Radaker-Sheafer defeated John M. Woodman and Bryce Lockwood in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kristen Radaker-Sheafer | 63.3 | 13,680 |
 | John M. Woodman | 25.4 | 5,493 | |
 | Bryce Lockwood | 11.2 | 2,430 | |
| Total votes: 21,603 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Burlison | 38.2 | 39,443 |
 | Jay Wasson | 22.5 | 23,253 | |
 | Alex Bryant | 17.9 | 18,522 | |
 | Mike Moon | 8.7 | 8,957 | |
 | Sam Alexander | 5.5 | 5,665 | |
 | Audrey Richards | 3.0 | 3,095 | |
 | Paul Walker | 2.9 | 3,028 | |
 | Camille Lombardi-Olive | 1.3 | 1,363 | |
| Total votes: 103,326 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Derral Reynolds (R)
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7
Kevin Craig advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 7 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kevin Craig | 100.0 | 416 |
| Total votes: 416 | |||
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2018
- See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2018
Jay Wasson was not able to file for re-election due to term limits.
2014
- See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Missouri State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, followed by a general election on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 25, 2014. Incumbent Jay Wasson was unopposed in the Republican primary and was unopposed in the general election.[3][4]
2010
- See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2010
On November 2, 2010, Wasson won election to the Missouri State Senate, defeating Terry Traw.
| Missouri State Senate, District 20 General election (2010) | ||||
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 Jay Wasson (R)
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60,614 | |||
| Terry Traw (D) | 17,175 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Jay Wasson ran for District 141 of the Missouri House of Representatives, beating Ron Shawgo.[5]
| Missouri House of Representatives, District 141 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Jay Wasson (R) | 15,745 | 72.8% | ||
| Ron Shawgo (D) | 5,890 | 27.2% | ||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jay Wasson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wasson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Jay is an Ozarks native who took a struggling family farm and turned it into the foundation of a successful development company. In over 40 years as a builder of affordable homes, jobs creator, and entrepreneur, Jay has selflessly taken time away from his business to be a leader in his community and became a highly effective citizen legislator in the Missouri legislature for our Ozarks conservative values.
Jay and his wife Retha, a retired accountant and a Taney County native, recently retired from elected and public life, until socialists and extremists in the Democrat Party attacked our country, our state, and our way of life. Jay believes, now more than ever, we must rise up and take the fight to Washington. He believes it is not about fighting but about winning. We cannot afford to lose this battle. Our liberties, religious and personal freedoms are at risk like never before. Our country is being bankrupted, both morally and financially, by the radical left.- SPENDING: The first way to stop the out-of-control spending is passing the federal balanced budget amendment, which I will co-sponsor in Congress. About twenty years ago, Missouri faced many of the problems now facing our country. I took temporary leave from my business to serve as a part-time citizen-legislator in the Missouri House and Senate. As part of a team of conservative leaders, we did the heavy-lifting and made the tough choices that balanced Missouri’s budget - which was deep in the red. A federal balanced budget amendment will force the setting of the right priorities and bring down the wasteful federal spending.
- BORDER: The crisis on our southern border is a direct result of bad choices made by the extremists in control in Washington, D.C., starting with Biden, who created the crisis by dismantling what was working in the Trump Administration. We must retake control of our borders. I will co-sponsor legislation to secure our borders by fully enforcing our laws. These policies worked during the Trump Administration, opposing amnesty for those who chose to enter our country illegally and finishing the wall. Every nation has the right and responsibility to control its borders. It is the only way a government can ensure the proper assimilation of legal immigrants with the skills it needs and who have the resources to be self-supporting.
- INFlATION: It’s been forty years since Americans have been so ravaged by inflation. It is a direct result of wrong-headed decisions by the extremists now in control of our federal government. Inflation that costs the average family over $400 a month and rising, is caused by out-of-control spending from the federal government - money it must borrow. It is a huge hidden tax on Americans. It undermines our individual and national financial security. Fixing the inflation crisis must be our first priority, it will be mine.
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Personal
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Wasson has been a member of the Community Foundation Board, Ozark Branch Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society, and the Nixa Chamber of Commerce.[2]
Scorecards
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2018
In 2018, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 3 through May 18.
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2017
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In 2017, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 4 through May 12. The legislature held its first special session from May 22 to May 26. The legislature held its second special session from June 12 to July 25. The legislature held a special session on September 13.
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2016
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In 2016, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 6 through May 13.
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2015
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In 2015, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 7 through May 15.
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2014
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In 2014, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 8 through May 19.
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2013
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In 2013, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 9 through May 30.
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Recent news
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
- Profile from Open States
- Profile from Vote-USA
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign Contributions: 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002
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Candidate U.S. House Missouri District 7 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 4, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Project Vote Smart - Rep. Wasson
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "All Results - State of Missouri - Primary Election - August 5, 2014," accessed August 26, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Certified Candidate List - Primary Election," accessed July 24, 2014
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Official Election Returns - State of Missouri General Election - 2008 General Election," accessed October 22, 2014
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Dan Clemens |
Missouri State Senate District 20 2011–2019 |
Succeeded by Eric Burlison |
| Preceded by ' |
Missouri State House District 141 2003–2011 |
Succeeded by Kevin Elmer |
