John Messmer

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John Messmer

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 7, 2018

Education

Bachelor's

Saint Louis University, 1988

Graduate

University of Missouri, Columbia, 2001

Ph.D

University of Missouri, Columbia, 2001

Personal

Profession

Professor of Political Science

Contact

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John Messmer (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 7, 2018.

Elections

2018

See also: Missouri's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

Incumbent Ann Wagner defeated Cort VanOstran, Larry Kirk, and David Justus Arnold in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on November 6, 2018.

General election

General election for U.S. House Missouri District 2

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ann Wagner (R)	51.2	192,477
		Cort VanOstran (D)	47.2	177,611
		Larry Kirk (L)	1.1	4,229
		David Justus Arnold (G)	0.5	1,740
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	9

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 376,066
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Democratic primary

Cort VanOstran defeated Mark Osmack, Bill Haas, John Messmer, and Robert Hazel in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 7, 2018.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cort VanOstran	41.7	45,248
		Mark Osmack	25.2	27,389
		Bill Haas	19.5	21,151
		John Messmer	9.7	10,503
	Submit photo	Robert Hazel	4.0	4,321

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 108,612
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kelli Dunaway (D)
• Mike Evans (D)

Republican primary

Incumbent Ann Wagner defeated Noga Sachs in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 7, 2018.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ann Wagner	89.9	72,173
		Noga Sachs	10.1	8,115

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 80,288
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Green Party primary

David Justus Arnold advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 7, 2018.

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Justus Arnold	100.0	177

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Libertarian primary

Larry Kirk advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2 on August 7, 2018.

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 2

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Larry Kirk	100.0	905

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Campaign themes

2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

Messmer stated the following about his political philosophy in a biographical submission to Ballotpedia:

“

We need to fundamentally reform how Congress operates. Power is being abused and average Americans are being shut out of the process. It begins by tackling campaign finance reform, election reform, and ethics reform. Political reform need not have to be considered the most important issue, but it needs to be considered our first. Political insanity is defined as trotting out the same candidates with the same message but expecting different results. For progressives to win the nation back we must appeal to the millions that have grown tired with our dysfunctional and corrupt political institutions. That starts by nominating reformers to Congress.

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See also

• United States House of Representatives
• Missouri's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018
• Missouri's 2nd Congressional District

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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)