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Matt Williams (Missouri)
Matt Williams (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Missouri State Senate to represent District 23. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Williams completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Matt Williams was born in Rolla, Missouri. He earned a bachelor's degree from Missouri State University in 2003, a graduate degree from Missouri State University in 2009, and a law degree from the Saint Louis University School of Law in 2019. His career experience includes working as an attorney and small business owner.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Missouri State Senate District 23
Adam Schnelting defeated Matt Williams in the general election for Missouri State Senate District 23 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Adam Schnelting (R) | 55.1 | 51,308 |
 | Matt Williams (D)  | 44.9 | 41,822 | |
| Total votes: 93,130 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri State Senate District 23
Matt Williams advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri State Senate District 23 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Matt Williams | 100.0 | 9,913 |
| Total votes: 9,913 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri State Senate District 23
Adam Schnelting defeated Phil Christofanelli, Rich Chrismer, and Dan O'Connell in the Republican primary for Missouri State Senate District 23 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Adam Schnelting | 50.3 | 9,563 |
 | Phil Christofanelli | 27.7 | 5,267 | |
| Rich Chrismer | 15.4 | 2,928 | ||
 | Dan O'Connell | 6.6 | 1,245 | |
| Total votes: 19,003 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Williams in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Matt Williams completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Williams' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Matt is a practicing attorney and operates his own legal practice focused on estate planning. Before becoming an attorney, Matt worked as a Project Manager in Information Systems for over a decade.
In 2015, he married his wife, Stephanie, who teaches Family and Consumer Sciences at a local, public middle-school, and in 2021, their son, Sebastian, was born.- It is time for a change in Jefferson City. For over two decades, the GOP has held a supermajority in the House and Senate, yet recent obstruction by party extremists has demonstrated that they can no longer govern effectively. It is time to send legislative leaders who will put partisanship aside and focus on the needs of Missourians, like lowering everyday costs for seniors, families, and businesses.
- Our children are the future of our state, and yet we consistently rank lowest in terms of funding our education system and paying our educators. For Missouri to remain economically competitive and to ensure its students are educated, we need to invest in our classrooms, to raise teacher pay, and to maintain 5-day school weeks for every student in Missouri.
- We must remove legislators from our doctors' offices. Decisions on healthcare should be left to the patient, not someone in Jefferson City. We need to repeal the extreme government ban on reproductive freedoms and protect patients privacy and rights to healthcare, including IVF and Plan B.
I am running for office because I know that I can listen to and learn from the people of Missouri. I have years of experience finding common grounds despite opposing interests. At a time when we need to set aside partisanship, listen to our citizens, and find common solutions to the issues facing the state, I am the right candidate to help bridge the political divide.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 7, 2024
