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Matthew Porter
Matthew Porter (Republican Party) ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri. He lost in the Republican primary on August 6, 2024.
Porter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Matthew Porter was born in St. Louis, Missouri. His career experience includes working as a technology executive and in leadership roles. Porter has been affiliated with the National MS Society and Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Missouri lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2024
General election
General election for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
David Wasinger defeated Richard Brown, Ken Iverson, and Danielle Elliott in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | David Wasinger (R)  | 57.4 | 1,671,771 |
 | Richard Brown (D) | 38.5 | 1,121,608 | |
 | Ken Iverson (L) | 2.1 | 61,731 | |
 | Danielle Elliott (G) | 2.0 | 58,260 | |
| Total votes: 2,913,370 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
Richard Brown defeated Anastasia Syes in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Richard Brown | 64.9 | 232,454 |
 | Anastasia Syes | 35.1 | 125,619 | |
| Total votes: 358,073 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Wasinger | 31.4 | 207,087 |
 | Lincoln Hough | 30.2 | 199,579 | |
 | Holly Rehder | 21.7 | 142,963 | |
 | Tim Baker | 9.7 | 64,302 | |
 | Matthew Porter | 4.3 | 28,347 | |
 | Paul Berry | 2.7 | 17,575 | |
| Total votes: 659,853 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Philip Cotrone (R)
- Bob Onder (R)
- Dean Plocher (R)
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
Ken Iverson advanced from the Libertarian primary for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ken Iverson | 100.0 | 2,412 |
| Total votes: 2,412 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Porter in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Matthew Porter completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Porter's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Porter graduated from Saint Louis University with a BS in Applied Computer Science (1999). Porter was later publicly recognized by his alma mater and inducted into the John Cook School of Business Smurfit-Stone Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame (2010).
Porter founded Contegix, a cloud computing firm, in 2004. He served as CEO from its founding until recently. In late 2016 he hired his replacement and assumed the role of Vice Chairman. During his tenure, The Saint Louis Business Journal named Porter both “30 Under 30” (2007) and “40 Under 40” (2012). Porter was featured in the New York Times (2011) and the Wall Street Journal (2014). In 2015, Forbes featured Porter for his work as an “angel vendor” supporting startups, many in Saint Louis.
Porter is deeply passionate about his work with The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He is on a selfish mission to ensure his friend with cystic fibrosis remains healthy and in his family’s life for a long time to come. He currently serves on the Board and Executive Committee.
Porter’s desire to serve others is driven by his family’s mission statement. “We have a debt to those before us and an obligation to those that come after us. We maximize life and potential through heart, intelligence, and grit. We focus on our bond.- We will create an ecosystem that attracts, retains, and nurtures businesses by implementing pro-growth tax policies, removing burdensome regulations, and creating a robust workforce. Florida and Texas have successfully recruited businesses and industries with low taxes, safe communities, business-friendly rules and regulations, and strong schools. With two major metropolitan cities, a robust agriculture industry, three military bases, two major inland waterways and 16 public ports, top-notch universities, and a plethora of post-secondary training and job opportunities, we have the foundation to be an economic hub too.
- We can’t be a leading regional business destination without a top-tier regional airport in St. Louis. As the number of direct flights continues to dwindle, our ability to conduct commerce suffers. A conversation must be had with the St. Louis Lambert International Airport leaders to discuss what is needed to make it a world-class airport that can facilitate the volume of commerce we expect. Without sufficient transportation, exporting products and recruiting talent becomes difficult.
- We will solve the crime problem in St. Louis City once and for all. Now that we have the highly competent Gabe Gore in place as the St. Louis City Circuit Attorney to hold criminals accountable, we are able to focus on ensuring the St. Louis City police department is fully staffed. To make certain the department has sufficient resources to do their jobs effectively and keep our residents and businesses safe, I am supportive of a state takeover of the St. Louis City police department. If that does not happen, I am willing to strategically mobilize the Missouri Highway Patrol to high-crime, understaffed locations until the city department is adequately staffed and crime is under control.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 14, 2024
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