Melissa Greenstein
Melissa Greenstein (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 101. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Greenstein completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 101
Ben Keathley defeated Melissa Greenstein and Jeff Coleman in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 101 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ben Keathley (R)  | 52.6 | 9,322 |
 | Melissa Greenstein (D) | 46.2 | 8,184 | |
 | Jeff Coleman (L) | 1.2 | 204 | |
| Total votes: 17,710 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 101
Melissa Greenstein advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 101 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Melissa Greenstein | 100.0 | 3,383 |
| Total votes: 3,383 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Helena Webb (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 101
Ben Keathley defeated John Brunner in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 101 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ben Keathley | 54.8 | 2,478 |
| John Brunner | 45.2 | 2,042 | ||
| Total votes: 4,520 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Derek Grier (R)
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 101
Jeff Coleman advanced from the Libertarian primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 101 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Coleman | 100.0 | 17 |
| Total votes: 17 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Melissa Greenstein completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Greenstein's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My name is Melissa Greenstein and I am the Democrat running for Missouri State House District 101. I am a former Math teacher, a wife, and the mother of two amazing young women. I have been a proud Navy wife, and a passionate volunteer serving as a Soccer coach, Girl Scout Cookie Mom, Art Docent, Room Mom, and Girl Scout Leader, all times 2 daughters.
When my youngest daughter was little, she developed severe food allergies and a secondary condition that required me to make all of her food to keep her safe and healthy. While staying at home had never been my plan, attending to her needs and advocating for her safety with doctors, schools, airlines, and more became my full-time job.
I am a passionate progressive liberal who cares about people. I have lived in Missouri for almost a decade and I have rarely felt heard by my representatives at the state and national levels. And from talking to friends and neighbors, I know I am not alone.
After a lifetime of teaching and advocacy, I want to be the representative that I know my community deserves.
Healthcare is one of the most important issues that we all experience. We’ve all faced times in our families where we’ve needed specialized or extensive medical help, and the availability, accessibility, and affordability should not prevent you from getting that care. My daughter has chronic medical conditions that require multiple medicines and regular follow-up appointments. Our family carries multiple Epi-pens, which are both expensive and expire regularly, yet are critical for her in the event of a reaction. Families should not have to choose between medicine, the diagnostic tests and appointments needed to monitor their health, or other necessities. Nor should someone other than her doctor be making decisions for her about her care.
At my core, I am an Educator. I grew up in a family surrounded by educators, and I was a public school middle and high school teacher. Ensuring that all students get the best education, no matter their zip code, is crucial. Teacher pay must increase so we can recruit the best and brightest, professional teachers should be trusted to use state and district standards and curriculum without constant and overzealous oversight, and ultimately we should all align to ensure that our students learn and critically think about the topics that will make them successful adults.
Ensuring Voting Rights for all Missourians is the answer to creating a truly representative democracy in our state. I believe that if all voters were informed about the issues, actively participated in the dialogues, and voting was accessible to all, then we would create a government that accurately reflected our concerns. Anyone trying to suppress or limit voting is simply afraid of what would happen if we all came out and voted. Voting is a right, as well as a responsibility, and we should act accordingly.
Every child in Missouri deserves a high quality education. I believe that if we invested in our schools and paid our teachers well, our students would benefit, our teachers would stay, and Missouri would be a state people would want to call home.
I am committed to standing up for our right to make our voices heard at the ballot box. I want everyone to exercise their right to vote and we should be doing everything we can to make it easier. Everyone should have the same rights and freedoms as everyone else. We should be doing more to level the playing field where the system favors one group over another. We should be looking for ways for everyone to succeed, not coming up with new ways to be discriminatory and harmful. It should not matter your sex, gender, race, religion, etc. Everyone is equal because we are all human.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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