Michael Baumli
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Michael Baumli (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Missouri State Senate to represent District 12. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Baumli completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Michael Baumli was born in New Port Richey, Florida. He earned an associate degree from Vatterott College in 2001. His career experience includes working as a systems administrator. Baumli previously worked as a farm hand, taught at a for-profit college, and worked as a night security guard. He has been affiliated with SecKC, Northwest Missouri's Cyber Defense Club, and Northwest Missouri's Association for Computing Machinery.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2022
General election
Democratic primary election
Republican primary election
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Michael Baumli completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Baumli's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am just a Systems Administrator Computer Science guy who grew up in on a farm rural Missouri. I watched my district grow as communities shrank around me. I want to change that. I want to give the right resources to this area to allow them to succeed as my parents helped prepare me for the world when I was growing up. I believe in individual freedoms, but also believe in protecting those vulnerable. I believe in equality. I acknowledge lessons of America's past in order to build a better future.
- Rebuild Rural Missouri through policies that benefit our small communities.
- Fully Fund Education to give our youth the potential to lead and excel in the future.
- Fully Fund the Medicaid Expansion to help prevent Missourians losing everything because of a medical issue.
I am passionate about farm regulations and policies, having grown up on a hog farm. I am also interested in the computing field and cyber security. These are both areas that are now highly integrated in our everyday lives and continue to be of importance. I am concerned about access to legal abortion and the impact that such restrictions create. I am concerned about climate change as I have a teenager at home and I want to leave the world in better shape for her than it was left for me. I am concerned about rural Missouri and how these towns that I travel to seem to get smaller and have less resources. Another issue that needs to be studied and addressed in Missouri is the high rate of maternal mortality.
Malala Yousafzai: She advocates for women's education and equal rights.
Raoul Wallenberg: He's a fellow Scandinavian who used his privilege to save hundreds of lives during World War II
Forrest Wray: My grandfather was a tail gunner of the Jamaica Mary in World War II. He covered the flank of his crew and made certain they returned home. He also didn't want to be considered a hero.
Harriet Tubman: She helped liberate several slaves at a time where her life was at risk.
John Lewis: Because he literally spilled blood to help pursue civil rights.
Harry S. Truman: For promoting universal healthcare and for accepting responsibility for his actions.
Jessica Piper: For stepping up and encouraging me to run and showing just how powerful raising your voice can be.
Pam Baumli, my mother: For being a strong matriarch in my family. When my father was hospitalized, she took control of the situation and kept everything running. I saw the heavy toll of stress of the situation took on her, but she worked through it.
Jocelyn Yien Baumli: for taking a risk on me and allowing me into her family. Her strength inspires me to be stronger myself.
Eric Arthur Blair: For taking up the fight against fascism personally rather than just speaking out against it. Across that Bridge by John Lewis
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Legacy of Love by Arun Gandhi
The Handmaid's Tail by Margaret Atwood
They thought they were free by Miton Mayer
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman
The View from Flyover Country by Sarah Kendzior
Hiding in Plain Sight by Sarah Kendzior
We are Belling Cat by Eliot Higgins
Beyond the Galaxy by Ethan Siegal
Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking
Peace is Every Step by Thich Nhat Hanh
The Dude and the Zen Master by Bernie Glassman and Jeff Bridges
Give Me Liberty!: An American History by Eric Foner
System of the World by Neal Stephenson
The Death of Innocents by Sister Helen Prejean
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradberry
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Original Blessing by Matthew Fox
I believe an ideal elected official shouldn't want the job or any desire to keep the job as a politician. Our goals should be selfless and for the constituents which we wish to represent. Our goals should be to improve overall access to resources for our district, not just for the immediate future, but for the long term. As a progressive, I wish to make progress for my district and progress for my state as a whole. We shouldn't be looking to wealth, but quality of life. We should as political office holders look to impact the lives of the least of us in a positive way.
I believe my understanding and life growing up working long hours on the farm and in the factory, having to manage projects with many parts all the while keep things moving along with staying calm under pressure qualifies my for this office. I have been overseas and introduced myself to ideas of other countries and how they put caring for their own high on their priority list. I refuse to dehumanize any of my constituents regardless of how much I may disagree with them. While I am a passionate person, I do my best to not let my passions get the best of me. Ultimately I want to rebuild Rural Missouri.
The core responsibilities of any elected official are to be a bridge between providing resources to constituents, especially those resources where the private sector ignores needs. We establish rules and regulations for which we expect society to operate and acquire funding for projects to improve daily interactions. We create regulations for or against certain aspects of life in Missouri. This can be regulations against abusive behavior or for providing services such as mental health resources to rural communities. Our goals should be to work with local municipalities in order to build them up but occasionally their authority is overridden. This is a complicated balance, but we should want businesses to grow, but not impede or become destructive of our citizens.
The legacy I would like to leave is moving the needle on social responsibility for the state. I hope that by the time I leave, there is a noticeable increase in life expectancy of Missourians. I hope that rural communities start to grow after decades of decline. I hope to be known for trying to pay attention to the smallest of communities in my district as well as help to increase the presence of livestock farmers to Northwest Missouri.
I recall when the Challenger Exploded. I was six years old at the time. I remember getting the news at school and coming home to see the news dominated with coverage. This was somewhat impactful at school due to the first teacher being able to participate in a mission.
I was a farmhand for my parents from as long as I can remember until I was nineteen. I worked for them at some capacity for at least ten years.
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. This was one of the books that really started me back into reading. The concept of the Metaverse was far ahead of it's time and is just now starting to be explored by companies like Meta.
One that I would most identify with would be Samwise Gamgee. I don't want to be the hero. I merely want to help the heroes along their journey.
I have been shockingly fortunate in my life. My greatest struggles are trying to balance all the tasks that I take on and keep things progressing. I have had points where I was down or struggling, but ultimately I persevered. Balancing school, work, and family life is always a struggle. Adding a run to political office, creates additional stresses, but I will accomplish the goals I wish to accomplish.
The governor should be on good terms with the state legislature. Understanding that the legislature comes from diverse set of backgrounds should allow for the governor to respect generalized opinions. Though sometimes the Governor must take a combative approach to legislators that become a bit to radical. They should complement each other
Missouri's greatest challenges will be providing resources to rural Missouri while not having the support of the federal government. Presently Missouri has only been able to expand infrastructure adequately when we have been faced with a national problem such as the Great Recession of 2008 or the COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020. Missouri suffers from underfunded schools and a breakdown of public services that will only compound in the near future if a reversal isn't done.
The benefits is that less sections of the government have to work together. Unfortunately this can be problematic and not lead to as much review or negotiation of legislature as having a bicameral state legislature.
I believe that previous experience in political jobs are beneficial. Working in an industry that builds on experience, knowing processes and how to accomplish tasks leads to the ability to focus on the job at hand. In some ways this has created issues as term limits led to a larger class of rookie politicians.
At the end of the day, the politicians in Jefferson City are all Missourians trying to do what they think is best for Missouri. Because of this, we need to always look out for one another and build relationships so that we can establish give and take, to get Missouri where the state needs to be. Isolationism almost never helps when governing.
I prefer a non-partisan third party style of redistricting as promoted with the CLEAN Missouri bill in 2018.
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Crystal Quade I have no interest in a future career in political office past this one. I hope that I can encourage others to start down this path and make a difference.
There are several. I know of one lady I spoke with that is dependent on life saving medication that costs a significant amount each month. She's fearful that if her husband loses his current job, that they will lose health insurance and will have to cover several thousands of dollars with of medication each month. I also talked someone who lives in rural Missouri who still can't get access to public water. I know of someone at the Northeast side of the state that had to take turns with their child doing homework in the pickup because that was the only access to the internet they had.
How did the pretzel maker end his autobiography? With a twist.
This all depends on the urgency and direction of emergency powers. I believe the legislature should still be responsible for the power of the purse and see that regardless of how the emergency powers are needed, that the executive has the funding needed to execute what is needed of them. Without such control, an executive would have no check of power and could utilize emergency power to de-legitimize legislative actions.
Unfortunately Yes. Even in the foundation of this country we understood that compromise was needed in order to make progress in creating a nation. This is evident in our two bodies of the legislative branch.
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