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Nancy Bates
Nancy Bates (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 123. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Bates completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Nancy Bates was born in Hutchinson, Kansas. She earned an associate degree from Ozarks Technical Community College and a bachelor's degree from Missouri State University in 2005.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 123
Jeff Vernetti defeated Nancy Bates in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 123 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jeff Vernetti (R)  | 76.6 | 17,208 |
 | Nancy Bates (D) | 23.4 | 5,262 | |
| Total votes: 22,470 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 123
Nancy Bates advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 123 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nancy Bates | 100.0 | 1,121 |
| Total votes: 1,121 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 123
Jeff Vernetti defeated incumbent Lisa Thomas in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 123 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Vernetti | 59.4 | 4,582 |
 | Lisa Thomas | 40.6 | 3,132 | |
| Total votes: 7,714 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Bates in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Nancy Bates completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bates' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Went to work for Department of Natural Resources Division of State Parks then directly from there to Missouri Department of Conservation, Division of Forestry. The final 7 years was with the Division of Private Land services. Retired in 2013 to help as a caregiver for Mother and when she passed became involved in the Community of Camdenton MO. Joined the Camden County Democrat Committee and also the local Democrat Club to help support Democrat candidates and attempt to garner support for ideals we share in our community.
Worked with the Camden County Clerk during elections as a poll worker since 2018.
Spent many hours volunteering with community service projects from handing out summer school lunches and back to school fairs to help kids with school supplies..
For the last 35 years I have been proud to consider myself a public servant and because I have been so busy with school and my career I have chosen not to marry and have no kids. So I suppose that makes me a "childless cat lady"- I have a hard accepting "no" or "can't do", I am an energetic "yes can do" person. When we see infrastructure needs, housing shortages, needs for good paying jobs to keep our community strong I get busy looking for ways to attack these issues and see it through with the help of my coworkers from both sides of the isle.
- I am a good planner/problem solver, an important quality to have when representing over 36,000 people in my District. We have our problems, every District in MO does but with the technology at hand we are able to eradicate and overcome and look ahead to plan for the future and take care not to do more harm than good.
- The last session that ended in 2024 was historically the worst year of legislation completed with just over 28 bills passed. Sadly even during the covid-19 pandemic when the Capital was closed for weeks on end they were still able to pass around 120 bills. Normally during the legislative session they will work hard and debate and talk back and forth to pass 200 to 300 bills. The reason for the lack of work done in the State House is because of fighting and bickering and it is shameful. They remind me of tom turkeys strutting around trying to prove who is more powerful, it has gone to their heads like children. This must stop.
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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 August 15, 2024
