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Pat Contreras
Pat Contreras (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Missouri State Senate to represent District 7. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 6, 2024.
Contreras was a 2016 Democratic candidate for treasurer of Missouri.[1] He was defeated by fellow Democrat Judy Baker in the primary election.
Biography
Contreras grew up in Kansas City, MO, and earned two undergraduate degrees from St. Louis University. After graduating, he returned to Kansas City to enroll in the Coro National Fellows Program in Public Affairs. He then moved to New York City to pursue a master of public administration from Columbia University, after which time he joined the U.S. State Department as a foreign services officer, serving in Pakistan and Mexico.
After his tour of duty in the foreign service, Contreras was appointed to the Jackson County MO Veterans Task Force in 2014.[2]
Education
- B.A., international studies, St. Louis University
- B.S., economics, St. Louis University
- M.P.A., Columbia University
Elections
2024
See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Missouri State Senate District 7
Patty Lewis defeated Joey LaSalle in the general election for Missouri State Senate District 7 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Patty Lewis (D)  | 74.5 | 58,149 |
 | Joey LaSalle (R) | 25.5 | 19,939 | |
| Total votes: 78,088 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri State Senate District 7
Patty Lewis defeated Pat Contreras in the Democratic primary for Missouri State Senate District 7 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patty Lewis | 67.0 | 14,970 |
 | Pat Contreras | 33.0 | 7,361 | |
| Total votes: 22,331 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Greg Razer (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri State Senate District 7
Joey LaSalle advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri State Senate District 7 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joey LaSalle | 100.0 | 4,326 |
| Total votes: 4,326 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Contreras in this election.
2016
- See also: Missouri Treasurer election, 2016
Contreras ran for treasurer of Missouri in 2016. He was defeated by Judy Baker in the Democratic primary on August 2, 2016.[1]
Primary election
Judy Baker defeated Pat Contreras in the Missouri Democratic primary for treasurer.
| Missouri Democratic primary for treasurer, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Judy Baker |
59.25% | 182,218 |
| Pat Contreras | 40.75% | 125,338 |
| Total Votes (3214 of 3214 precincts reporting) | 307,556 | |
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State | ||
Campaign finance
| Pat Contreras Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| 10/1/2015-12/31/2015 | 2/8/2016 | $76,240.57 | $36,591.16 | $(27,949.87) | $84,681.86 | ||||
| 1/1/2016-3/31/2016 | 4/15/2016 | $84,681.86 | $43,927.57 | $(18,543.64) | $108,739.31 | ||||
| Second quarter | 4/1/2016-6/30/2016 | $108,739.31 | $99,856.16 | $(103,311.16) | $98,689.31 | ||||
| Pre-primary | 7/1/2016-7/21/2016 | $98,689.31 | $8,175.00 | $(47,572.99) | $59,091.32 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $188,549.89 | $(197,377.66) | ||||||||
Endorsements
| Key endorsements | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judy Baker (D) | Pat Contreras (D) | Eric Schmitt (R) | |||||||
| Missouri Women's Leadership Coalition | Kansas City Mayor Sly James (D) | U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R) | |||||||
| Former State Treasurer Nancy Farmer (D) | Former State Treasurer Jim Spainhower (D) | U.S. Congressman Sam Graves (R) | |||||||
| St. Louis City Treasurer Tishaura Jones (D) | Former State Auditor Susan Montee (D) | U.S. Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) | |||||||
| State Rep. and Assistant Minority Floor Leader Gail McCann Beatty (D) | IBEW Statewide | U.S. Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R) | |||||||
| Former Secretary of State Bekki Cook (D) | Western Missouri and Kansas Laborers’ District Council | State Senate President Pro Tempore Ronald Richard (R) | |||||||
| Eastern Missouri Laborers’ District Council | State Senate Majority Floor Leader Mike Kehoe (R) | ||||||||
| Advocates of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest MO | State Speaker of the House Todd Richardson (R) | ||||||||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Pat Contreras did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Contreras' campaign website outlined his support for the following issues:
- Increasing the monthly income threshold and asset limits for Medicaid eligibility
- Expanding the state's 529 college tuition savings program
- Fighting discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation
- Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour
- Implementing programs that bring fresh produce from local farmers into public schools and expanding the Linked Deposit Program
- Supporting small businesses, especially veteran-owned businesses[3]
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
