Robert Smith (Missouri congressional candidate)
Robert E. Smith (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 125. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Smith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Robert Smith was born in Pensacola. His professional experience includes working as a produce farmer and entrepreneur. Smith is affiliated with the Constitutional Grassroots Movement.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 125
Dane Diehl defeated Robert E. Smith in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 125 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dane Diehl (R) | 86.1 | 10,609 |
 | Robert E. Smith (L)  | 13.9 | 1,710 | |
| Total votes: 12,319 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 125
Dane Diehl defeated Dennis Turner and Andrew Hurt in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 125 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dane Diehl | 69.5 | 5,100 |
 | Dennis Turner | 17.7 | 1,297 | |
 | Andrew Hurt | 12.8 | 936 | |
| Total votes: 7,333 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 125
Robert E. Smith advanced from the Libertarian primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 125 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert E. Smith | 100.0 | 20 |
| Total votes: 20 | |||
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2020
See also: Missouri's 4th Congressional District election, 2020
Missouri's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)
Missouri's 4th Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 4
Incumbent Vicky Hartzler defeated Lindsey Simmons and Steven Koonse in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Vicky Hartzler (R) | 67.6 | 245,247 |
 | Lindsey Simmons (D) | 29.7 | 107,635 | |
 | Steven Koonse (L) | 2.7 | 9,954 | |
| Total votes: 362,836 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4
Lindsey Simmons advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lindsey Simmons | 100.0 | 38,339 |
| Total votes: 38,339 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Erich Arvidson (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4
Incumbent Vicky Hartzler defeated Neal Gist in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vicky Hartzler | 76.6 | 80,652 |
 | Neal Gist | 23.4 | 24,646 | |
| Total votes: 105,298 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4
Steven Koonse defeated Robert E. Smith in the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steven Koonse | 53.0 | 357 |
| Robert E. Smith | 47.0 | 316 | |
| Total votes: 673 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Robert E. Smith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Smith's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Gold and silver standard to protectMissouri against inflationary spending by the feds.
- Eliminate most taxes and challenge federal spending
- Direct the control of schools to the locality the schools exist in.
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2020
Robert E. Smith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Smith's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Husband, father, and farmer. Our family operates a small produce farm for local grocery stores. Honor, integrity, and honesty are important qualities in a representative.
Constitution 1st
National Debt
Social Security
I am a Constitutional Candidate.
National Debt, Social Security, Agriculture, Hemp, Cannabis, True Capitalism, Repeal the 17th Amendment, Repeal the 16th Amendment, Restore and protect our 2nd Amendment, prison reform, smaller federal government, let the states come up with solutions to their problems.
I have honor and a strict morale code
3 terms and I will step down. I do not trust people who refuse to step away from power and control.
I will be there to accomplish the missions I have stated.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 26, 2020
