Ron Harshaw
Ron Harshaw (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 6, 2024.
Harshaw completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ron Harshaw was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Lincoln University of Missouri. His career experience included working as a teacher.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Missouri's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
Missouri's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Democratic primary)
Missouri's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 1
Wesley Bell defeated Andrew Jones Jr., Rochelle Riggins, Don Fitz, and Blake Ashby in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Wesley Bell (D) | 75.9 | 233,312 |
 | Andrew Jones Jr. (R) | 18.4 | 56,453 | |
 | Rochelle Riggins (L) | 3.3 | 10,070 | |
 | Don Fitz (G) | 1.7 | 5,151 | |
 | Blake Ashby (Better Party)  | 0.7 | 2,279 | |
| Total votes: 307,265 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1
Wesley Bell defeated incumbent Cori Bush, Maria Chappelle-Nadal, and Ron Harshaw in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Wesley Bell | 51.1 | 63,521 |
 | Cori Bush | 45.6 | 56,723 | |
 | Maria Chappelle-Nadal | 2.6 | 3,279 | |
 | Ron Harshaw | 0.6 | 735 | |
| Total votes: 124,258 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1
Andrew Jones Jr. defeated Stan Hall, Michael J. Hebron Sr., Laura Mitchell-Riley, and Timothy Gartin in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andrew Jones Jr. | 26.9 | 4,209 |
 | Stan Hall | 25.6 | 4,008 | |
 | Michael J. Hebron Sr. | 20.7 | 3,247 | |
 | Laura Mitchell-Riley | 20.5 | 3,215 | |
 | Timothy Gartin | 6.4 | 996 | |
| Total votes: 15,675 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1
Rochelle Riggins advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rochelle Riggins | 100.0 | 272 |
| Total votes: 272 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Missouri's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 1
Incumbent Cori Bush defeated Andrew Jones Jr. and George Zsidisin in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cori Bush (D) | 72.9 | 160,999 |
| Andrew Jones Jr. (R) | 24.3 | 53,767 | |
 | George Zsidisin (L) | 2.8 | 6,192 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 7 | ||
| Total votes: 220,965 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1
Incumbent Cori Bush defeated Steve Roberts, Michael Daniels, Ron Harshaw, and Earl Childress in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cori Bush | 69.5 | 65,326 |
 | Steve Roberts | 26.6 | 25,015 | |
| Michael Daniels | 1.8 | 1,683 | ||
| Ron Harshaw | 1.1 | 1,065 | |
 | Earl Childress | 1.0 | 929 | |
| Total votes: 94,018 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Koehr (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1
Andrew Jones Jr. defeated Steven Jordan and Laura Mitchell-Riley in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andrew Jones Jr. | 42.4 | 6,937 |
 | Steven Jordan | 31.5 | 5,153 | |
| Laura Mitchell-Riley | 26.1 | 4,260 | |
| Total votes: 16,350 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- James Snider (R)
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1
George Zsidisin advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 1 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | George Zsidisin | 100.0 | 206 |
| Total votes: 206 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Ron Harshaw completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Harshaw's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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A Gen-Z candidate who was born and raised in Saint Louis City, Ron Harshaw grew up in a one-parent home with his three younger siblings. He attended The College Preparatory High School at Madison where he graduated in 2015, after high school Ron attended Lincoln University of Missouri, an HBCU located in the heart of Missouri where he studied Criminal Justice. Ron has served as an educator at multiple school districts and he has seen the needs of the children which districts have failed to provide. Ron Harshaw’s top focus in the district is gun violence, the unhoused, public schooling, and our city infrastructure.
- I am running to rebuilding the American dream so this country can work for everyone.
- As your congressman I will focus on cleaning up the streets of Saint Louis to make this city a safer place
- it is time congress use funds to buy some of the vacant properties such as abandoned homes, apartments, hotels, and schools across the nation and fix them up to make them livable. It's time we stop "talking" about solving the unhoused problem and actually start taking action to solve it.
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2022
Ron Harshaw did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 28, 2024
