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Sara Walsh
Sara Walsh (Republican Party) was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing District 50. She assumed office on September 13, 2017. She left office on January 4, 2023.
Walsh (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 4th Congressional District. She did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 2, 2022.
Committee assignments
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2021-2022
Walsh was assigned to the following committees:
- Fiscal Review Committee
- Judiciary Committee
- Public Safety Committee
- Budget Committee
- Consent and House Procedure Committee, Chair
2019-2020
Walsh was assigned to the following committees:
- Joint Committee on Public Employee Retirement
- Budget Committee
- Fiscal Review Committee
- Crime Prevention and Public Safety Committee
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2022
See also: Missouri's 4th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 4
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mark Alford (R) | 71.3 | 181,890 |
 | Jack Truman (D)  | 26.3 | 67,069 | |
 | Randy Langkraehr (L) | 2.4 | 6,117 | |
 | Darrell Leon McClanahan III (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | |
| David Haave (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | ||
 | Wyatt Parsons (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | |
| Total votes: 255,079 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4
Jack Truman advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jack Truman | 100.0 | 25,641 |
| Total votes: 25,641 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- JD Leathers (D)
- Anthony Osborne (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Alford | 35.2 | 36,981 |
 | Rick Brattin | 21.4 | 22,509 | |
 | Kalena Bruce | 15.9 | 16,677 | |
 | Taylor Burks | 10.1 | 10,624 | |
 | William Irwin | 9.2 | 9,648 | |
 | Jim Campbell | 4.4 | 4,642 | |
 | Kyle LaBrue | 3.8 | 4,026 | |
| Total votes: 105,107 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ryan Johnson (R)
- Sara Walsh (R)
Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4
Randy Langkraehr advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 4 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Randy Langkraehr | 100.0 | 426 |
| Total votes: 426 | |||
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2020
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 50
Incumbent Sara Walsh defeated Kari Chesney in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 50 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sara Walsh (R) | 62.4 | 15,395 |
 | Kari Chesney (D) | 37.6 | 9,290 | |
| Total votes: 24,685 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 50
Kari Chesney advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 50 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kari Chesney | 100.0 | 3,464 |
| Total votes: 3,464 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 50
Incumbent Sara Walsh advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 50 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sara Walsh | 100.0 | 5,098 |
| Total votes: 5,098 | |||
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2018
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2018
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 50
Incumbent Sara Walsh defeated Michela Skelton in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 50 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sara Walsh (R) | 58.9 | 11,721 |
 | Michela Skelton (D) | 41.1 | 8,172 | |
| Total votes: 19,893 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 50
Michela Skelton advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 50 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michela Skelton | 100.0 | 3,636 |
| Total votes: 3,636 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 50
Incumbent Sara Walsh advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 50 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sara Walsh | 100.0 | 5,217 |
| Total votes: 5,217 | |||
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2017
A special election for the position of Missouri House of Representatives District 50 was called for August 8, 2017. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 23, 2017.[1]
The seat became vacant following Caleb Jones' (R) resignation to become deputy chief of staff to Gov. Eric Greitens (R).[1]
Republican Sara Walsh defeated Democrat Michela Skelton in the special election.[2][3]
| Missouri House of Representatives, District 50, Special Election, 2017 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Sara Walsh |
52.1% | 3,741 | |
| Democratic | Michela Skelton | 47.9% | 3,439 | |
| Total Votes | 7,180 | |||
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Sara Walsh did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016 Republican National Convention
Walsh was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Missouri.[4] In Missouri’s presidential primary election on March 15, 2016, Donald Trump won 37 delegates, and Ted Cruz won 15 delegates. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Walsh was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Missouri's Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[5]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Missouri to the 2016 Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions on April 30, 2016, and at the state convention on May 20-21, 2016. Missouri delegates were bound on the first ballot at the national convention unless their candidate "releases his or her delegates, dies, withdraws or becomes inactive," according to Missouri GOP bylaws.
Missouri primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Missouri, 2016
| Missouri Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 1,681 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.4% | 3,361 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.9% | 8,233 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump |
40.8% | 383,631 | 37 | |
| Marco Rubio | 6.1% | 57,244 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 40.6% | 381,666 | 15 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 732 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 615 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 10.1% | 94,857 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 1,777 | 0 | |
| Jim Lynch | 0% | 100 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 2,148 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.3% | 3,225 | 0 | |
| Totals | 939,270 | 52 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Missouri Secretary of State | ||||
Delegate allocation
Missouri had 52 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 24 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's eight congressional districts). Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. The state's district-level and at-large delegates were both allocated on a proportional basis. The plurality winner in each congressional district received all three of the district's delegates, as well as two at-large delegates. The remaining nine at-large delegates were allocated to the plurality winner of the statewide primary vote. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's district-level and at-large delegates.[6][7] In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[6][7]
Scorecards
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2022
In 2022, the Missouri State Legislature was in session from January 5 to May 13.
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- Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
2021
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In 2021, the Missouri State Legislature was in session from January 6 to May 14.
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2020
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In 2020, the Missouri State Legislature was in session from January 8 to May 15. A special session was held from July 27 to September 16. A veto session convened on September 16. A second special session convened on November 5.
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2019
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In 2019, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 9 through May 30
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2018
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In 2018, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 3 through May 18.
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2017
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In 2017, the Missouri General Assembly was in session from January 4 through May 12. The legislature held its first special session from May 22 to May 26. The legislature held its second special session from June 12 to July 25. The legislature held a special session on September 13.
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Noteworthy events
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On August 3, 2021, Walsh announced on Facebook that she and her husband contracted COVID-19.[8]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ABC News 17, "Democrats choose nominee for Statehouse special election," accessed January 19, 2017
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Candidate filing, special election August 8, 2017," accessed March 30, 2017
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "State of Missouri - Special - Legislative District 50 - August 8, 2017," accessed August 8, 2017
- ↑ Missouri GOP, "National Convention delegate election results," accessed June 28, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
- ↑ Columbia Daily Tribune, "Missouri State Rep. Sara Walsh and her husband Steve, both unvaccinated, have COVID-19," August 6, 2021
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| Preceded by - |
Missouri House of Representatives District 50 2017-2023 |
Succeeded by Doug Mann (D) |
