Steve Roberts (Missouri state legislator)
Steve Roberts (Democratic Party) is a member of the Missouri State Senate, representing District 5. He assumed office on January 6, 2021. His current term ends on January 3, 2029.
Roberts (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Missouri State Senate to represent District 5. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Steve Roberts was born and lives in St. Louis, Missouri. Roberts serves in the Missouri Air National Guard and has reached the rank of second lieutenant. He earned a B.S. in psychology and communication studies from the University of Miami and a law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law. Roberts' career experience includes working as a congressional intern, a law clerk with the District Attorney's Office in the City of Compton, California, and an attorney with AP Wireless Infrastructure Partners.[1][2]
Committee assignments
2025-2026
Roberts was assigned to the following committees:
- Joint Committee on Government Accountability
- Joint Committee on Legislative Research
- Joint Committee on Tax Policy
2023-2024
Roberts was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Economic Development Committee
- Insurance and Banking Committee
- Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- Seniors, Families, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee
- Joint Committee on Government Accountability
- Joint Committee on Legislative Research
- Joint Committee on Tax Policy
2021-2022
Roberts was assigned to the following committees:
- Governmental Accountability and Fiscal Oversight Committee
- Joint Committee on Government Accountability
- Joint Committee on Legislative Research
- Insurance and Banking Committee
- Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
- Seniors, Families, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee
- Senate Ways and Means Committee
2019-2020
Roberts was assigned to the following committees:
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Missouri committee assignments, 2017 |
|---|
| • Judiciary |
| • Workforce Development |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Missouri State Senate District 5
Incumbent Steve Roberts defeated Robert Vroman in the general election for Missouri State Senate District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Steve Roberts (D) | 88.6 | 47,670 |
 | Robert Vroman (R) | 11.4 | 6,151 | |
| Total votes: 53,821 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri State Senate District 5
Incumbent Steve Roberts advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri State Senate District 5 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Roberts | 100.0 | 20,095 |
| Total votes: 20,095 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri State Senate District 5
Robert Vroman advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri State Senate District 5 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Robert Vroman | 100.0 | 931 |
| Total votes: 931 | |||
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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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2020
See also: Missouri State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Missouri State Senate District 5
Steve Roberts defeated Michael J. Hebron Sr. in the general election for Missouri State Senate District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Roberts (D) | 87.1 | 56,379 |
 | Michael J. Hebron Sr. (R) | 12.9 | 8,349 | |
| Total votes: 64,728 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri State Senate District 5
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Missouri State Senate District 5 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Roberts | 35.4 | 12,293 |
 | Megan Ellyia Green | 32.4 | 11,241 | |
| Michelle Sherod | 22.5 | 7,817 | ||
 | Bill Haas | 6.0 | 2,068 | |
| Jeremiah Church | 2.6 | 893 | ||
| McFarlane Duncan | 1.1 | 387 | ||
| Total votes: 34,699 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri State Senate District 5
Michael J. Hebron Sr. advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri State Senate District 5 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Michael J. Hebron Sr. | 100.0 | 989 |
| Total votes: 989 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2018
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2018
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 77
Incumbent Steve Roberts won election in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 77 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Roberts (D) | 100.0 | 10,834 |
| Total votes: 10,834 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 77
Incumbent Steve Roberts defeated Kimberly-Ann Collins in the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 77 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steve Roberts | 53.0 | 3,202 |
 | Kimberly-Ann Collins | 47.0 | 2,840 | |
| Total votes: 6,042 | |||
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2016
Elections for the Missouri House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 29, 2016. Incumbent Kimberly Gardner (D) did not seek re-election.
Steve Roberts ran unopposed in the Missouri House of Representatives District 77 general election.[3]
| Missouri House of Representatives, District 77 General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic |  Steve Roberts (unopposed) | |
| Source: Missouri Secretary of State | ||
Steve Roberts defeated Jesse Todd, John Collins-Muhammad and Brian Elsesser in the Missouri House of Representatives District 77 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Missouri House of Representatives, District 77 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Steve Roberts |
39.57% | 1,900 | |
| Democratic | Jesse Todd | 20.12% | 966 | |
| Democratic | John Collins-Muhammad | 26.66% | 1,280 | |
| Democratic | Brian Elsesser | 13.66% | 656 | |
| Total Votes | 4,802 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
Steve Roberts did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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Below you can find the scorecards found for the Missouri General Assembly in 2024.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- Sierra Club Missouri Chapter — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Missouri General Assembly in 2023.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
- The Institute for Legislative Analysis — Legislators are scored on their adherence to the limited government principles of the U.S. Constitution.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Missouri General Assembly in 2022.
- NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- Sierra Club Missouri Chapter — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Missouri General Assembly in 2021.
- NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- Sierra Club Missouri Chapter — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Missouri General Assembly in 2020.
- NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- National Federation of Independent Business — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
- Sierra Club Missouri Chapter — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Missouri General Assembly in 2019.
- Club for Growth Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to economic issues.
- NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Missouri General Assembly in 2018.
- Locke and Smith Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
- NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- Sierra Club Missouri Chapter — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
Below you can find the scorecards found for the Missouri General Assembly in 2017.
- Columbia Chamber of Commerce — Legislators are scored on their votes on economic issues.
- Locke and Smith Foundation — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills supported or opposed by the organization.
- NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri — Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- Planned Parenthood Advocates in Missouri — Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to reproductive health issues.
- Sierra Club Missouri Chapter — Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.
- The American Conservative Union — Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Missouri State Senate District 5 |
Officeholder Missouri State Senate District 5 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Missouri Senate, "Senator Steve Roberts," accessed January 25, 2021
- ↑ Steve Roberts for Missouri State Senate, "Steve's Story," accessed January 25, 2021
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed December 20, 2016
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Certified Candidate List," accessed April 28, 2016
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "State of Missouri - Primary 2016 - August 2, 2016," accessed August 2, 2016
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jamilah Nasheed (D) |
Missouri State Senate District 5 2021-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Missouri House of Representatives District 77 2017-2021 |
Succeeded by Kimberly-Ann Collins (D) |
