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Wally Long
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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

August 2, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Liberty University, 2022

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Marine Corps

Years of service

1980 - 1990

Years of service

1980 - 1990

Personal
Birthplace
Tempe, Ariz.
Religion
Baptist
Profession
Pastor
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Wally Long (Republican Party) ran for election to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 157. He lost in the Republican primary on August 2, 2022.

Long completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Wally Long was born in Tempe, Arizona. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1980 to 1990. Long pursued his undergraduate education at Liberty University and Spurgeon College. His career experience includes working as a senior correctional officer and a Baptist pastor.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 157

Incumbent Mitch Boggs won election in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 157 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Mitch Boggs (R)
 
100.0
 
10,766

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 10,766
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 157

Incumbent Mitch Boggs defeated Wally Long in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 157 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mitch Boggs
Mitch Boggs
 
65.4
 
4,311
Image of Wally Long
Wally Long Candidate Connection
 
34.6
 
2,280

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,591
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2020

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 157

Mitch Boggs won election in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 157 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Image of Mitch Boggs
Mitch Boggs (R)
 
100.0
 
14,890

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 14,890
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 157

Mitch Boggs defeated Wally Long and Nathan Bowen in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 157 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mitch Boggs
Mitch Boggs
 
39.9
 
2,656
Image of Wally Long
Wally Long Candidate Connection
 
35.7
 
2,372
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Nathan Bowen
 
24.4
 
1,625

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,653
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Wally Long completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Long's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I served in the USMC for 10 years. In 2011 I retired from a 20-year career with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. I currently serve as a pastor in Mount Vernon, Missouri. I also serve on the boards of 2 community service organizations. My wife and I have been married for almost 42 years. We have 8 children and 8 grandchildren.
  • I want to take common sense thinking to Jefferson City. Too many politicians vote according to convenience or political correctness. I will always ask 3 questions concerning legislation. Is it needed? Will it work? Will there be unintended consequences?
  • I will work hard to support our local schools, educators, and children. Too often, we have put the education of our children behind other pet projects. It is high time we give our educators the tools they need to do their jobs, while reducing burdensome regulations that often tie their hands.
  • I will always stand strong to protect the rights recognized by our Federal and State constitutions and granted to us by God.
Education, law enforcement, the 2nd amendment, and protecting unborn babies.
I have always been a huge follower/fan of Ronald Reagan. He was the first President I voted for in 1980. I was always impressed by the way he could so skillfully communicate his message.
Any elected official should be a person of unwavering moral character. Integrity and honesty should be at the fore of his/her character. He/she should be courageous enough to stand for what is right regardless of the pull of outside forces. He/she should always work to represent the people who elected him/her.
I want to leave my part of the world a better place for having passed through it. I do this through the children I have raised, the people I have helped, and the example I have set.
I was 8 years old, in class at Walt Whitman Elementary School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when we were told about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
In 1976, at 16 years old, I worked in a local burger joint in Thornton, Colorado. I worked there for several months before going to Wendys.
I have always been a fan of Louis L'Amour. It is hard to pick a favorite but one of them would be Flint. Jim Flint is a man who lived a hard life growing up. Then he went back east and became successful. Thinking he was dying of cancer, he went out west to a lonely spot to die. In the process of settling in to this place he wanted to be, he became involved helping a young woman who was being attacked by ruthless men. It is this desire to help others that I like about Jim Flint.
The governor leads the state. He should give the legislature his goals and priorities. The legislature should work with him to do what is best for the state. This may mean some compromise on either part.
School/education funding. Infrastructure funding. Reducing our need for federal funding and the strings attached to it.
I believe our bicameral system is best. It provides more opportunity for debate and for the voice of the people to be heard. It provides for more checks and balances. It slows down the system. At times this may be frustrating, but patience leads to more contemplation and ideally, better legislation.
Our legislatures are designed to be filled by citizens, not professionals. Previous experience might be beneficial but not necessary. Men and women from various walks of life, will have knowledge in fields that others do not have. This combined knowledge is much more beneficial than prior experience.
Legislators should build relationships. We are ultimately working for the same team, that is the citizens of our state, and we should be seeking to do what is best for those we represent. This will include working with legislators from various backgrounds and beliefs.
Redistricting should be based on population densities without regard to political affiliations. It should be presented to the legislature by a bipartisan committee or work group. Then debated and passed by the legislature.
Education. Law enforcement.
No.
Yes. There will be elements of these powers in both the executive and legislative branches. Checks and balances.
There will always be some compromise needed to get anything done. The problem comes when deciding how much and what to compromise.

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2020

Candidate Connection

Wally Long completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Long's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am a conservative Republican. I believe in our Constitution and the rights it is designed to protect, not give. I believe government should be smaller and more efficient rather than larger and bureaucratic.

I served in the Marines for 10 years. Then worked as a Correctional Officer for the Federal Bureau of Prisons for 20 years, retiring in 2011. I now Pastor a church in Mount Vernon and do some substitute teaching.

I sit on 2 community service boards. One is a Pregnancy resource center, serving women who find themselves in difficult pregnancies. We help them through the pregnancy and after the birth of their child. We provide training for mothers and fathers alike with the intent to help develop strong families. I also serve on the board of the Hope Center in Mount Vernon which is a thrift store that uses funds to help needy families in our community. And I serve as a chaplain for the Sheriff's Auxiliary in Lawrence County.

My wife and I will have been married for 40 years this July. We have 8 children and 7 grandchildren. We have lived in the Mount Vernon area since 2002.

  • I have been in a position of both service and leadership most of my adult life. I know the value and importance of servant leadership and exemplify it in all I do.
  • I have the experience, training and temperament to stand strong and fight when necessary but also to work together with others of opposing beliefs.
  • Having worked at the Capitol as a Legislative Assistant, I know how the process works and can right in to make things happen.
I want to see abortion eliminated from the public sphere and see life elevated in the hearts and minds of Missouri citizens.

I want to see government regulation, especially on small business, reduced to the barest minimum necessary.

I want to see Missouri become the most business-friendly state in the region. Bringing in business to Missouri will stimulate our economy, bring in more state revenue and, most importantly, provide good paying jobs for our citizens.

I want to see the state of Missouri stand up to the ever-encroaching influence of the federal government and assume the rights granted to states by the 10th amendment to the US Constitution.
I have always looked up to Ronald Reagan. He was the first President I voted for in November of 1980. I loved hearing him speak. I so admired how he always seemed to be in control of himself. He was never rude with others, even his most vicious opponents. He had a quality of being able to stand against the tide of popular opinion but was always respectful of the opinions of others. He took a hard stance against our enemies and made them back down.
I believe an elected official must have the fortitude of character to stick to his principles and core beliefs. Yet at the same time be able to see the point of view of other people and be willing to learn from that alternate point of view. He must be able to distinguish between what part of his belief system in unbend-able and when he can compromise with others.
Life experience. I am a proven leader and servant. Dedication to my core principles. The ability to work together for accomplishing the mission.
To represent the citizens of his district. To stay true to the laws and constitution of Missouri and pass/manage/repeal laws that are in line with our constitution.
I was in second grade in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I remember the teacher, very distraught, telling us that Martin Luther King, Jr. had been assassinated. Many of us barely had even heard of him so she told us who he was and the importance of the Civil Rights movement of which he was a big part.
My very first job was at a small, now defunct fast food restaurant in Denver, Colorado, called the Red Barn. I was 16 and just starting my junior year in high school. I was working about 30 hours a week and taking a full load of classes. My father had always taught my the value of working hard. My first job at the Red Barn was an indication that his training in me stuck.
I am a fan of Louis L'Amour. Particularly the Sackett family of which he wrote many books. I love the Sackett dedication to honor and truth. I love the dedication of Sacketts to others in their family.
In Missouri, the Senate is much smaller than the House. As such, the debate in the senate is more intimate. One would think the size of the Senate would make bills get through the Senate faster and more efficiently. However, because of the filibuster rule, a single senator can block a bill. It takes more cooperative effort to get a bill through the Senate.
Maybe. One would think that previous experience would be beneficial. However, I believe our government is designed to work best in the hands of citizen legislators who work for the good of their districts and the state. Often the more experience one has the more he/she becomes a professional politician and sometimes then works for the benefit of politics and his/her career rather than for the good of the state.
I would say the greatest challenge for Missouri would be to reign in government regulation on business.
The governor is the state's highest elected position. He is the leader. As such, he sets the vision for the direction of the state. However, he should work in concert with the state legislature to refine that vision by filling in blind spots he may have and thus broadening the scope of his vision. There must be both a cooperative and a somewhat adversarial relationship between the governor and the legislature. This is how the check and balance works. It keep either party from becoming to entrenched in the use or abuse of power but then allows them to work together to accomplish what is best for Missouri.
I believe it is beneficial to have good relationships with other legislators. This is true both inside and outside of one's particular party. We must remember that even though we might disagree with much of what another party believes or tries to accomplish, they are still elected by their constituents to represent that district.

Without good working relationships across the political spectrum, it would be hard to get anything done without leaving behind a portion of the population of our state. Even thought I might particularly represent my district, I would also, in a sense, represent the entire state. Therefore we must work together with other legislators to accomplish what is best for our state.
I would like to be on a committee that deals with business and regulations. I would also like to be on a committee overseeing law enforcement and the penal system.
I have no current ambitions to run for a higher office. But one can never tell where the future leads.

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  1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 9, 2020


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