Thank you to all who participated in the support of Rep Justin Sparks for Speaker of the House. You made your wishes known by signing our public resolution. The vote is Wednesday, January 8th. We will see how it turns out. The results will be posted here.

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Sadly, today the majority of representatives elected Jon Patterson to be their next Speaker. We can only hope the attention this race garnered will result in a more conservative approach to Rep Patterson's leadership. As a reminder, the bullet points below are just a few of the reasons the grassroots do not support this man for the most important position in the MO House.

• He has voted NO for IP Reform TWICE

• He is a self-declared “never-Trump-er”

• He is one of 3 Republicans who voted NO for the SAFE Act to keep boys in boys’ sports and girls in girls’ sports

• He has repeatedly voted NO for PRO-gun bills

• He opposed taking Amendment 3 to the courts to litigate the abortion/transgender bill, and instead calls it “The Law of the Land.”

• He believes the current idea of allowing only SOME bills to come to Committees to be heard, especially those having money backing, is a good idea, as opposed to ALL bills being heard.

• He wants to be THE ONE who decides which bills are and are NOT heard.