Candidate · State House, District 17
Bill Allen
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Missouri House of Representatives, which has 163 members. Members write and vote on state laws, set state spending and taxes, and can vote to override the governor's veto. A term is two years, with a limit of four terms.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Representative, House District 17 (since 2023)
- Occupation
- Retired Navy officer; former university administrator
- Lives in
- Kansas City
Background
- Member of the Missouri House since 2023 (per the Wikipedia list of members). source: en.wikipedia.org
- Retired U.S. Navy lieutenant commander with nearly 26 years of service. source: theballotbrief.com
- Worked in higher education as a professor, dean, provost and vice chancellor; former federal Job Corps Center director. source: theballotbrief.com
- Ph.D. in management, Capella University. source: theballotbrief.com
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