James (Jimmy) Lappe
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.
- Occupation
- Program coordinator, Missouri AFL-CIO Dislocated Worker Program (Missouri Works Initiative)
- Lives in
- St. Louis
Background
- Bachelor's (2007) and master's (2013) degrees in political science from the University of Missouri. source: ballotready.org
- St. Louis alderman, Ward 11, 2022-2023. source: ballotready.org
- Director of data and research at Missouri Jobs with Justice, 2017-2023; earlier worked as a clerk at Schnuck Markets. source: ballotready.org
- Program coordinator for the Missouri AFL-CIO Dislocated Worker Program. source: labortribune.com
In their own words
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- Restore self-governance and local control to the City of St. Louis source: ballotready.org
- Support public schools; oppose expanded public funding for private schools source: ballotready.org
- Protect collective bargaining and prevailing wage; raise the state minimum wage source: ballotready.org
- Defend Medicaid expansion and restore abortion rights source: ballotready.org
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