MISSOURI, USA — Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer will serve a sixth term in office representing Missouri's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House. This will be his eighth term overall representing the state in Congress.
He defeated Democrat Bethany Mann to represent the district that consists of St. Charles, Jefferson City, and parts of Lake Ozark, Columbia and O’Fallon.
Luetkemeyer previously represented Missouri's 9th District in the U.S. House and served on the Missouri House of Representatives. He is a member of the House Financial Services Committee and Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions and the House Committee on Small Business.
Before the U.S. House, he served as Missouri's tourism director. He is from Jefferson City and operates a farm.
The congressman campaigned on job creation, cutting taxes and federal spending and energy independence. In 2019, the U.S. House voted to reimpose net neutrality rules. Luetkemeyer voted against this regulation. Luetkemeyer twice voted against impeaching former President Donald Trump.
According to his campaign website, Luetkemeyer is strongly anti-abortion and supports Second Amendment rights.