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Taylor Burks
Republican · Missouri · 2026Chief executive of the commercial landscaping company Rost Inc. and a Navy Reserve commander with 19 years of combined active and reserve service across four overseas deployments, per the Missouri Independent and his campaign site. He was appointed Boone County Clerk in 2017 and serves on the Truman State University Board of Governors, per his campaign site. He loaned his campaign 900,000 dollars and raised about 250,000 dollars from donors, per the Missouri Independent.
Priorities
- Protecting Missouri farmland from Chinese purchases and restoring Missouri's voice in federal farm policy, per the Missouri Independent
- Fiscal responsibility and cutting wasteful spending, which he ties to reducing the Boone County budget by nearly 500,000 dollars, per his campaign site
- Supporting the military and securing resources for Whiteman Air Force Base, per his campaign site
On the ballot
U.S. House, MO-5 · Missouri · 2026
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