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2026 candidates we're tracking in MO-2
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Peter A. Pfeifer
Republican
A commercial real estate broker in the St. Louis metro area who traces his entrepreneurship to his family's bakery, which his site calls an institution for decades, per his campaign site. He did not return a candidate survey for the Leader newspapers voters gu…
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Brandon Wilkinson
Republican
A truck driver from Cedar Hill who says he works about 55 hours a week and describes himself as a regular, hard working, middle class American, per his campaign site. He is 40 and married with one son, per his campaign site. He did not return a candidate surve…
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Ann Wagner
Republican
Incumbent
Ann Wagner, of Ballwin, is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district; born and raised in Missouri, she campaigns on her record as a conservative legislator, per her campaign site. She is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the…
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Matthew R. Grant
Republican
A litigator with 25 years in practice and a former equity partner at the law firm Husch Blackwell, per his campaign site. He is a St. Louis resident, an Eagle Scout and a Boy Scout leader, and is married with two children and three stepchildren, per myLeaderPa…
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Elizabeth Sparks-Holmes
Republican
Elizabeth Sparks-Holmes, of Valley Park, is a Republican on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary in this district, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
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Timothy D. Bilash
Democratic
A physician with a 36 year career who describes himself as an expert clinical physician, advisor, scientist and data analyst, per his campaign site. He holds an MD and graduate degrees from the University of Illinois, completed residency at Albany Medical Cent…
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Joan VonDras
Democratic
Joan VonDras taught for nearly 30 years in area public schools, per her campaign site, and has held town halls across the district while contributing several hundred thousand dollars of her own money to the race, per St. Louis Public Radio. She is on the certi…
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Fred Wellman
Democratic
Fred Wellman is a retired Army aviator and West Point graduate who served during Desert Storm and completed three tours in Iraq, per his campaign site; he hosts a politics podcast and has endorsements from VoteVets and the Missouri AFL-CIO, per those organizat…
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Brandon Coulter Daugherty
Libertarian
Executive director of the Libertarian Party of Missouri and co host of the Missouri Liberty Report, per the Libertarian Party. He was the Libertarian contender for this same seat in 2024, per the Libertarian Party. His campaign site runs under the banner no mo…
About this race
Missouri's 2nd Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Missouri primary is Tuesday, August 4, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.