Retired U.S. Army officer and helicopter pilot; founded the veterans-focused firm ScoutComms.
Stance on key issues
Voting rights & elections
Ann Wagner Republican, incumbent
Voted for the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) in April 2025, which would require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote. Source
Fred Wellman Democratic
Opposed the 2025 mid-decade congressional map, calling it a gerrymander, and supported the referendum campaign against it. Source
Policing, prisons & public safety
Ann Wagner Republican, incumbent
Says she backs police. Wrote the Debbie Smith Act funding rape kit testing and a law letting states and victims sue websites that enable sex trafficking. Source
Fred Wellman Democratic
No public position found.
Immigration
Ann Wagner Republican, incumbent
Supports building the wall on the southern border and says she is working to hold immigrants who commit violent crimes accountable. Source
Fred Wellman Democratic
Says a secure border is reasonable but the immigration system is 'broken' and should be fair and commonsense, including for immigrants who contribute to the economy. Source
Abortion & health care
Ann Wagner Republican, incumbent
Opposes abortion and introduced the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. Voted for the 2025 tax and spending law (H.R. 1), which added Medicaid work requirements. Source
Fred Wellman Democratic
Supports a public health insurance option and letting people buy into Medicare before 65. Says abortion and other medical decisions 'belong with families, patients, and their doctors, not politicians.' Source
Economy, taxes & cost of living
Ann Wagner Republican, incumbent
Voted for the 2025 tax law she calls the Working Families Tax Cut, including tax breaks on tips, overtime and Social Security. Supports cutting federal spending. Source
Fred Wellman Democratic
Says tariffs are raising prices and Congress should use its power to challenge them. Wants to protect Social Security, Medicare and pensions. Source
Workers & wages
Ann Wagner Republican, incumbent
No public position found.
Fred Wellman Democratic
Says 'workers need power' and points to Missouri voters' 2018 rejection of right-to-work as a model for the economy. Source
Civil rights, DEI & LGBTQ+ rights
Ann Wagner Republican, incumbent
Says she will make sure 'men are kept out of women's sports.' Source
Fred Wellman Democratic
Says government should not target LGBTQ people, including trans Missourians, or seek their medical records: 'Just leave people the hell alone.' Source
Climate & environmental justice
Ann Wagner Republican, incumbent
In her 2012 campaign, supported an 'all-of-the-above' energy policy including coal, drilling, natural gas, solar and wind. Source
Fred Wellman Democratic
No public position found.
Books, press & public media
Ann Wagner Republican, incumbent
Voted for the June 2025 rescissions bill (H.R. 4), which canceled federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Source
Fred Wellman Democratic
No public position found.
Ballot measures
Amendment 3: Repeal 2024 abortion-rights amendment; ban gender transition care for minors. Would repeal the reproductive-rights amendment voters passed in 2024. Abortion would be banned except for medical emergencies, fetal anomalies, and rape or incest before 12 weeks. It would require parental consent for minors and let lawmakers regulate abortion. It would also ban gender transition surgery, puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for people under 18. Yes means repeal the 2024 abortion-rights amendment and put the new limits on abortion and on gender transition care for minors in the constitution. No means keep the 2024 amendment, which protects abortion until fetal viability.
Amendment 6: Protect citizen initiatives from legislative changes. Citizen initiative. Would make initiative and referendum petitions a fundamental right. Lawmakers could not change or repeal a voter-approved initiative (passed since 2010) unless 80% of both chambers send the change to voters. It would bar lawmakers from making petitions harder, such as raising signature requirements. Yes means add these protections for citizen initiatives to the constitution. No means lawmakers keep their current power to change voter-approved laws and the petition process.
Amendment 7: Show-Me Prosperity Investment Fund. Would create a state investment fund, invested in S&P 500 index funds, to grow money over time. Earnings could only be spent once they are big enough to replace state taxes, and then only to eliminate state taxes such as income and sales taxes. Yes means create the fund with the goal of eventually ending state taxes. No means do not create the fund.
Amendment 8: Require election of county sheriffs. Would require most counties to elect a sheriff to four-year terms and name the sheriff as the county's chief law enforcement officer. A sheriff could only be removed through a court case brought by the attorney general. St. Louis city, St. Louis County and St. Charles County are excluded. Yes means put elected sheriffs and their duties in the state constitution. No means keep sheriff rules in state law, as they are now.
Proposition A: Referendum on new congressional map (HB 1). Voters decide whether to keep the congressional map lawmakers passed in 2025 (HB 1). That map splits Kansas City across several districts. It is on hold, so the November 2026 election uses the 2022 map. Yes means keep the 2025 map (HB 1) for future elections. No means repeal the 2025 map; the 2022 map stays in place.
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