Blaine Luetkemeyer
Ranking Member of theHouse Small Business Committee
In office January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Steve Chabot
Succeeded by	Nydia Velázquez
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMissouri
In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2025
Preceded by	Kenny Hulshof
Succeeded by	Bob Onder
Constituency	9th district (2009–2013) 3rd district (2013–2025)
Member of theMissouri House of Representatives from the 115th district
In office January 1999 – January 2005
Preceded by	Don Steen
Succeeded by	Rodney Schad
Personal details
Born	(1952-05-07)May 7, 1952 (age 73) Jefferson City,Missouri, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Jackie Luetkemeyer ​ (m. 1976)​
Children	3
Relatives	Tony Luetkemeyer (cousin)
Education	Lincoln University (BA)
Luetkemeyer's voice Luetkemeyer supporting the 2017 Systemic Risk Designation Improvement Act. Recorded December 19, 2017

William Blaine Luetkemeyer (/ˈluːtkəmaɪ.ər/LOOT-kə-my-ər; born May 7, 1952) is an American politician who served as theU.S. representative forMissouri's 3rd congressional district from 2013 to 2025. On January 4, 2024, he declined to run forreelection to Congress.^[1] He previously representedMissouri's 9th congressional district from 2009 to 2013. A member of theRepublican Party, Luetkemeyer formerly served as a member of theMissouri House of Representatives.

Luetkemeyer was born inJefferson City on May 7, 1952.^[2] He attendedLincoln University and graduated with aBachelor of Arts degree inpolitical science with a minor inbusiness administration.

A lifelong farmer, Luetkemeyer has also owned several small businesses, as well as running a bank and serving as an insurance agent. He also served on the board of trustees for the village ofSt. Elizabeth, nearOsage Beach.

In 1998, Luetkemeyer was elected to theMissouri House of Representatives from the 115th Legislative District.^[3] As a state representative, Luetkemeyer chaired the Financial Services Committee and the House Republican Caucus and co-sponsored a statewide constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman, which was approved by 71% of Missouri voters in 2004. He also worked on legislation to allow Missourians to carry concealed firearms, ban partial-birth abortions, and reform worker compensation laws. He also supported deregulation of the financial industry—specifically the lending industry.

In 2004, Luetkemeyer did not seek reelection but instead was one of seven Republicans who ran forstate treasurer. He finished second in the Republican primary, losing toSarah Steelman, who won the general election.

In 2005,GovernorMatt Blunt appointed Luetkemeyer Missouri Tourism Director, a post he held until he ran for theU.S. House of Representatives in 2008. One of his projects was working with Blunt andLt. GovernorPeter Kinder to start theTour of Missouri, acycling event modeled on theTour de France.^{[citation needed]}

Luetkemeyer's district, the 3rd, was numbered as the9th from 2009 to 2013. It contains most of east-central Missouri, includingJefferson City and some of the southern and northern St. Louis suburbs and exurbs.

Luetkemeyer became a candidate for the open seat in the 9th Congressional District after incumbentKenny Hulshof’s resignation in his unsuccessful bid forgovernor. Luetkemeyer won the Republican primary with 39.7% of the vote against state representatives Bob Onder and Danie Moore, as well asBrock Olivo and Dan Bishir. Luetkemeyer narrowly won the general election over Democratic state representativeJudy Baker. It was the only time since Hulshof unseated longtime Democratic incumbentHarold Volkmer that the Democrats managed even 40 percent of the vote.

Luetkemeyer defeated Charles Baker in the Republican primary. He faced token third-party opposition as the Democratic Party did not field a candidate for the district's seat. In the general election he received 77% of the vote.

Missouri was reduced to eight districts after the 2010 U.S. Census determined that the state's population growth was slower than the national average. Luetkemeyer's district was renumbered the 3rd Congressional District. It lost most of its northern portion to the newly drawn6th Congressional District. To make up for the loss of population, it was pushed slightly to the west, gaining all of Jefferson City. Luetkemeyer already represented the share of the capital inCallaway County, but picked upCole County in the redistricting process.

Luetkemeyer easily won the general election in his first run in the newly created district, with 63% of the vote.^[4]

In the August primary, Luetkemeyer defeated two rivals with almost 80% of the vote. He won the general election with 68% of the vote.

On October 23, 2013, Luetkemeyer introduced H.R. 3329; 113th Congress to enhance the ability of community financial institutions to foster economic growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, and increase individual savings.^[5] The bill would direct theFederal Reserve to revise certain regulations related to smallbank holding companies (BHCs).^[6][7] Existing regulations allow BHCs with assets of less than $500 million that satisfy other tests to incur higher amounts of debt than larger institutions in order to acquire other banks.^[6] H.R. 3329 would apply the less stringent standard to more BHCs by raising the asset limit to $1 billion and allow savings and loan holding companies to qualify.^[6]

On June 26, 2014, Luetkemeyer introduced H.R.4986, which would end the controversialOperation Choke Point,^[8] which was designed to limit the activities of money launderers but had come under criticism for alleged abuse.^[9] On November 20, 2014, in a further effort to end Operation Choke Point, he introduced additional legislation that would require federal banking agencies to put in writing any suggestion or order to terminate a customer's banking account.^[10][11]

In December 2020, Luetkemeyer was one of 126 Republican members of theHouse of Representatives to sign anamicus brief in support ofTexas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at theUnited States Supreme Court contesting the results of the2020 presidential election, in whichJoe Biden defeated^[12] incumbentDonald Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lackedstanding underArticle III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state.^[13][14][15]

In October 2022,Politico reported that Luetkemeyer criticized some US-based financial executives attending theGlobal Financial Leaders' Investment Summit, saying that "American executives attending an event with theCCP's so-called enforcer makes a person question whether human rights are a real concern," in reference to Chief ExecutiveJohn Lee.^[16]

For the118th Congress:^[17]

• Committee on Financial Services
  • Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy
  • Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance
  • Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance and International Financial Institutions (Chair)
• Committee on Small Business
  • Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access
  • Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains
• Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party

• Republican Study Committee^[18]
• Congressional Constitution Caucus^[19]
• Congressional Western Caucus^[20]
• Congressional Taiwan Caucus^[21]
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption^[22]
• Rare Disease Caucus^[23]

In February 2025, he was announced as the new chief executive of American Consumer & Investor Institute, a lobbying group that represents consumer voices on issues related to the regulation of financial technology firms and cryptocurrency. The group was started in 2023 by former U.S. Rep.Barbara Comstock, who had led the group until Luetkemeyer took over.^[24]

Luetkemeyer has been married to his wife Jackie since 1976. They have three children and six grandchildren. He is a member of theKnights of Columbus, the Eldon Chamber of Commerce, the Farm Bureau, and theNational Rifle Association of America. He attends St. Lawrence Catholic Church.^[25] His cousinTony is a state senator, and the state senate's majority leader as of 2025.^[26]

• ATM Industry Association (ATMIA)
• Operation Choke Point

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