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James Neely

Republican Party

Prior offices:

Missouri House of Representatives District 8

Years in office: 2013 - 2021

Successor:Randy Railsback (R)

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 4, 2020

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James Neely (Republican Party) was a member of theMissouri House of Representatives, representingDistrict 8. He assumed office on January 9, 2013. He left office on January 6, 2021.

Neely (Republican Party) ran for election forGovernor of Missouri. He lost in the Republican primary onAugust 4, 2020.

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Neely was assigned to the following committees:

• Children and Families Committee,Vice-Chair
• Health and Mental Health Policy Committee
• Professional Registration and Licensing Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Neely served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Neely served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2020

State executive election

See also: Missouri gubernatorial election, 2020

Missouri gubernatorial election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)

Missouri gubernatorial election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for Governor of Missouri

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Missouri on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Parson (R)	57.1	1,720,202
		Nicole Galloway (D)	40.7	1,225,771
		Rik Combs (L)	1.6	49,067
		Jerome H. Bauer (G)	0.6	17,234
		Theodis Brown Sr. (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	5
	Submit photo	Arnie Dienoff (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	4
	Submit photo	Martin Lindstedt (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	4

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,012,287
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Missouri

Nicole Galloway defeatedEric Morrison,Jimmie Matthews,Antoin Johnson, andRobin Van Quaethem in the Democratic primary for Governor of Missouri on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Nicole Galloway	84.6	455,203
		Eric Morrison	6.0	32,403
	Submit photo	Jimmie Matthews	3.8	20,586
		Antoin Johnson	3.8	20,254
	Submit photo	Robin Van Quaethem	1.8	9,481

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 537,927
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• La'Ondrill Brown (D)
• Edward Thurman (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Missouri

IncumbentMike Parson defeatedSaundra McDowell,James Neely, andRaleigh Ritter in the Republican primary for Governor of Missouri on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mike Parson	74.9	511,566
		Saundra McDowell	12.4	84,412
		James Neely	8.7	59,514
		Raleigh Ritter	4.0	27,264

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 682,756
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Green primary election

Green primary for Governor of Missouri

Jerome H. Bauer advanced from the Green primary for Governor of Missouri on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jerome H. Bauer	100.0	862

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 862
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Governor of Missouri

Rik Combs advanced from the Libertarian primary for Governor of Missouri on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rik Combs	100.0	4,171

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,171
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State legislative election

See also:Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2020

Neely was not able to file for re-election due toterm limits.

2018

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 8

IncumbentJames Neely defeatedCaleb McKnight in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 8 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Neely (R)	71.8	10,906
	Submit photo	Caleb McKnight (D)	28.2	4,289

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 15,195
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 8

Caleb McKnight advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 8 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Caleb McKnight	100.0	2,574

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,574
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 8

IncumbentJames Neely advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 8 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Neely	100.0	5,106

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,106
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2016

See also:Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for theMissouri House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 29, 2016.

IncumbentJim Neely ran unopposed in the Missouri House of Representatives District 8 general election.^[1]

Missouri House of Representatives, District 8 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Jim NeelyIncumbent (unopposed)
Source:Missouri Secretary of State

IncumbentJim Neely ran unopposed in the Missouri House of Representatives District 8 Republican primary.^[2][3]

Missouri House of Representatives, District 8 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Jim NeelyIncumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also:Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for theMissouri House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election was held on August 5, 2014, and a general election onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 25, 2014.Ted Rights was unopposed in the Democratic primary. IncumbentJim Neely was unopposed in the Republican primary. Neely defeated Rights in the general election.^[4][5]

Missouri House of Representatives District 8, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jim NeelyIncumbent	70.6%	6,726
	Democratic	Ted Rights	29.4%	2,797
Total Votes				9,523

2012

See also:Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2012

Neely won election in the2012 election forMissouri House of Representatives, District 8. Neely ran unopposed in the August 7 Republican primary and defeatedJames T. Crenshaw (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[6][7]

Missouri House of Representatives, District 8, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jim Neely	62.8%	10,486
	Democratic	James Crenshaw	37.2%	6,224
Total Votes				16,710

Campaign themes

2020

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2020

In 2020, theMissouri State Legislature was in session from January 8 to May 15. A special session was held from July 27 to September 16. A veto session convened on September 16. A second special session convened on November 5.

• National Federation of Independent Business

Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.

• NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri

Legislators are scored on bills related to reproductive health issues.

• Sierra Club Missouri Chapter

Legislators are scored on their votes on environmental issues.

• The American Conservative Union

Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.

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2015

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