Wayne Wallingford | |
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Member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 147th district | |
In office January 6, 2021 – January 3, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Kathryn Swan |
Succeeded by | John Voss |
Member of the Missouri Senate from the 27th district | |
In office January 9, 2013 – January 6, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Jason Crowell |
Succeeded by | Holly Rehder |
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 158th district | |
In office January 5, 2011 – January 9, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Clint Tracy |
Succeeded by | Scott Fitzpatrick |
Personal details | |
Born | Geneva, Illinois | July 11, 1946
Political party | Republican |
Children | 2 |
Residence(s) | Cape Girardeau, Missouri, U.S. |
Wayne Wallingford (born July 11, 1946) is an American politician who has served as Director of the Missouri Department of Revenue since January, 2022, and previously served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 147th district.[1][2] He previously served as a member of the Missouri Senate from 2013 to 2021.[3]
In January 2022, Wallingford became the new director of the Missouri Department of Revenue. Governor Mike Parson announced Wallingford's appointment in December 2021.[4]
Wallingford is a member of Governor Mike Parson's commission on workforce development.[5]
In 2016 and 2017, Wallingford proposed legislation to established a rebuttable presumption of shared parenting after divorce.[6][7] Wallingford has asserted that most fatherlessness is created by an outdated court system, not abandonment, and that it is in the best interest of a child to have both parents.[6] Neither bill was voted upon. In 2019, Wallingford reintroduced a similar bill (SB.14). After passing the Seniors, Families and Children Committee, it is waiting to be voted on by the full senate.[8]
Wallingford has sponsored legislation to ban texting while driving in Missouri.[9]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Wayne Wallingford | 2,584 | 50.64% | ||
Republican | Debra Tracy | 2,519 | 49.36% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Wayne Wallingford | 8,742 | 79.66% | 3.37 | |
Libertarian | Robert Lee Roland | 2,232 | 20.34% | −3.37 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Wayne Wallingford | 16,408 | 64.14% | ||
Republican | Ellen Brandom | 9,175 | 35.86% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Wayne Wallingford | 61,891 | 100.00% | +35.76 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Wayne Wallingford | 56,750 | 74.44% | −25.56 | |
Democratic | Donnie Owens | 19,486 | 25.56% | +25.56 |