Adam Schwadron

Adam Schwadron (Republican Party) is a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing District 105. He assumed office on January 4, 2023. His current term ends on January 8, 2025.

Schwadron (Republican Party) ran for election for Missouri Secretary of State. He lost in the Republican primary on August 6, 2024.

Biography

Adam Schwadron was born in St. Louis, Missouri.^[1] Schwadron graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School. He earned an A.A. in business administration from St. Louis Community College at Meramec in 2001 and a B.A. in political science from the University of Missouri at St. Louis in 2005.^[1]^[2] His career experience includes owning, co-founding, and operating The Clean Carpet Company^[1]^[2] and is an accredited LEED Green associate.^[3]

2024 battleground election

See also: Missouri Secretary of State election, 2024 (August 6 Republican primary)

Ballotpedia identified the August 6, 2024, Republican primary as a battleground race. The summary below is from our coverage of this election, found here. Denny Hoskins (R) won the Republican primary for Missouri Secretary of State on August 6, 2024. Click here for more detailed results.

Eight candidates ran in the election. Four led in media attention and fundraising: Hoskins, Valentina Gomez (R), Dean Plocher (R), and Shane Schoeller (R).

Republican incumbent Jay Ashcroft ran for Governor of Missouri. He was defeated in the Republican primary.

Each candidate said that trust in elections was a main theme of the race and proposed different changes to election procedures.

At the time of the election, Hoskins was a member of the Missouri Senate who assumed office in 2017. He served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2009 to 2017. Hoskins said that his involvement in passing legislation requiring identification to vote showed his experience in election reforms and that these changes “have made Missouri’s elections among the most secure in the nation.”^[4] He also said he supported counting ballots by hand to increase confidence in elections.^[5]

Gomez was a real estate investor who received national attention for her social media presence.^[6]^[7] Gomez said she would support requiring identification to vote and would remove electronic voting machines, transitioning Missouri “to a secure, transparent paper-based system, addressing concerns of cyber threats, and manipulation.”^[8] She also said, “Deploying the National Guard to oversee Missouri's voting polls is a pragmatic step, ensuring impartiality, deterring interference, and bolstering public confidence.”^[8]

Plocher was a member of the Missouri House since 2016 and was elected Speaker of the House in 2023. He said that his involvement in passing legislation that required voter ID also showed his experience in election reforms. Plocher opposed ballot drop boxes, where voters can return their absentee ballots, saying they had been “used by liberals to steal our elections.”^[9] He also said he would enforce Missouri citizenship in voting, saying “We must protect the integrity of our elections and only allow those that are legal residents of this state and citizens of this country to participate in Missouri elections.”^[9]

At the time of the election, Schoeller was the county clerk for Greene County, Missouri, since 2014. He served in the Missouri House from 2007 to 2013 and was the Republican candidate for the 2012 Missouri Secretary of State election, when Democrat Jason Kander defeated him 48.9% to 47.4%.^[10] Schoeller said that, if elected, he would “protect Missouri’s Voter ID law.”^[11] He said he opposed ballot drop boxes and that the state should require signature verification for absentee ballots.^[11] Schoeller also said he would “stop efforts to allow non-citizens to vote.”^[11]

Also running in the primary were Mike Carter (R), Mary Coleman (R), Jamie Corley (R), and Adam Schwadron (R).

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Missouri Secretary of State

Barbara Phifer, Denny Hoskins, and Carl Herman Freese are running in the general election for Missouri Secretary of State on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate
		Barbara Phifer (D)
		Denny Hoskins (R)
		Carl Herman Freese (L)

	There are no incumbents in this race.
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Missouri Secretary of State

Barbara Phifer defeated Monique Williams and Haley Jacobson in the Democratic primary for Missouri Secretary of State on August 6, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Barbara Phifer	40.9	146,049
	Monique Williams	34.4	123,084
	Haley Jacobson	24.7	88,357

	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 357,490
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri Secretary of State

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Missouri Secretary of State on August 6, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Denny Hoskins	24.2	149,394
	Shane Schoeller	17.2	106,230
	Mike Carter	14.0	86,250
	Dean Plocher	13.5	83,097
	Mary Coleman	11.4	70,117
	Valentina Gomez	7.5	46,304
	Jamie Corley	7.2	44,391
	Adam Schwadron	5.0	30,525

	There were no incumbents in this race. Source 1 Source 2	Total votes: 616,308
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Caleb Rowden (R)

Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for Missouri Secretary of State

Carl Herman Freese advanced from the Libertarian primary for Missouri Secretary of State on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Carl Herman Freese	100.0	2,402

	There were no incumbents in this race. Source	Total votes: 2,402
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Polls

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Election campaign finance

Candidates in this election submitted campaign finance reports to the Missouri Ethics Commission. Click here to access those reports.

Satellite spending

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Satellite spending describes political spending not controlled by candidates or their campaigns; that is, any political expenditures made by groups or individuals that are not directly affiliated with a candidate. This includes spending by political party committees, super PACs, trade associations, and 501(c)(4) nonprofit groups.^[12]^[13]^[14]

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