Shane Schoeller
Shane Schoeller (Republican Party) was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing District 139. He assumed office in 2007. He left office in 2013.
Schoeller (Republican Party) ran for election for Missouri Secretary of State. He lost in the Republican primary on August 6, 2024.
Schoeller is a former Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing District 139 from 2007 to 2013. He served as Speaker Pro Tempore. Schoeller ran unsuccessfully for Missouri Secretary of State in the 2012 election. He was narrowly defeated by state Rep. Jason Kander (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[1]
Biography
Schoeller earned his B.S. from Southwest Baptist University. He has served as Legislative Assistant to Congressman Roy Blunt, Director of Government Affairs for the Home Builders Association of Greater Springfield, Missouri, Chief Administrative Aide to Secretary of State Matt Blunt, Field Representative for Senator Kit Bond, and Chief of Staff to Speaker Pro Tem Rod Jetton.
Schoeller is a member of the Clear Vision Drama Company Board, the Second Baptist Church, and Willard Chamber of Commerce.
2024 battleground election
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.”[2] He also said he supported counting ballots by hand to increase confidence in elections.[3]
Gomez was a real estate investor who received national attention for her social media presence.[4][5] 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.”[6] 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.”[6]
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.”[7] 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.”[7]
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%.[8] Schoeller said that, if elected, he would “protect Missouri’s Voter ID law.”[9] He said he opposed ballot drop boxes and that the state should require signature verification for absentee ballots.[9] Schoeller also said he would “stop efforts to allow non-citizens to vote.”[9]
Also running in the primary were Mike Carter (R), Mary Coleman (R), Jamie Corley (R), and Adam Schwadron (R).
Elections
2024
See also: Missouri Secretary of State election, 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.
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 | Barbara Phifer (D) | |
 | Denny Hoskins (R) | |
 | Carl Herman Freese (L) | |
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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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| Total votes: 2,402 | |||
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Polls
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Election campaign finance
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Satellite spending
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2012
Schoeller ran on the Republican ticket for secretary of state in 2012. He was narrowly defeated by state Rep. Jason Kander (R) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[13] He won the Republican nomination for secretary of state in the primary election on August 7, 2012. He faced state senators' Scott Rupp and Bill Stouffer in the primary, and squared off with Democratic state rep. Jason Kander, Libertarian candidate Cisse Spragins, and Constitution party candidate Justin Harter in the general election. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[14]
| Missouri Secretary of State General Election, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jason Kander |
48.9% | 1,298,022 | |
| Republican | Shane Schoeller | 47.4% | 1,258,937 | |
| Libertarian | Cisse Spragins | 2.7% | 70,814 | |
| Constitution | Justin Harter | 1% | 27,710 | |
| Total Votes | 2,655,483 | |||
| Election results via Missouri Secretary of State | ||||
Primary
- Schoeller eeked out a narrow victory in the Republican primary race on August 7, 2012, defeating second place finisher Scott Rupp by less than one percentage point.
| Missouri Secretary of State Republican Primary, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Shane Schoeller |
35.3% | 193,207 | ||
| Scott Rupp | 34.5% | 188,701 | ||
| Bill Stouffer | 30.2% | 165,588 | ||
| Total Votes | 547,496 | |||
| Election results via Missouri Secretary of State. | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Schoeller won election to the Missouri House of Representatives.
2008
On November 4, 2008, Shane Schoeller ran for District 139 of the Missouri House of Representatives, beating Janet Adams.[15]
Shane Schoeller raised $71,161 for his campaign.[16]
| Missouri House of Representatives, District 139 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | Percent | ||
| Shane Schoeller (R) | 13,611 | 69.2% | ||
| Janet Adams (D) | 6,057 | 30.8% | ||
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign ads
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2012
- Voting and Elections
Schoeller is in favor of stricter identification requirements for voters. Schoeller pointed to a study done by the Pew Center, which he says found 1.8 million deceased people still registered to vote, which indicates voter-fraud. He sponsored the state's photo ID bill, a controversial piece of legislation touching down in various forms around the country. The bill, which calls for compulsory presentation of proper photo-identification at the polls in order for their votes to count, he believes will protect Missouri's voting process from potential impersonators. As one of his two pillars for improving the office, Schoeller stated his plan to create a commission composed of election officials and citizens who would analyze voting-related statutes for the purpose of ensuring “every election is protected and that there is integrity in the process from beginning to end.”[17] The other is the creation of a fair-ballot commission. He described his vision for the committee during a campaign visit to Pregnancy Resource Center of Rolla Missouri as "comprised of four Republicans and four Democrats who would review the ballot initiatives and the way they are written."[18]
- Business regulations
In addition to lower taxes and diminished regulations, Schoeller proposed cutting down the number of registration classification choices the state presented aspiring business owners by over 80%, which he thought would make the business environment friendlier. He told News Press Now in March 2012 that if this change was achieved, “somebody who wants to start their own business wouldn’t have to hire an attorney in order to know that they’ve filed correctly.”[17]
Committee assignments
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Schoeller served on these committees:
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Schoeller served on these committees:
- Interim Committee on State Intelligence Analysis Oversight
- Energy and Environment
- Appropriations - General Administration (Vice-Chairman)
- Ways and Means (Vice-Chairman)
- Job Creation and Economic Development
- Utilities
- Joint Committee on Tax Policy
- Joint Committee on Restructuring Fees of the Clean Water and Storm Water Programs
- Joint Committee on Life Science
Issues
No New Taxes Pledge
A minority of Missouri lawmakers signed the 2011 edition of the "No New Taxes Pledge." The Taxpayer Protection Pledge is offered by the nonprofit lobbying organization Americans for Tax Reform with the goal of opposing all tax increases as a matter of principle. Just one out of 34 state Senate members signed the 2011 pledge. Out of 163 state House members, only 38 lawmakers signed.
Schoeller signed the pledge.[19]
Natural disasters
Schoeller chaired a committee in 2011 responsible for devising contingency plans for handling natural disasters in Joplin, southeast Missouri and St. Louis County.[20]
Taxpayer-funded lobbying bill
Schoeller introduced a bill into the House of Representatives that would have prohibited government-to-government lobbying.[21]
Campaign finance summary
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Personal
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Schoeller is married and has two children.[22]
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Footnotes
- ↑ St. Louis Beacon, "Nixon, Kinder, Koster and Zweifel re-elected; Kander wins secretary of state race," November 7, 2012
- ↑ Denny Hoskins campaign website, "Home," accessed May 10, 2024
- ↑ STLPR, "Secretary of State candidate Hoskins says Missouri should hand count ballots," April 4, 2024
- ↑ Valentina Gomez campaign website, "Meet Valentina," accessed May 10, 2024
- ↑ NBC News, "Missouri Republican candidate torches LGBTQ-inclusive books in viral video," February 7, 2024
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Valentina Gomez campaign website, "Turning Visions into Missions," accessed May 10, 2024
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 X, "Dean Plocher on March 26, 2024," March 26, 2024
- ↑ County of Greene, "Shane Schoeller," accessed May 12, 2024
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Shane Schoeller campaign website, "Home," accessed May 10, 2024
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Outside Spending," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ OpenSecrets.org, "Total Outside Spending by Election Cycle, All Groups," accessed December 12, 2021
- ↑ National Review.com, "Why the Media Hate Super PACs," December 12, 2021
- ↑ St. Louis Beacon, "Nixon, Kinder, Koster and Zweifel re-elected; Kander wins secretary of state race," November 7, 2012
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2012 Primary Election Results," August 8, 2012
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "Official Election Returns - State of Missouri General Election - 2008 General Election," accessed October 22, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money's report on Schoeller's 2008 campaign contributions
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 News Press Now, "Secretary of State candidate targets regulations," March 15, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ The Rolla Daily News, "Schoeller speaks in Rolla," March 6, 2012
- ↑ Americans for Tax Reform, "2011 State Legislative Signers of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge," accessed November 26, 2013
- ↑ St-Louis Beacon, "In race for secretary of state, Kander and Schoeller emphasize their differences," October 17, 2012
- ↑ "Lobbyists unhappy with Schoeller's legislation," News-Leader, February 5, 2010
- ↑ Project Vote Smart - Rep. Schoeller
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