Tim Taylor (Missouri)
Tim Taylor (Republican Party) is a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing District 48. He assumed office on January 6, 2021. His current term ends on January 8, 2025.
Taylor (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 48. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Republican primary on August 6, 2024.
Biography
Tim Taylor was born in Mexico, Missouri. Taylor served in the U.S. Air Force from 1987 to 1991. Taylor's career experience includes working as a firefighter and captain with the Columbia Fire Department in Columbia, Missouri, as an emergency medical technician, as a Fire Officer I and as a Fire Officer II, as a fire service instructor, and as a non-commissioned officer with the U.S. Air Force Security Police Academy. He has been affiliated with the Thoma-Tuttle Post 52 with the American Legion, with the National Rifle Association as an instructor, with the Wallace Masonic Lodge No. 456, with the Cooper County Historical Society, with the Cooper County Extension Council, with the Missouri Farm Bureau, with the Missouri River Steam Engine Association, with the Boonville Chamber of Commerce, with the Cooper County 4-H as an instructor, and with the Boonville FFA Booster Club.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Taylor was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Taylor was assigned to the following committees:
- Public Safety Committee
- Transportation Committee
- Veterans Committee
- Conservation and Natural Resources Committee
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 48
Incumbent Tim Taylor and Joseph Jefferies are running in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 48 on November 5, 2024.
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 | Joseph Jefferies (D) | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 48
Joseph Jefferies advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 48 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joseph Jefferies | 100.0 | 1,142 |
| Total votes: 1,142 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 48
Incumbent Tim Taylor advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 48 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tim Taylor | 100.0 | 5,824 |
| Total votes: 5,824 | |||
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2022
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 48
Incumbent Tim Taylor won election in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 48 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tim Taylor (R) | 100.0 | 11,759 |
| Total votes: 11,759 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 48
Incumbent Tim Taylor advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 48 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tim Taylor | 100.0 | 5,440 |
| Total votes: 5,440 | |||
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2020
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 48
Tim Taylor defeated Bill Betteridge in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 48 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tim Taylor (R) | 68.4 | 11,422 |
| Bill Betteridge (D) | 31.6 | 5,287 | |
| Total votes: 16,709 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 48
Bill Betteridge advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 48 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Betteridge | 100.0 | 1,572 |
| Total votes: 1,572 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 48
Tim Taylor defeated Don Baragary in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 48 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tim Taylor | 66.9 | 3,874 |
| Don Baragary | 33.1 | 1,913 | |
| Total votes: 5,787 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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I am a lifelong resident of mid-Missouri. After retiring last year from a career as a firefighter, and after spending most of my adult life in the service of others, I decided to run for public office. I will consider it the greatest honor to represent the people of my district.
I am a veteran, having served in the United States Air Force until I was honorably discharged after the first Gulf War. In 1991, I returned to Missouri and soon after coming home, I met the woman who would later become my wife. Dawn and I have been married now for 27 years and she is my best friend. Carter is our 15-year-old son and we are blessed to be a happy and healthy family.
We own Taylor's Bake Shop in Boonville. The business has been open now for 18 years. We reside on a farm south of town where we operate a small cow/calf operation and fatten a few hogs each year. We are avid outdoor enthusiasts and manage our farms for farming and wildlife.
Our love for the shooting sports, particularly archery, can be seen nearly every day. Carter competes in 4H archery and school programs weekly and I am a certified 4H and NASP archery instructor. We also enjoy firearms. I have been an NRA firearms instructor for over 20 years. I am also a 4H muzzleloader and Basic Air Riflery Instructor for the SAR school program.
Until recently, I served as president of the Cooper County Fair Board and was vice-chair of the Cooper County Extension Council.
- I believe in civility and respect for all. We may not agree on anything politically but we can agree to treat each other like human beings. We as a people have forgotten how to have a conversation and debate respectfully. I will treat everyone with the respect they deserve.
- I am a passionate defender of our natural rights. Those rights, life being the first, which are granted to us by our creator.
- Government is too big and too intrusive. Every form of bureaucracy, from the top to the bottom, should be trimmed or eliminated where possible.
I will protect the rights of the unborn.
I will remain a constant and vigilant defender of our rights and liberties.
I will reduce restrictions and enhance our Second Amendment rights.
I will work to eliminate roadblocks in the direct selling of farm products, retail and wholesale.
I will work for the expansion of rural broadband service while finding innovative ways to fund the process.
I will look for innovative ways to promote and fund vocational and technical education.
I will work to trim every form of bureaucracy, from top to bottom.
I will stand guard for my brothers and sisters in Emergency Services, and provide them with the most support available.
The 5000 Year Leap, Principles of Freedom 101. By Skousen.
Integrity
Good listener
Empathetic
Conviction to principles
I've been told that I am a good mediator. I have the ability to look at everything from several vantage points. People trust that when I make a decision, that decision was thought out and all sides of the issue were vetted. I am trusted as a man who is honest and keeps his word.
Vote in this order. Conscience, Constituents, Caucus.
The people of your district voted for you because of who you are. Don't stray from who you truly are.
Don't forget you were voted into office by people who expect you to represent their interests.
Stand united with your caucus if their stance is not in conflict with the first two items listed.
One of hard work, honesty, and dedication to the people who entrusted me to represent them.
The Watergate scandal. I was six and can remember my grandparents talking about President Nixon during a card party with some of their friends.
I worked as a carryout at a local grocery store when I was in high school. It lasted two years.
I do believe experience helps. I am a believer in term limits, however, I've come to realize that in Missouri politics today, the lobbyists have all of the institutional experience because of them.
The greatest issue will be funding. It has always been tough, but in the coming years we are going to be faced with paying for the ever increasing social programs. Hard decisions will have to be made and not everyone will like the outcome.
Yes. Relationships, preferably good ones, allow you to know the person. When you know the person, you can appreciate who they are and what drives them. It allows you to have empathy. Empathy helps the world survive.
I believe a bipartisan group should draw the lines and I believe communities should remain whole and not broken into slivers.
Budget
Conservation and Natural Resources
Transportation
Veterans Affairs
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2023
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In 2023, the Missouri State Legislature was in session from January 4 to May 12.
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2022
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In 2022, the Missouri State Legislature was in session from January 5 to May 13.
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2021
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In 2021, the Missouri State Legislature was in session from January 6 to May 14.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 1, 2020
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| Preceded by Dave Muntzel (R) |
Missouri House of Representatives District 48 2021-Present |
Succeeded by - |
