Jeanie Riddle

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Jeanie Riddle
Member of the Missouri State Senate
from the 10th district
Assumed office
2015
Preceded by Jolie Justus
member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 49th district
In office
2009–2015
Succeeded by Travis Fitzwater
Personal details
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Randy Riddle
Residence Mokane, Missouri
Alma mater Drury University
Profession Teacher, coach
Religion Baptist

Jeanie Riddle (born c. 1954) is an American politician from Missouri. A Republican, she served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 49th District in Callaway County. She is currently the Republican candidate for the 10th State Senate District which includes the counties of Audrain, Callaway, Lincoln, Monroe, Montgomery and Warren.

Personal history

Riddle is a 1972 graduate of McCluer High School in Florissant, Missouri. She received her higher education at Drury College in Springfield, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Education in 1976. Following college, she worked briefly in St. Louis in the accounting department of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. In 1977, Riddle and her husband Randy moved to Callaway County where she took a job as teacher and coach for the South Callaway R-II school district for 28 years. The Riddles have two grown children — a son and a daughter.

Political career

Riddle was first elected to the Missouri House in 2008. She ran unopposed and was reelected in 2010, and was once again reelected to the newly drawn 49th district in 2012.[1] She currently serves as Chair of the Rules Committee and is also a member of the Utilities committee and the Emerging Issues in Health Care committee.[2] In 2010, she was elected by her fellow caucus members to serve as the Assistant Majority Floor Leader through 2012.[3] In her first term, Riddle served as vice-chair of the Public Safety committee as well as a member of the Tax Reform, Energy and Environment committees, also the Appropriations-Public Safety and Corrections subcommittee.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/raceresults.asp?eid=300&oid=67569&arc=
  2. ↑ http://house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2014&district=049
  3. ↑ http://www.house.mo.gov/member.aspx?year=2011&district=020
  4. ↑ http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=104504


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