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Candidates › MO-07 race › 2025–2026
D Democratic nominee for U.S. House, MO-07
Has not served in Congress
5 priorities from missiformo.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
Invest in rural education and workforce training - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/protect-our-kids-future at this heading)
Provide workforce training grants in rural communities across manufacturing, healthcare, agriculture, and public utilities.
Fair Elections and Ending Gerrymandering - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/protect-our-kids-future at this heading)
Pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act to ban partisan gerrymandering and restore fair representation. Every Missouri kid should grow up knowing their vote counts equally, regardless of how lines are drawn.
Comprehensive Data Privacy for Children - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/protect-our-kids-future at this heading)
Implement strong data privacy standards (modeled on the GDPR) to protect how companies collect, store, and sell personal data, especially that of minors. Tech platforms shouldn’t be able to exploit our kids for profit.
Raise Teacher Pay - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/protect-our-kids-future at this heading)
Teacher wage penalty hit an all-time high of 26.9% in 2024, meaning that teachers earn over a quarter less than similarly educated peers in other professions. The above bill establishes a minimum $60,000 federal floor salary for public school teachers through state grant incentives.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · missiformo.com/protect-our-kids-future
Heading as listed on missiformo.com ↗ (opens missiformo.com at this heading)
Medicare for all who want it - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/healthcare-that-works-for-all at this heading)
Establish a public plan option open to all with a sliding scale based on income level, while still leaving private insurance intact.
Medicare Drug Price Negotiation - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/healthcare-that-works-for-all at this heading)
Expand Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug prices to 50 drugs/year and apply those lower prices to private insurance plans too. Missouri seniors and working families pay some of the highest drug prices in the developed world.
Politicians out of your Doctor's Office - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/healthcare-that-works-for-all at this heading)
Prohibit government restriction on the provision of and access to abortion services, including limiting a provider’s ability to prescribe certain drugs, offer services via telemedicine, or immediately provide services when the provider determines a delay risks the patient’s health.
Veterans’ Healthcare Access - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/healthcare-that-works-for-all at this heading)
Bill implements a three-year pilot program allowing veterans enrolled in the VA system to choose care at any provider in the covered care system (VA facilities, Veterans Community Care Program providers, or Veterans Care Agreement entities), removing location requirements that currently limit access.
Rural hospital stabilization - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/healthcare-that-works-for-all at this heading)
Authorizes the Secretary of HHS to make grants to rural hospitals to ensure residents of rural areas maintain access to hospital services, with a maximum of $5 million per hospital over any five-year period.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · missiformo.com/healthcare-that-works-for-all
Heading as listed on missiformo.com ↗ (opens missiformo.com at this heading)
Right-to-repair - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/support-our-farmers-and-natural-resources at this heading)
Guarantee farmers, small businesses, and consumers the right to repair their own equipment. Ban “parts pairing” software that forces expensive manufacturer-only repairs.
Protect U.S. farmland from foreign adversaries - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/support-our-farmers-and-natural-resources at this heading)
Ban adversarial foreign governments (including China) from purchasing American farmland. Establish a Beneficial Ownership registry to prevent shell companies from hiding foreign ownership.
Oppose AI Data Centers - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/support-our-farmers-and-natural-resources at this heading)
Impose a moratorium on new AI Data Centers and require the Secretary of Energy to report on each facility’s water usage, energy usage and infrastructure needs, greenhouse gas emissions, wastewater discharge, cooling chemicals, and noise levels.
Crop Insurance Reform - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/support-our-farmers-and-natural-resources at this heading)
Amend the federal crop insurance program to increase the premium assistance rate for beginning and veteran farmers and ranchers. Raise the additional percentage added to the assistance rate from the current 10 points to 15 percentage points in the first and second reinsurance years.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · missiformo.com/support-our-farmers-and-natural-resources
Heading as listed on missiformo.com ↗ (opens missiformo.com at this heading)
Release the Epstein files - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/bring-accountability-back-to-our-government at this heading)
Mandate the full, unredacted release of all documents, including those hidden by previous partial releases.
Ban Congressional Stock Trading - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/bring-accountability-back-to-our-government at this heading)
Former members of Congress should be banned for life from becoming registered lobbyists. The revolving door has corrupted Washington for decades.
Audit the Pentagon (Cut waste and fraud) - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/bring-accountability-back-to-our-government at this heading)
The Pentagon has never passed a full, independent audit. Demand one and use the findings to eliminate waste and redirect savings toward veterans, infrastructure, and working families.
Lifetime lobbying ban for members of Congress - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/bring-accountability-back-to-our-government at this heading)
Former members of Congress should be banned for life from becoming registered lobbyists. The revolving door has corrupted Washington for decades.
Ban corporate PACs and dark money - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/bring-accountability-back-to-our-government at this heading)
Prohibit for-profit corporations from forming PACs and require immediate disclosure of large donors. Work toward overturning Citizens United.
Congressional term limits - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/bring-accountability-back-to-our-government at this heading)
Establish term limits for members of Congress. Career politicians who have spent decades in Washington are not accountable to the people who sent them there.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · missiformo.com/bring-accountability-back-to-our-government
Heading as listed on missiformo.com ↗ (opens missiformo.com at this heading)
Ban Junk Fees - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/affordability-for-all at this heading)
Require all-in price transparency for travel, tickets, utilities, and everyday purchases. Ban dynamic pricing once a price is shown to the customer. Southwest Missouri families deserve to know what things actually cost.
Fund and protect Social Security - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/affordability-for-all at this heading)
Lift the wage cap on Social Security contributions and apply the tax to investment income for earners over $400k. Missouri’s 7th District has the third highest number of Social Security beneficiaries in the state – Social Security is their lifeline, and we must protect it.
Paid Family and Medical Leave - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/affordability-for-all at this heading)
Guarantee 12 weeks of paid leave through a payroll insurance fund while prohibiting any employer from firing a worker for taking it. In our district, working parents shouldn’t have to choose between a paycheck and their family.
Close Tax Loopholes to End Billionaire Welfare - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/affordability-for-all at this heading)
Reclassify “carried interest” as ordinary income and establish a minimum tax for billionaires.
Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores - READ THE BILL ↗ (opens missiformo.com/affordability-for-all at this heading)
The Stop Price Gouging in Grocery Stores Act of 2026 prohibits the use of surveillance pricing in grocery stores. It also makes it illegal to sell items at prices considered “grossly excessive,” with violations enforceable by the FTC and states’ AGs, and grants consumers the right to pursue legal action.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · missiformo.com/affordability-for-all
Heading as listed on missiformo.com ↗ (opens missiformo.com at this heading)
FEC filings, Jan 30, 2025 to Jul 15, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00859140
44¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 7 reports ($22.1K of $50.5K). Cash on hand went from $4.1K on Mar 31, 2025 to $33.5K on Jul 15, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
|---|---|---|---|
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2025 through Mar 31, 2025 | $29 | $1,020 | $4,146 |
| JULY QUARTERLY 2025 through Jun 30, 2025 | $3,003 | $2,210 | $4,939 |
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025 | $2,077 | $2,786 | $4,230 |
| YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025 | $10,006 | $3,727 | $10,508 |
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026 | $15,188 | $5,247 | $20,449 |
| JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026 | $20,237 | $4,743 | $35,943 |
| PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through Jul 15, 2026 | $0 | $2,400 | $33,543 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 3 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 4 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $2.3K.
11 endorsers listed on Missi Hesketh’s own campaign site: 1 official, 2 unions, 7 organizations, 1 person.
This is the campaign's claim, checked by an editor against its page; the endorsers have not confirmed it to us. Each name opens the campaign’s page with that name highlighted.
U.S. Congress
“I’m proud to endorse Missi Hesketh’s exciting and surging campaign”
Labor Union
Union Federation
Political Action Committee
Democratic Organization
Democratic Organization
National Women's Political Caucus
Multi-Partisan Organization
Political Action Committee
Advocacy Group
Advocacy Group
Republican Candidate for District 7
“It was her willingness to listen.”
Election not held yet · Full results ↗
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Official FEC filing record for the current cycle. The priorities they publish are quoted from their own site, in their order.
Statements are quoted from these pages exactly. Headings, order and wording are the campaign’s; the record marking is ours.
The 4 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 4 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $3.3K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Total reported receipts $50,540
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. Open a source marked + to see who gave. FEC filings through Jul 15, 2026.
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100% of the money placed by state came from inside Missouri: $2.3K of $2.3K.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 4 contributions · 100% | $2,320 |
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 1 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an employer · 2 contributions · 66% of ranked | $1,520 |
| Written instead of an employer · 1 contribution · 22% of ranked | $500 |
| 1 contribution · 13% of ranked | $300 |
Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($26,365) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| 1 contribution · 63% of ranked | $500 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 1 contribution · 38% of ranked | $300 |
A further $1,520 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($26,365) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
Total itemized disbursements $7,340
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Jul 15, 2026.
All 13 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 1 payment · 9% of all spending | $2,000 |
| 2 payments · 3.8% of all spending | $841 |
| 1 payment · 3.3% of all spending | $729 |
| 1 payment · 3% of all spending | $657 |
| 1 payment · 2.5% of all spending | $558 |
| 1 payment · 2.3% of all spending | $500 |
| 1 payment · 2.1% of all spending | $466 |
| 1 payment · 1.8% of all spending | $400 |
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.