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Christopher Reichard
D Democratic nominee for U.S. House, MO-08
Has not served in Congress
- On the ballot
- On the general election ballotNov 3, 2026 · Missouri US House 8
- Where to vote
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- Top priorities
- Support Working Families
- Stand Up For Our Veterans
- Healthcare & Education
- Bringing Real Accountability
- Money
- $28K raised, $21.3K spent, $6.7K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 60% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 99% from Missouri · largest committee giver BALANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY PAC (BAC PAC), $150
- Backed by
- Missouri AFL-CIO · Indivisible SEMO · Southeast Missouri DSA and 7 more. As the campaign lists them
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The working class is falling behind, and MO-08—Missouri's poorest and most rural district—is feeling the pressure hardest. Families here can't afford more costs piled on top of farming challenges, healthcare accessibility or outdated infrastructure.
- Back pro-labor bills like the PRO Act to protect lower- and middle-class families by strengthening worker rights against employers, banning union-busting tactics, and ensuring fair bargaining for better pay and safer conditions.
- Address trade, tariffs, and cuts from DOGE and the 'Big, Beautiful Bill': Recent shake-ups have backfired in our rural district. Tariffs and soured trade deals added ~$2,400/yr to average family costs (up to $4,000+ for farming families hit by export losses and higher inputs). Add impacts from DOGE workforce slashes and the 'Big Beautiful Bill' provisions, and families face another ~$1,500/year in higher utilities, health, and food costs. We need fair trade that protects American workers, small businesses and farmers—not policies that hurt them.
Don't let labels like "progressive" divide us. Progressive issues are working-class issues: stronger unions, lower family costs, and politicians who put people first.
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Our veterans served for us—and now their benefits are under attack. In Missouri's 8th District, where too many rural veterans wait too long for care, we can't let that stand. As a disabled Iraq War veteran, I know the sacrifice firsthand. Pending legislation and actions deserve full support to deliver what was promised:
- The Major Richard Star Act — Ensuring combat-injured veterans receive both their earned military retirement and VA disability benefits, without offsets that force impossible choices after great sacrifice.
- The Full Cost of War Act — Requiring Congress to authorize VA funding for veterans' care before any declaration of war or use of military force—because we must account for the human and financial toll upfront.
- Restoring cut VA positions — Reversing reductions in an already overworked, understaffed VA system so veterans get the timely, quality care they deserve—not longer wait times or backlogs.
*As a product of forever wars, I support diplomacy first and foremost.
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Traveling across Missouri's 8th District the two issues that came up the most were Healthcare and Education. Dozens of Missouri's rural hospitals are at extreme risk of closing. One third of Missouri's public schools have moved to 4-day school weeks. Both are severely underfunded. The worst part -- there are dozens of bills stalled in Congress that would fix these issues including:
- Medicare-For-All and several stepping stone bills to get us there without shocking the system.
- Breaking up medical monopolies where a single company owns everything from the insurance to medication and even physicians leaving zero room for negotiation.
- Funding rural healthcare including hospitals and clinics.
- Ending private education vouchers systems that have been taking resources away from public education.
- Creating fair wages and incentives to retain our educators.
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Documented abuses of our freedoms are growing at a rapid pace, while power consolidates unchecked. In Missouri's 8th District, where rural families value hard work, independence, and constitutional rights, we must fight back.
- Restore and reinforce checks and balances among our three co-equal branches of government. This is not a land for authoritarians or kings—power must answer to the people.
- Hold those in power accountable for trampling rights. No one is above the law—whether in Washington or local agencies.
- Push to de-fund and abolish ICE. Immigration reform may be needed, but the brutal tactics performed by ICE are inexcusable. We deserve an enforcement system that respects rights and follows due process.
- Join coalitions like Take BAC Congress - National candidates from across 40 states pledged to end Citizens United, pushing an enforceable code of ethics for the Supreme Court, and checking career politicians by setting Congressional Term limits with a moratorium on lobbying plus banning stock trading.
Our government is meant to be by the people, for the people. Getting dark money controlled by the millionaires and billionaires, foreign interests groups and corporations will put us back on that path!
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