Five Missouri Progressives for Re-Election to State House
This November, Missouri voters have a chance to send proven progressive voices back to Jefferson City.
Our Revolution is proud to support the re-election of Wick Thomas, Adrian Plank, Elizabeth “Lilly” Fuchs, Ray Reed, and Jeremy Dean — five state representatives who bring different experiences to the Capitol but share a commitment to working people and communities too often shut out of political power.
From workers’ rights and public education to reproductive freedom, LGBTQ+ equality, affordable healthcare, and housing, these are fights that are being decided in statehouses across America. Here are five Missouri representatives running to keep that work going.
Wick Thomas — House District 19
Wick Thomas is a lifelong Missourian, librarian, community advocate, and longtime champion for Kansas City’s young people. Their campaign is rooted in strengthening public schools and libraries, defending reproductive freedom and LGBTQ+ communities, supporting unions and small businesses, and making healthcare and housing more affordable.
Wick has also pledged to keep fighting book bans and discrimination while protecting the right of working people to organize and earn a fair wage.
Adrian Plank — House District 47
Adrian Plank knows firsthand what a union can mean for a working family. After losing his small business during the Great Recession, Adrian became a union carpenter and helped organize the successful fight against Missouri’s so-called “Right-to-Work” law.
That working-class experience remains at the heart of his politics. Adrian is fighting for workers’ right to organize, reproductive freedom, LGBTQ+ rights, gun-safety measures, community solar, and more sustainable agriculture.
Elizabeth “Lilly” Fuchs — House District 80
Elizabeth “Lilly” Fuchs is an advocate, educator, and unapologetic champion for LGBTQ+ Missourians. Before running for office, she spent years working in education and organizing for equality — experiences she has brought with her to Jefferson City.
Lilly’s priorities include protecting abortion and contraception access, fully funding public schools, expanding healthcare access, defending LGBTQ+ rights, and protecting workers’ right to bargain and organize.
Ray Reed — House District 83
Ray Reed represents a new generation of leadership in the Missouri House, and his campaign says he has used his first term to speak out against attacks on reproductive freedom, LGBTQ+ families, and public education.
Ray describes the coalition behind his campaign as one built by workers, young people, teachers, and advocates for fundamental freedoms — and he’s running to keep that coalition represented in Jefferson City.
Jeremy Dean — House District 132
Jeremy Dean is a lifelong Springfield resident and community advocate whose path to the State House ran through healthcare and nonprofit work. Before being elected in 2024, he worked as a caregiver for people with developmental disabilities, in an OB/GYN clinic, and with a local nonprofit creating pathways to homeownership.
In office, Jeremy says he has fought to lower costs, expand safe and accessible housing, secure fair pay for workers, fully fund public schools, and protect healthcare and bodily autonomy. He also supports collective bargaining and an economy that invests in workers and local communities rather than simply benefiting large corporations.
Keep Building Progressive Power in Missouri
These five representatives show why building power in state legislatures matters.
The decisions made in Jefferson City touch nearly every part of people’s lives — their schools, wages, healthcare, housing, workplaces, and fundamental freedoms. And lasting political change means electing progressives and keeping them there to continue the fight.
When we organize, we win.
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