Jason Bean is an American politician and farmer serving as a member of the
Missouri Senate
The Missouri Senate is the upper chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 34 members, representing districts with an average population of 174,000. Its members serve four-year terms, with half the seats being up for election every two ye ...
from the 25th district. Elected in 2020, he assumed office on January 5, 2021.
Early life and education
Bean was raised in
Missouri Bootheel
The Missouri Bootheel is a salient located in the southeasternmost part of the U.S. state of Missouri, extending south of 36°30′ north latitude, so called because its shape in relation to the rest of the state resembles the heel of a boot. ...
region. He is a fifth-generation farmer and
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
native. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in agronomy and animal science from the
University of Missouri
The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in ...
.
Missouri State Senate
Bean operated a family farm. He was elected to the
Missouri Senate
The Missouri Senate is the upper chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 34 members, representing districts with an average population of 174,000. Its members serve four-year terms, with half the seats being up for election every two ye ...
in November 2020, placing first in the Republican primary and running unopposed in the general election. He assumed office on January 5, 2021. He is a self-described constitutional conservative who has frequently discussed "draining the swamp."
In 2021, he serves as the Vice Chairman of the Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoors Resources Committee, and Vice Chairman on the Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety
Committee Assignments
* Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources, Vice-Chairman
* Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy and the Environment
* Gubernatorial Appointments
* Local Government and Elections
* Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety, Vice-Chairman
* Joint Committee on Disaster Preparedness and Awareness
* Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight
* Missouri Commission on the Delta Regional Authority
* Missouri Southern States Energy Board
* Seismic Safety Commission
References
Living people
Republican Party Missouri state senators
University of Missouri alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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