Jeff Knight (born 1968) is an American politician serving as a member of the

Missouri House of Representatives The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections ...

from the 129th district. He assumed office in February 2018.

Early life and education

Knight was born and raised in

Lebanon, Missouri Lebanon is a city in and the county seat of Laclede County in Missouri. The population was 14,474 at the time of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Laclede County. The Lebanon Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of Laclede County. Hi ...

. He attended the

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus Universit ...

and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in science education from

Southwest Missouri State University Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second largest university by enr ...

Career

After graduating from college, Knight worked as a teacher and coach in the

Ozark School District The Ozark School District #14 is a school district, public school district in western Arkansas, based in Ozark, Arkansas, serving most of northern Franklin County, Arkansas, Franklin County and a small portion of western Johnson County, Arkansas, ...

Nixa Public Schools Nixa Public Schools operates four elementary schools for students in kindergarten through fourth grade: Mathews, Espy, Century, and the newest, High Pointe (named so because it sits on the highest elevation in Christian County), opened in August ...

, Lebanon School District, and Camdenton School District for a combined 25 years. He has since worked as an auctioneer. Knight was elected to the

in a February 2018 special election.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Knight, Jeff Living people 1968 births People from Lebanon, Missouri Educators from Missouri Republican Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives Missouri State University alumni University of Missouri alumni