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James Andreas Kreider (born June 24, 1955) is an American
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politician who served as Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives. Kreider was born in
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. He graduated from
Nixa Public High School Nixa High School is a public high school in Nixa, Missouri, United States. Nixa High School received the National Blue Ribbon in 2013 and 2022. It is ranked number thirty in the state and first in the Springfield metropolitan area by '' U.S. New ...
in 1973 and received a degree in agricultural business and economics 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 ...
. He was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives after redistricting in 1992, defeating longtime Republican legislator Don Gann. He was the first Democrat to represent Christian County, Missouri, since 1904 and the first Democrat to represent heavily Republican southwest Missouri since 1955. He became Speaker pro tempore in 1997 and Speaker in 2001. In 2002, he ran for the 20th district seat in the Missouri Senate, losing to Republican
Dan Clemens Dan J. Clemens (January 3, 1945 – July 22, 2019) was a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Missouri State Senate. Biography He was born in Webster County, Missouri, and educated in the schools of Marshfield, where he w ...
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