Ronald C. Auer (born January 24, 1950) is an American politician. Auer represented District 68 from 1977 to 1992 and (after redistricting) District 59 (a portion of
St. Louis City
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) in the
Missouri House of Representatives from 1993 to 2001. He is a
Democrat
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. Since 1992, he has been the party
committeeman for Ward 9 in St. Louis City.
Auer was elected to the Missouri House by special election in 1977. He served as chairman of the House Insurance Committee and as a member of the following committees: Appropriations—General Administration & Transportation; Labor; Retirement; and Transportation.
Formerly an insurance salesman, real estate salesman and teacher, Rep. Auer is today lobbyist for numerous health care firms operating in Missouri.
After leaving the legislature in 2001 and until 2005, Auer represented
Group Health Plan (GHP),
Coventry Health Care
Coventry Health Care, Inc. was a health insurer in the United States. It had 3.7 million medical members, 1.5 million Medicare Part D members, and 900,000 Medicaid members. In May 2013, the company was acquired by Aetna for $5.7 billion.
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, and
Healthcare USA, in Jefferson City. Since early 2006, he has been registered representative for
Cigna
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and
Aetna insurance companies. His home-based lobbying firm is called Auer & Associates.
For several years after leaving the legislature, Rep. Auer served as chairman and treasurer of Democratic Legislative District Committee 59, a political party committee which funneled monies to campaigns of Democratic elected officials such as Missouri governor
Bob Holden.
Rep. Auer has been a member of the following organizations: St. Pius V Catholic Church; the neighborhood associations of Tower Grove East, Benton Park West and Marine Villa; 3rd District Police Community Relations Association; and 9th Ward Democratic Organization.
He attended
St. Louis Community College at Forest Park and received a bachelor of science degree in education from
Southeast Missouri State University
Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) is a public university in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In addition to the main campus, the university has four regional campuses offering full degree programs and a secondary campus housing the Holland Col ...
.
Auer currently resides with his wife Ann (a lobbyist for the City of St. Louis from 1999 to 2001; and since 2001 for the
Missouri Growth Association
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) in the Tower Grove East neighborhood of St. Louis. They have four children: Tracy (40), Neal (38) - both from Ann's previous marriage - Amanda (25) and Lindsey (21).
Sources Official Biography - Year 2000 Legislative Session
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1950 births
Living people
Southeast Missouri State University alumni
Democratic Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives
Place of birth missing (living people)
Politicians from St. Louis