Tony Lovasco is a

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member of the

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. He represents the 64th district, which as of 2022 encompasses a portion of northwest St. Charles counties, including a northern part of Wentzville, much of northern O'Fallon, and

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. Lovasco was elected to the Missouri House in November 2018.

Education and career

Lovasco is a lifelong St. Charles County resident and graduated in 2003 from Duchesne High School in St. Charles. He has attended the

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. Since his high school graduation, Lovasco has worked in sales for a surplus IT disposition company and has much experience with

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deployment and maintenance.

Politics

Lovasco is active in local Republican organizations, serving as a committeeman and board member. After district 64 representative

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resigned in August 2018 to take a job in Governor Parson's administration, Lovasco was appointed by local Republicans to replace Cornejo on the November ballot. Lovasco defeated Democrat Shawn Finklein in the 2018 general election. On May 29, 2020, Lovasco made national news when, during national protests over the

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by a Minneapolis policeman during an arrest four days earlier, he stated on

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that "Looters deserve to be shot...But not by Government. #2A." Lovasco defeated Democratic challenger Aaliyah Bailey in November 2020, with over 68 percent of the vote. In response to the removal of a statue of

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general Robert E. Lee in

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, Lovasco tweeted on September 9, 2021, that removal of statues of "reprehensible people" should be "fair and balanced", with an included image of the

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Legislative assignments

Representative Lovasco serves on the following committees: * Downsizing State Government * Ways and Means In 2020, Lovasco was a member of a special committee on Criminal Justice.

Electoral history

References

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