Tommie Pierson Sr. (born January 29, 1946) is an American politician from the

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. A member of the

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, Pierson represented the 66th district in the

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from 2011 until 2017. Pierson graduated from Beaumont High School in

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. He worked for General Motors and serves as a Baptist pastor. Pierson was elected to the Missouri House in the 2010 elections, and chaired the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus. He ran for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri in the 2016 election, but lost in the Democratic Party primary election to

Russ Carnahan John Russell Carnahan (; born July 10, 1958) is an American politician from the state of Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative for from 2005 to 2013. At the time, the district included the southern ...

. Pierson was succeeded by his son,

Tommie Pierson Jr. Tommie L. Pierson Jr. (born 1973) is an American pastor and politician who served as a Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2017 to 2021. He represented the 66th district, which covers parts of St. Louis County and the ...

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