Jeanie Riddle is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the Missouri House of Representatives

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 31,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections held in even-numbered years.In 1992 Missouri...

 from the 20th District, serving Callaway County

Callaway County, Missouri

Callaway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is part of the Jefferson City, Missouri Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 44,332. Its county seat is Fulton. The county was organized in 1820. It was named for Capt. James Callaway, a grandson of...

. Riddle is also the Assistant Majority Floor Leader for the 96th General Assembly.

Personal history

Riddle is a 1972 graduate of McCluer High School in Florissant, Missouri. She received her higher education at Drury College in Springfield, earning a Bachelor's Degree in Education in 1976.[1] Following college she worked briefly in St. Louis in the accounting department of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. In 1977 Riddle and her husband moved to Callaway County where she took a job as teacher and coach for the South Callaway R-II school district, a job she held for 28 years. Riddle and husband Randy have two grown children, a son and a daughter.[2][3]

Political career

Riddle was first elected to the Missouri House in 2008. She ran unopposed and was reelected in 2010. In addition to serving as the Assistant Majority Floor Leader she also serves on the Ethics and Utilities committees. n her first term Riddle served as vice-chair of the Public Safety committee as well as a member of the Tax Reform, Energy and Environment committees, also the Appropriations-Public Safety and Corrections subcommittee.