The Missouri Weekly Labor Report from the Mo. AFL-CIO makes its 2025 debut here. We will be bringing this report to you as they are published. Enjoy!
New Year, New Session, New Government
The legislative session is back and that means it’s time for the 2025 return of the Missouri Labor update! Next week we’ll dive into some of the issues we expect to dominate the 2025 session, but as we get started with a new year let’s take a moment to meet the people that will shape the direction the state goes over the next few years.
The Stats
Missouri House of Representatives: 111 Republicans. 51 Democrats. (1 Vacancy)
The partisan breakdown stayed the same in the State House after the November elections with one Democrat Jamie Johnson (HD-12 Platte County) losing to Republican Mike Jones, and one Republican Chris Lonsdale (HD-38 Clay County) losing to Democrat Marty Jacobs. This means that Republicans start their 13th consecutive session with a “super-majority” meaning they have more than two-thirds of the seats.
Missouri Senate: 24 Republicans. 10 Democrats.
Republicans also maintained their super-majority in the Senate, where a swap of Republican Joe Nicola flipping SD-11 (Jackson County) and Democrat Stephen Webber flipping SD-19 (Boone County) resulted in a net change of zero seats.
Statewide: Republicans 8. Democrats 0.
With the reelection of Senator Hawley, the election of Governor Kehoe, and a clean sweep of the down-ballot races, Republicans continued their trend of winning every Statewide election since 2018.
The Key Players
Governor: Mike Kehoe was sworn in as our state’s 58th Governor on Monday. Kehoe, who received the AFL-CIO endorsement and significant labor support in his primary, has previously served 6 years as Lt. Governor and 8 years as State Senator from Cole County. During his inaugural speech, Governor Kehoe pledged to push for two of his top campaign issues, public safety, and economic growth.
