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Clint Zweifel 45th State Treasurer of Missouri Incumbent Assumed office
January 12, 2009Preceded by Sarah Steelman Personal details Born November 3, 1973
St. Louis, Missouri, United StatesPolitical party Democratic Party Spouse(s) Janice Smith Children Selma Zweifel, Elma Zweifel Alma mater University of Missouri-St. Louis (B.A./M.B.A.) Profession Politician Website State Treasurer’s Website Clint Zweifel (born November 3, 1973), is an American politician from Missouri. He was elected as State Treasurer of Missouri on November 4, 2008 and was sworn into office on January 12, 2009, succeeding Republican Sarah Steelman. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Early life and career
Clint Zweifel was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in the surrounding communities of St. Louis County, Missouri, attending grade school in Florissant, Missouri and Hazelwood West High School in Hazelwood, Missouri.[1] The first member of his family to attend and graduate from college, he earned both a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and an MBA from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Prior to running for public office, Zweifel was the research and education director for Teamsters Local 688 where one of his chief responsibilities was advising members nearing retirement on their personal finances.
His wife, Janice, works with children with special needs in the public schools. They are parents to two adopted daughters, and live in Columbia, Missouri. [2]
Political career
Zweifel represented the 78th District in the Missouri House of Representatives. He first won election to the House of Representatives in 2002 by a 67-vote margin and earned the distinction of being the only Democrat in the state to defeat a Republican incumbent.
While in the House, Zweifel served three terms and led Democratic policy strategy and developed solutions to help Missouri families, developing proposals on early childhood education, helping seniors cope with property taxes and guarding citizen privacy. He was the ranking member on the Ways and Means Committee and the Special Committee on Tax Reform. He also served on the Special Committee on Retirement, the Joint Committee on Tax Policy, and the Special Committee on State Parks and Waterways.
He chaired the Missouri House Democratic Campaign Committee in 2006, leading all Missouri House candidate recruitment and fundraising efforts. The effort resulted in the largest Democratic net gain in the House since 1978.
In the 2008 election cycle, Zweifel won the Democratic primary for State Treasurer, topping a four-candidate field which included 2004 nominee and Arnold, Missouri Mayor Mark Powell, former state Department of Economic Development official Andria Danine Simckes and former Kansas City Mayor Charles Wheeler. He went on to defeat Republican State Senator Brad Lager in the general election. He is the youngest person elected to that office in over a century, celebrating his 35th birthday the day before he was elected.
Electoral History
2008 Race for State Treasurer of Missouri Party Candidate Votes % ±% Democratic Clint Zweifel 1,394,627 50.47 Republican Brad Lager 1,302,625 47.14 Constitution Rodney D. Farthing 66,062 2.39 References
- ^ "Hazelwood West High marching band to perform at gubernatorial event". Hazelwood School District. http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/news/Pages/HazelwoodWestHighmarchingbandtoperformatgubernatorialevent.aspx. Retrieved 2009-01-13.[dead link]
- ^ http://www.treasurer.mo.gov/ClintZweifelBio.aspx Missouri State Treasurer Clint Zweifel-About Clint
External links
- "About Clint" (clintformissouri.com)
- "Next Missouri state treasurer will be youngest ever, no matter who wins" (KY3.com)
Political offices Preceded by
Sarah SteelmanMissouri State Treasurer
2005–2009Succeeded by
IncumbentTreasurers of Missouri Didier • Simonds • Earickson • Walker • McClellan • Glover • Morrison • Bingham • Bishop • Dallmeyer • Hays • Salmon • Mercer • Gates • Chappell • Seibert • Noland • L. Stephens • Pitts • Williams • Gmelich • Cowgill • Deal • Middelkamp • Thompson • C. Stephens • Brunk • Nacy • Winn • Bell • Winn • Nacy • Morris • Bates • Morris • Carpenter • Morris • Robinson • Spainhower • Carnahan • Bailey • Holden • Farmer • Steelman • ZweifelCurrent State Treasurers of the United States AL: Young Boozer (R)
AK: Patrick Galvin (R)*
AR: Martha Shoffner (D)
AZ: Doug Ducey (R)
CA: Bill Lockyer (D)
CO: Walker Stapleton (R)
CT: Denise L. Nappier (D)
DE: Chip Flowers (D)
FL: Jeffrey Atwater (R)*
GA: Tommy Hills (R)HI: Georgina Kawamura (R)*
IA: Michael Fitzgerald (D)
ID: Ron Crane (R)
IL: Dan Rutherford (R)
IN: Richard Mourdock (R)
KS: Ron Estes (R)
KY: Todd Hollenbach (D)
LA: John Neely Kennedy (R)
MA: Steve Grossman (D)
MD: Nancy K. Kopp (D)ME: David Lemoine (D)
MI: Andy Dillon (D)
MN: Tom Hanson (R)*
MO: Clint Zweifel (D)
MS: Tate Reeves (R)
MT: Dan Bucks (D)*
NC: Janet Cowell (D)
ND: Kelly Schmidt (R)
NE: Don Stenberg (R)
NH: Catherine Provencher (D)NJ: Andrew Eristoff (R)
NM: James Lewis (D)
NV: Kate Marshall (D)
NY: Thomas DiNapoli (D)*
OH: Josh Mandel (R)
OK: Ken A. Miller (R)
OR: Ted Wheeler (D)
PA: Robert McCord (D)
RI: Gina M. Raimondo (D)
SC: Curtis M. Loftis, Jr. (R)SD: Vern Larson (R)
TN: David H. Lillard Jr. (R)
TX: Susan Combs (R)*
UT: Richard Ellis (R)
VA: Manju Ganeriwala (D)
VT: Beth Pearce (D)
WA: James L. McIntire (D)
WI: Kurt Schuller (R)
WV: John Perdue (D)
WY: Joe Meyer (R)*No treasurer in this state; closest equivalent listed Categories:- 1973 births
- Living people
- State treasurers of Missouri
- Members of the Missouri House of Representatives
- Missouri Democrats
- People from St. Louis County, Missouri
- People from Columbia, Missouri
- University of Missouri–St. Louis alumni
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