Adela Wisdom
Adela Wisdom (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri's 3rd Congressional District. She lost in the Republican primary on August 4, 2020.
Wisdom completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Wisdom was a Republican candidate for the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 43. Wisdom lost the primary on August 7, 2018.
Elections
2020
See also: Missouri's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020
Missouri's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Republican primary)
Missouri's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (August 4 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Missouri District 3
Incumbent Blaine Luetkemeyer defeated Megan Rezabek, Leonard Steinman II, and Thomas Clapp in the general election for U.S. House Missouri District 3 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) | 69.4 | 282,866 |
 | Megan Rezabek (D) | 28.5 | 116,095 | |
 | Leonard Steinman II (L) | 2.0 | 8,344 | |
 | Thomas Clapp (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 43 | |
| Total votes: 407,348 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 3
Megan Rezabek defeated Dennis Oglesby in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Missouri District 3 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Megan Rezabek | 66.8 | 27,826 |
 | Dennis Oglesby | 33.2 | 13,801 | |
| Total votes: 41,627 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Katy Geppert (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 3
Incumbent Blaine Luetkemeyer defeated Brandon Wilkinson, Lynette Trares, Jeffrey Nowak, and Adela Wisdom in the Republican primary for U.S. House Missouri District 3 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Blaine Luetkemeyer | 74.8 | 80,627 |
 | Brandon Wilkinson | 14.8 | 15,901 | |
 | Lynette Trares | 3.9 | 4,197 | |
 | Jeffrey Nowak | 3.3 | 3,517 | |
 | Adela Wisdom | 3.2 | 3,485 | |
| Total votes: 107,727 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 3
Leonard Steinman II advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Missouri District 3 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Leonard Steinman II | 100.0 | 627 |
| Total votes: 627 | |||
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2018
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2018
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 43
Kent Haden defeated Jamie Blair in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 43 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kent Haden (R) | 72.6 | 9,143 |
 | Jamie Blair (D) | 27.4 | 3,442 | |
| Total votes: 12,585 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 43
Jamie Blair advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 43 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jamie Blair | 100.0 | 1,678 |
| Total votes: 1,678 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 43
Kent Haden defeated Ed Lockwood and Adela Wisdom in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 43 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Kent Haden | 78.7 | 3,635 |
| Ed Lockwood | 10.8 | 498 | |
| Adela Wisdom | 10.5 | 486 | |
| Total votes: 4,619 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Adela Wisdom completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wisdom's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My name is Adela Wisdom and I am running for US Representative 3rd District of Missouri. I live in Williamsburg in Callaway County on 8 acres that I bought from my family. I am married to Aaron Wisdom. I am a Constitutional Republican. I am a federally recognized Native American from the Cherokee Tribe of Talequah Oklahoma. I am 42 years old. I was born at Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, California on March 7, 1977.
- Judicial Reform
- Constitutional Rights
- Ending Cannabis Prohibition
I am passionate about so many issues from judicial reform, to protecting our Constitutional Rights, including Term Limits.
I look up to activist and advocates for standing up and fighting for what they believe in. I want to follow those examples - to fight for what I believe in.
The first historical event I went to that I remember was in Hawaii when they opened a memorial for Pearl Harbor I was 9 years old.
My very first job was working at a local gas station. I had that job for 3 years.
Yes, I do believe that two years is the right term length for representatives.
I support term limits.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
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- Campaign Facebook page
- Campaign Twitter page
- Campaign Instagram page
- Campaign Facebook page (2018 state legislative election)
- Personal Facebook page
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