| Ann Wagner | |||
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| U.S. Representative from Missouri's 2nd Congressional District From: January 3, 2013 – present | |||
| Predecessor | Todd Akin | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
| Former United States Ambassador to Luxembourg From: August 16, 2005 – June 27, 2009 | |||
| President | George W. Bush Barack Obama | ||
| Predecessor | Peter Terpeluk | ||
| Successor | Cynthia Stroum | ||
| Former Chair of the Missouri Republican Party From: 1999 – 2005 | |||
| Predecessor | Woody Cozad | ||
| Successor | Doug Russell | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Raymond Wagner | ||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||
Ann Louise Wagner (born September 13, 1962 in St. Louis (age 61) is a diplomat and Moderate Republican currently representing Missouri's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, having been elected to the seat in 2012 to replace the retiring conservative Todd Akin when the latter ran for Senate then. She had previously served as the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 2005 to 2009 under the Bush and Obama administrations.
Wagner reported in mid-June 2017 that she had received five death threats.[1] (see: Left-wing violence in the Trump era)
U.S. House of Representatives
2012 election
Following conservative U.S. representative Todd Akin's announcement in 2012 that he would not seek re-election to another House term and instead run for Senate,[2] Wagner announced her run for the seat.[Citation Needed] She easily won the general election with 60% of the votes cast.[3]
2014 election
Wagner was re-elected in the 2014 midterm elections by a massive margin over Democrat opponent Arthur Lieber.[4]
2016 election
Rep. Wagner was re-elected in 2016 with 58.5% of the vote.[5] Coinciding with the presidential election that year, Donald Trump had also won the district, though by a considerably smaller margin over Hillary Clinton.[6] Wagner had voiced opposition to Trump then.[7]
2018 election
Having faced a tough re-election fight in the 2018 Midterms, Wagner was re-elected by only a four-point margin.[8]
Tenure
Wagner introduced the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in early February 2019.[9]
Rep. Wagner voted in late July 2020 to remove Civil War-era statues, joining 71 other House Republicans and all Democrats.[10]
In mid-September 2020, Wagner voted in favor of legislation sponsored by far-left Democrat Grace Meng to condemn the use of the term "Chinese virus" as being "racist".[11]
2020 election
Wagner is faced a tough re-election fight in 2020. She represents an affluent district becoming increasingly liberal as the Republican Party otherwise moves in a populist direction. However, House Republicans have started initiatives to prevent suburbs from potentially shifting towards the Democratic Party.[12]
In November 2023, Representative Wagner joined sixty-nine other Republicans to vote to establish a new $300 million building to house the FBI, despite reservations raised by conservatives about the fairness of the agency.[13]
See also
- Susan W. Brooks, U.S. representative from Indiana's 5th district
References
- ↑ Before Scalise shooting, Wagner had reported five death threats to Capitol Police
- ↑ Conservative Todd Akin Announces Run For Senate Against Far Left Democrat Claire McCaskill
- ↑ Missouri's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012 - Ballotpedia
- ↑ Missouri's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014
- ↑ Missouri U.S. House 2nd District Results: Ann Wagner Wins
- ↑ Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index
- ↑ Republican women are done with Trump
- ↑ Missouri Election Results: Second House District
- ↑ House Republicans Re-Introduce Born-Alive Act to Protect Babies from Infanticide
- ↑ The List: 72 Republicans Vote with Democrats to Remove Civil War-Era Memorabilia from U.S. Capitol
- ↑ Roll Call 193 | Bill Number: H. Res. 90
- ↑ House Republicans Fight Back Against GOP Decline in Suburbs
- ↑ J. D. Rucker (November 9, 2023). Here Is a List of 70 RINOs Who Just Voted to Reward the Weaponized FBI With a Lavish New $300 Million Building. The Liberty Daily.
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