Burlington Junction Businessman Jasper Logan, a Republican, filed to run for State Representative on Tuesday at the James C. Kirkpatrick State Information Center in Jefferson City.
Logan, who announced his candidacy last June, is seeking the Republican Party’s nomination to represent State House District 1 in the General Assembly. As a result of redistricting changes completed in January, House District 1 includes the entirety of Atchison, Gentry, Holt and Nodaway counties in Northwest Missouri. Worth and Harrison counties will be in District 2.
“I’m excited to meet more voters across all four counties in the coming months, and get to know what matters to you,” Logan said. “Many of the folks I’ve met across Northwest Missouri share my Conservative values. We’re ready to end the mandates for good and get back to normal. We want a Representative who will fix our education system and get rid of the Critical Race Theory indoctrination in the classroom, we want secure elections, and we need someone who will stand up for the Second Amendment and the lives of the unborn. That’s me. I’m ready to get to work and Keep Missouri Great.”
Logan owns and operates two e-commerce businesses and has been involved in Republican Party politics for several years. In addition to serving as President of the College Republicans chapter at Northwest Missouri State University, Logan worked for several campaigns and previously served as Director of Northwest Missouri Conservatives, which successfully campaigned to pass Constitutional Amendment 3 in 2020.
Amendment 3, which is now in the Missouri Constitution, requires that existing communities be kept together whenever possible in redistricting, and creates a bipartisan commission of ten Republicans and ten Democrats to draw the new state legislative maps, rather than a single person appointed by the Democratic State Auditor.
Logan says that if Amendment 3 had not passed, rural communities may have been split up and stretched into districts with Democratic-leaning urban areas.
“In 2020, I led the fight to protect our rural representation from out-of-state liberal interest groups,” Logan said. “As your State Representative, you can count on me to continue standing up for our Northwest Missouri communities every day.”
The primary election will take place on August 2nd. Incumbent Rep. Allen Andrews (R - Grant City) is ineligible to seek re-election due to term limits. As the result of a random drawing, Logan’s name will appear first on the ballot. More information about Jasper Logan can be found at his website, www.jasper.gop.
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