Allen Andrews (politician)

{{short description|American Republican politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix =

| name = Allen Andrews

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| state_house = Missouri

| district = 1st

| term_start = January 7, 2015

| term_end = January 4, 2023

| predecessor = Mike Thompson

| successor = Jeff Farnan

| prior_term =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|2|5}}

| birth_place = St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.

| spouse = Robin Andrews

| residence = Grant City, Missouri, U.S.

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| party = Republican

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Allen Andrews (born February 5, 1967) is an American Republican politician and business owner. Before entering politics Andrews operated the Wool Shop, a company specializing in wool cleaning products. Andrews represented the 1st district in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2015 to 2023, and served as Majority Whip from 2021-2023. In 2022 Missouri Governor Mike Parson appointed Andrews as the Director of the Division of Employment Security (the state's unemployment insurance agency){{Cite web |title=Division of Employment Security {{!}} Missouri labor: About the Director |url=https://labor.mo.gov/des |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Missouri Department of Labor & Industrial Relations}} within the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.{{Cite web |title=Andrews begins work as House majority whip |url=http://www.maryvilleforum.com/news/election_2020/andrews-begins-work-as-house-majority-whip/article_f791bda2-51be-11eb-bf5b-8f2ab982fdd3.html |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=The Maryville Forum |language=en}}{{cite web|title=Representative Allen Andrews|url=http://www.house.mo.gov/bio.aspx?year=2015&district=001|publisher=Missouri House of Representatives|access-date=27 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=Allen Andrews|url=http://ballotpedia.org/Allen_Andrews|publisher=Ballotpedia|access-date=27 April 2015}}{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Stuart |date=2022-11-08 |title=Representative Allen Andrews Receives Appointment |url=https://www.northwestmoinfo.com/local-news/representative-allen-andrews-receives-appointment/ |access-date=2023-01-22 |website=Northwest MO Info |language=en-US}}

Missouri House of Representatives

= Committee assignments =

Electoral history

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Allen Andrews

|votes = 4,024

|percentage = 63.86%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Robert Parshall

|votes = 1,167

|percentage = 18.52%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Kathy DeVault

|votes = 642

|percentage = 10.19%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Stan Sportsman

|votes = 468

|percentage = 7.43%

|change =

}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Allen Andrews

|votes = 7,479

|percentage = 79.50%

|change = -20.50

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Robert Ritterbusch

|votes = 1,929

|percentage = 20.50%

|change = +20.50

}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Allen Andrews

|votes = 14,022

|percentage = 100.00%

|change = +20.50

}}

{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives Election, November 6, 2018, District 1{{cite web|title=All Results; Official Results| url=https://enrarchives.sos.mo.gov/enrnet/?eid=750004333|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|access-date=May 9, 2020}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Allen Andrews

|votes = 10,023

|percentage = 78.95%

|change = -21.05

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Paul Taylor

|votes = 2,672

|percentage = 21.05%

|change = +21.05

}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Allen Andrews

|votes = 14,724

|percentage = 100.00%

|change = -21.05

}}

References

External links

{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://woolshop.com/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Wool Shop |language=en-US}}. Wool Shop, Andrews' former company.

Category:1967 births

Category:Living people

Category:Politicians from St. Joseph, Missouri

Category:Republican Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives

Category:People from Grant City, Missouri

Category:21st-century members of the Missouri General Assembly