Brad Lager

Brad Lager is a lifelong resident of northwest Missouri. After graduation from Northeast Nodaway High School (Ravenwood) in 1993,{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.mo.gov/07info/members/bios/bio12.htm|title=Biography for Senator Lager|publisher=Missouri State Senate website|accessdate=2011-11-16}} he attended Northwest Missouri State University. Lager graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in computer management systems in 1997. During his five years between college and running for political office, Lager worked for Northwest Missouri Cellular as General Manager.

Lager was the owner of the now dissolved LMS Communications [https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/Corp.asp?611643] and is a co-owner of Lager Car Wash.{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/39903|title=Brad Lager Summary|publisher= Project Vote Smart website|year=2011|accessdate=2011-11-17}} Lager spent five years working as a senior strategic analyst in health e-services for Cerner Corporation, a large healthcare information technology company.{{cite web|url=http://www.ingramsonline.com/Apr_2010/Images%20and%20Articles/40%20Under%20Forty/forty4.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502112654/http://www.ingramsonline.com/Apr_2010/Images%20and%20Articles/40%20Under%20Forty/forty4.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-05-02|title=Forty under 40|publisher=Ingram's Business Magazine online|year=2010|accessdate=2011-11-17}} He is currently the President of Herzog Technologies, Inc. and the Executive-Vice President for William E Herzog Enterprises, Inc., the holding company for all of the Herzog Companies. Senator Lager and his wife Stephanie reside near Savannah, Missouri with their daughter Addison and son Andrew.{{cite web|url=http://bradlager.com/Groups/1000060867/Brad_Lager/About_Brad/About_Brad.aspx|title=About Brad|publisher=Brad Lager for Lieutenant Governor website|accessdate=2011-11-16|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120714154249/http://bradlager.com/Groups/1000060867/Brad_Lager/About_Brad/About_Brad.aspx|archivedate=2012-07-14}}

Brad Lager's career in politics began in 2001, at age 25, when he was elected to the Maryville City Council, becoming the city's youngest councilmember ever.{{cite web|url=http://www.senate.mo.gov/11info/Members/D12/bio.htm|title=Senator Lager Biography|publisher=Missouri State Senate website|year=2011|accessdate=2011-11-17}} Shortly thereafter, in 2002, Lager was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives from the 4th District after defeating Democrat Larry Dougan.{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/raceresults.asp?eid=87&oid=24560&arc=1|title=2002 Missouri Election Results|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State online archives|year=2011|accessdate=2011-11-17}} He would run unopposed for reelection in 2004. Brad Lager served as the House Budget Chairman in 2005 and moved from the House to the Missouri Senate in 2006 after defeating Democrat James W. Neely by over 11,000 votes.{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/raceresults.asp?eid=189&oid=43292&arc=1|title=2006 Missouri Election Results|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State online archives|year=2011|accessdate=2011-11-17}} Lager ran statewide for Treasurer in 2008 and lost to Democrat Clint Zweifel.[https://archive.today/20130130234541/http://ozarksfirst.com/fulltext?nxd_id=78861] Lager would run unopposed in 2010 to win reelection to his State Senate seat.

According to the Missouri Ethics Commission, as a state senator, Senator Lager received two $100,000.00 donations from two contributors on September 28, 2010 and September 30, 2010.{{cite web|title=Missouri Ethics Commission – COMMITTEE DISCLOSURE REPORT |url=http://www.mec.mo.gov/CampaignFinanceReports/CFFilerPDFs/FullReport/FullReport.aspx?CDRCP_id=17548&MECID=C091011&MyYear=2010&Com=CITIZENS%20FOR%20BRAD%20LAGER|publisher=Missouri Ethics Commission|year=2011|accessdate=2012-01-07}}

Additionally, Lager's bid for Lieutenant Governor has been largely funded by two prominent Republican donors, The Humphreys Family (Tamko Building Products). Together and through their respective businesses, Humphreys have donated about $700,000 to Lager's campaign.{{cite web|title=January Quarterly|url=http://mec.mo.gov/CampaignFinanceReports/Generator.aspx?Keys=B2G41dEVPKgI8cDcdGFsgJsm99XwPL2GNvB1krHfuIdP2h6sOAX4k5hyHzopR+eDtMBkBUvl6TCcMbQMCgE6hJOdKs1UDJmc}}{{cite web|title=April Quarterly|url=http://mec.mo.gov/CampaignFinanceReports/Generator.aspx?Keys=B2G41dEVPKgI8cDcdGFsgJsm99XwPL2GvRapAG3ZUHs9hS5Pke5OWpm298avOO4Kx+qS7ZbnGaTSmcqtgGCD4j2NkpakIQxx}}

In 2005, Lager was removed as Chairman of the House Budget Committee. Then Speaker of the House Rod Jetton stripped Lager of his chairmanship for Lager's refusal to work with Republican leadership to craft a consensus budget. Jetton cited "differences in priorities" in his decision to remove Lager.{{cite web | url=http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kwmu/news.newsmain/article/0/0/844423/KWMU.News/Missouri.House.Budget.chairman.ousted | title=Missouri House Budget chairman ousted | work=publicbroadcasting.net}}{{cite web|title=Brad Lager gets his pork butt handed to him by angry Savannah residents|url=http://www.pitch.com/plog/archives/2011/02/21/brad-lager-gets-his-pork-butt-handed-to-him-by-angry-savannah-residents|publisher=Brad Lager gets his pork butt handed to him by angry Savannah residents website|year=2011|accessdate=2012-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211115134/http://www.pitch.com/plog/archives/2011/02/21/brad-lager-gets-his-pork-butt-handed-to-him-by-angry-savannah-residents|archive-date=2012-02-11|url-status=dead}}

In 2008 Senator Lager mounted an unsuccessful campaign for Missouri State Treasurer. After running unopposed in the August Republican primary, Brad Lager lost the November general election to Democratic nominee, State Representative Clint Zweifel."Zweifel prepares to 'hit the ground running' as state treasurer", November 11, 2008. [http://clintformissouri.com/news/newsclips/display.asp?ncID=21%7Cstory]{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web | url=http://sos.mo.gov/enrweb/statewideresults.asp?arc=1&eid=256 | title=Official Election Returns | work=sos.mo.gov | access-date=2012-04-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220034307/http://sos.mo.gov/enrweb/statewideresults.asp?eid=256&arc=1 | archive-date=2012-02-20 | url-status=dead }} On November 14, 2011 Brad Lager announced his candidacy for Missouri Lieutenant Governor in 2012. He narrowly lost the GOP primary to the incumbent, Peter Kinder. Lager was term-limited in 2014 by Missouri law from running for his State Senate seat again.{{cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/political-fix/lager-enters-gop-race-for-lieutenant-governor-who-s-next/article_869c3c8e-0f1b-11e1-a90e-001a4bcf6878.html|title=Lager enters GOP race for lieutenant governor:Who's next?|publisher=St. Louis Post-Dispatch online|date=2011-11-14|accessdate=2011-11-17}}

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