Ian Mackey

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| name = Ian Mackey

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| state_house = Missouri

| state = Missouri

| district = 99th

| term_start = January 4, 2023

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| preceded = Trish Gunby

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| party = Democratic

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|December 1986}}

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| spouse = Stephen Eisele{{cite web|url=https://news.wcmo.edu/alumni-friends/a-tale-of-two-new-legislators/|title=A Tale of Two New Legislators |website=Westminster College (WesMO News and Events)|date=March 14, 2019|access-date=April 16, 2022}}

| alma_mater = Westminster College (BA)
Suffolk University Law School (JD)

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| website = https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?district=99&year=2023&code=R

| termstart1 = January 9, 2019

| termend1 = January 3, 2023

| district1 = 87th

| preceded2 = Stacey Newman

| state_house1 = Missouri

| succeeded2 = Paula Brown

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Ian Dale Mackey (born December 1986) is a Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing the 99th House district, which is in St. Louis County.{{cite web|url=https://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/maps/house.pdf|title=Missouri House Districts |website=house.mo.gov|access-date=April 16, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615150615/https://house.mo.gov/billtracking/maps/house.pdf|archive-date=June 15, 2022}} He previously represented the 87th House district.{{Cite web |title=Representative Ian Mackey |url=https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2021&code=R&district=087 |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=house.mo.gov}}

Life and career

Mackey graduated from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, and taught at a Reggio Emilia early childhood center in Harvard University while earning a JD from Suffolk University Law School in Boston.

=Missouri House of Representatives=

He was elected to represent the 87th district of the Missouri House of Representatives on November 6, 2018, beating Republican Steven Bailey with 67% of the vote.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-missouri-elections.html|title=Missouri Election Results - Election Results 2018 - The New York Times|website=The New York Times|date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=November 13, 2018}} He ran unopposed for the seat again in the general election on November 3, 2020, winning 100% of the votes cast.{{Cite web |title=Ian Mackey |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Ian_Mackey |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}

After statewide redistricting in 2022, Mackey ran to represent the newly-formed 99th House district, beating Republican LaVanna Wrobley with 65.4% of the vote.{{Cite web |title=Missouri House of Representatives District 99 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Missouri_House_of_Representatives_District_99 |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}

Mackey is openly gay.{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Colin |url=http://www.boom.lgbt/index.php/politics/112-local/1425-out-on-the-trail-with-ian-mackey |website=Boom.lgbt |title=OUT on the Trail with Ian Mackey |date=9 October 2018 |access-date=April 16, 2022}} In an April 2022 floor speech, Mackey passionately spoke out against a bill that would ban transgender students from participating in youth sports; in the speech, he also confronted and criticized Missouri state representative Chuck Basye for supporting the bill. A video of the speech went viral on TikTok.{{cite web |last1=Cooper |first1=Alex |title=Watch Gay Lawmaker Confront GOP Colleague Over Anti-Trans Bill |url=https://www.advocate.com/law/2022/4/15/watch-gay-missouri-lawmaker-confront-gop-colleague-over-anti-trans-bill |website=The Advocate |date=April 15, 2022}}

In March 2025, Mackey was one of seven House Democrats to vote for state takeover of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.{{Cite web |last=Suntrup |first=Jack |date=2025-03-12 |title=State takeover of St. Louis police heads to Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/article_7d1ad0c2-ff52-11ef-acf5-171cbfc0d268.html |access-date=2025-03-12 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}}

Electoral history

{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives Primary Election, August 7, 2018, District 87{{cite web|title=Election Results; Official Election Returns|date= August 27, 2018|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionResultsStatistics/2018PrimaryElection.pdf|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|access-date=January 17, 2023}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Ian Mackey

|votes = 4,021

|percentage = 50.89%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Sam Gladney

|votes = 3,881

|percentage = 49.11%}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 7,902

|percentage = 100.00%}}

{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives Election, November 6, 2018, District 87{{cite web|title=Election Results; Official Election Returns|date=November 30, 2018|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionResultsStatistics/2018GeneralElection.pdf|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|access-date=January 17, 2023}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Ian Mackey

|votes = 12,950

|percentage = 67.27%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = Steven Bailey

|votes = 6,116

|percentage = 31.77%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Green Party of the United States

|candidate = Robert Warbin

|votes = 185

|percentage = 0.96%}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 19,251

|percentage = 100.00%}}

{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives Election, November 3, 2020, District 87{{cite web|title=Election Results; Official Election Returns|publisher= Missouri Secretary of State|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionResultsStatistics/November3_2020GeneralElection.pdf|access-date=January 17, 2023}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Ian Mackey

|votes = 16,778

|percentage = 100.00%

|change = +32.73}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 16,778

|percentage = 100.00%}}

{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives Primary Election, August 2, 2022, District 99{{cite web|title=Election Results; Official Election Returns|date= August 26, 2022|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionResultsStatistics/PrimaryElectionAugust2_2022.pdf|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|access-date=January 17, 2023}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Ian Mackey

|votes = 3,831

|percentage = 81.96%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Boris Abadzhyan

|votes = 843

|percentage = 18.04%}}

{{Election box total no change|

|votes = 4,674

|percentage = 100.00%}}

{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives Election, November 8, 2022, District 99{{cite web|title=Election Results; Official Election Returns|date=December 9, 2022|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionResultsStatistics/2022GeneralElection.pdf|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|access-date=January 17, 2023}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (US)

|candidate = Ian Mackey

|votes = 9,768

|percentage = 65.46%

|change = -34.54}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (US)

|candidate = LaVanna Wrobley

|votes = 5,154

|percentage = 34.54%

|change = +34.54}}