Kurt Bahr

{{Short description|American businessman and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|image=

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|name= Kurt Bahr

|office2= Saint Charles County Director of Elections

|term_start2= January 2019

|preceded2= Rich Chrismer

|state3= Missouri

|district3= 102nd

|term_start3= January 2013

|term_end3= January 2019

|succeeded3= Ron Hicks

|state4= Missouri

|district4= 19th

|term_start4= January 2011

|term_end4= January 2013

|preceded4=

|succeeded4= John Rizzo

|party= Republican

|birth_date=

|birth_place= St. Charles, Missouri

|alma_mater= Oklahoma Wesleyan University

|residence= O'Fallon, Missouri

|children= 6

}}

Kurt Bahr is an American businessman and Republican politician from the state of Missouri. He is currently the St. Charles County Director of Elections.

Bahr was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives from Missouri's 19th District in November 2010, and re-elected after that to the state's 102nd District. He represented a portion of Saint Charles County in the Weldon Spring area, straddling U.S. Route 40/61 on both sides of the Weldon Spring Conservation Area. Bahr previously served in the United States Air Force from 2001 to 2006.{{cite web |url=https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?year=2018&code=R&district=102 |title=Representative Kurt Bahr |access-date=June 10, 2018 |publisher=Missouri House of Representatives }}{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Kurt_Bahr |title=Kurt Bahr |publisher=Ballotpedia |access-date=June 10, 2018 }} Term limited in 2018,{{cite news |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/after-recount-no-change-in-primary-results-for-st-charles/article_9e777670-cb3c-5c65-8640-47446d5060de.html |title= After recount, no change in primary results for St. Charles County Missouri House district |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=September 12, 2018 |first=Jack |last=Suntrup |access-date=November 30, 2018 }} Bahr instead ran for and won the office of St. Charles County Director of Elections.{{cite news |url=https://971talk.radio.com/blogs/marc-cox-morning-show/rep-kurt-bahr-running-director-elections-district-102 |title=Rep. Kurt Bahr: Running for Director of Elections in District 102 |website=971talk.radio.com |publisher=Entercom St. Louis |access-date=November 30, 2018 }}{{cite news |url=https://graphics.stltoday.com/apps/elections/st-charles-county/#st-charles-county-director-of-elections |title=Election Results: St. Charles County Director of Elections |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=November 30, 2018 }} Republican Ron Hicks was elected to succeed him in 2019 as the representative from District 102.

Election results

{{Election box begin|title=St. Charles County Director of Elections (2018)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Kurt Bahr

|votes = 94,942

|percentage = 57.5%

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = John Callahan

|votes = 70,144

|percentage = 42.5%

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 102 — St. Charles County (2016)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Kurt Bahr

|votes = 16,978

|percentage = +100.00%

|change = +30.19

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 102 — St. Charles County (2014)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Kurt Bahr

|votes = 6,809

|percentage = 69.81%

|change = +7.08

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = John Callahan

|votes = 2,944

|percentage = 30.19%

|change = -7.08

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 102 — St. Charles County (2012)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Kurt Bahr

|votes = 11,713

|percentage = 62.73%

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = John Callahan

|votes = 6,960

|percentage = 37.27%

|change =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives — District 19 — St. Charles County (2010)}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Republican Party (United States)

|candidate = Kurt Bahr

|votes = 10,474

|percentage =

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Matt Simmons

|votes = 5,185

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box end}}

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