Trish Gunby

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Trish Gunby

| state_house = Missouri

| district = 99th

| term_start = January 8, 2020

| term_end = January 4, 2023

| predecessor = Jean Evans

| successor = Deb Lavender (redistricting)

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| party = Democratic

| education = University of Tulsa (BA)

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20221112113159/https://www.trishgunby.com// Campaign website (archived)]

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Patricia Washburn Gunby is an American politician from the state of Missouri. A Democrat, she represented the 99th district in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2020 to 2023.

Biography

Gunby earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Tulsa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2019/07/02/are-you-crazy-heres-why-a-democrat-wants-a-job-in-jefferson-city|title = 'Are You Crazy?' Here's Why a Democrat Wants a Job in Jefferson City}} She won a special election to the Missouri House on November 5, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/democrat-trish-gunby-wins-hotly-contested-missouri-house-race-in/article_8e0213a0-4618-5128-8350-5e3ada87daa4.html|title=Democrat Trish Gunby wins hotly contested Missouri House race in West County}} On August 2, 2021, Gunby announced her plans to run for the congressional seat held by Ann Wagner.[https://apnews.com/article/michael-brown-st-louis-house-elections-6036fc8489e6a1e9c84c3ed56f20688e Rep. Gunby running for Wagner’s suburban St. Louis seat] Gunby won the Democratic primary on August 2, 2022,{{Cite news |last1=Hancock |first1=Jason |date=2022-08-03 |title=Trish Gunby defeats Ray Reed in Missouri's 2nd Congressional District Democratic primary |url=https://missouriindependent.com/2022/08/02/trish-gunby-defeats-ray-reed-in-missouris-2nd-congressional-district-democratic-primary/ |access-date=2022-08-21 |work=Missouri Independent |language=en-US}} but was defeated by Wagner in the general election on November 8.{{cite web |date=November 9, 2022 |title=Ann Wagner wins reelection to U.S. Congress — along with Bush, Luetkemeyer, Graves, Smith |url=https://news.stlpublicradio.org/government-politics-issues/2022-11-08/ann-wagner-wins-reelection-to-u-s-congress-along-with-bush-lutkemeyer-graves-smith}}

Gunby is a resident of Ballwin, Missouri.

Electoral history

=State representative=

{{Election box begin|title=Missouri House of Representatives special election, November 5, 2019, District 99{{cite web|title=All Results; Official Results|url=https://enrarchives.sos.mo.gov/enrnet/|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|accessdate=April 24, 2020}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Democratic Party (United States)

|candidate = Trish Gunby

|votes = 3,357

|percentage = 54.04%

|change = +7.05

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Lee Ann Pitman|votes=2,855|percentage=45.96%|change=-7.05}}

{{Election box end}}

= United States House of Representatives =

{{Election box begin no change|title=2022 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 2nd Congressional District{{cite web|title=Election Results|url=https://www.sos.mo.gov/CMSImages/ElectionResultsStatistics/2022GeneralElection.pdf|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|accessdate=April 28, 2025}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Ann Wagner|votes=173,277|percentage=54.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Trish Gunby|votes=135,895|percentage=43.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Bill Slantz|votes=6,494|percentage=2.1}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=315,666|percentage=100.00}}

{{Election box end}}

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