Age in the 2025 Missouri General Assembly
The State of Missouri held its elections for a new Missouri House of Representatives and Missouri State Senate on November 4th 2024. In January 2025 the currently active 2025 legislative session of the Missouri State Legislature. Among the members elected 15 were aged 35 or younger on election day in 2024. Below is a map of these representatives within both chambers of the Missouri General Assembly.
Missouri Demographic Background in the 2024 Election
Preliminary estimates from CIRCLE at Tufts University indicate that 42% of young people aged 18–29 voted in the 2024 election, with turnout surpassing 50% in key battleground states. Nearly 50 million young citizens were eligible to vote nationwide, including over 8 million who turned 18 since the 2022 midterms.
According to the Pew Research Center, Millennials surpassed Baby Boomers in 2020 to become the largest generation in the U.S., making up 31% of the population, followed closely by Boomers at 30.9%. Generation X accounts for 28%, while the Silent Generation makes up just 9.9%. In Missouri young voters played an important role in national politics, including several congressional races, and a United States Senate election. In addition in 2024 Missouri also featured an open gubernatorial election.
The Missouri House of Representatives 2025 Legislative Session
Below is information covering age dynamics in the recently elected to the Missouri House of Representatives
- the average age of Missouri House of Representatives members is 53.71 years
- the youngest Representative Jeremy Dean was born in 1997
- the oldest Representative Lane J. Roberts was born in 1947
- 15 Representatives are Young Elected Leaders age 35 or younger as of Election Day 2024
Generational Breakdown
Within the Missouri House of Representatives, most representatives come from the Millennial, Generation X or The Baby Boomer generation. Importantly, only a one member of the current Missouri House of Representatives belongs to Generation Z. Scroll below to see the generations in the Missouri House of Representatives visualized.
* Eleven house members’ ages are currently missing
Partisanship in the Missouri House of Representatives
The chart below further breaks down the current partisan makeup of the 2025 Missouri House of Representatives. Each dot represents a single member, colored by both party affiliation and whether the legislator qualifies as a Young Elected Leader (YEL)—defined as age 35 or younger at the time of the election. This format provides a visual snapshot of generational and partisan distribution within the chamber, highlighting how younger legislators are positioned across party lines.
Partisan differences in the Missouri House of Representatives extend beyond ideology to include notable generational contrasts. As shown in the visual below, Republican legislators have a higher average age than their Democratic counterparts—56.25 years compared to 47.68 years—a gap of 8.57 years. These disparities may reflect broader patterns in political recruitment, generational turnover, and the types of candidates emerging in recent election cycles.
* Eleven house members’ ages are currently missing
Young Elected Representatives – Missouri House of Representatives
Following the 2024 State Legislative Elections in Missouri, fifteen members aged 35 or under were elected to the Missouri House of Representatives. Below are all fifteen of these members, ordered from youngest to oldest, along with information about their local districts and party affiliation.
| Name | District | Birth year (Age on Election Day) | Year first elected to Missouri Legislature | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Jeremy Dean (D) | 132nd District –
Springfield, MO |
1997 (Age 27) | 2024 |
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Dirk E. Deaton (R) | 159th District –
Noel, MO |
1996 (Age 28) | 2018 |
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Raymond Reed (D) | 83rd District –
St. Louis, MO |
1996 (Age 28) | 2024 |
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Bishop Davidson (R) | 130th District –
Republic, MO |
1995 (Age 29) | 2020 |
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Anthony T. Ealy Jr. (D) | 36th District –
Grandview, MO |
1995 (Age 29) | 2022 |
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Michael Davis (R) | 56th District –
Belton, MO |
1994 (Age 30) | 2020 |
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LaKeySha Frazier-Bosley (D) | 79th District –
St. Louis, MO |
1993 (Age 31) | 2018 |
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Kimberly-Ann Collins (D) | 77th District –
St. Louis, MO |
1992 (Age 32) | 2020 |
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Eric Woods (D) | 18th District –
North Kansas City, MO |
1992 (Age 32) | 2022 |
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Alex Riley (R) | 134th District –
Springfield, MO |
1991 (Age 33) | 2020 |
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Bryant Wolfin (R) | 145th District –
Ste. Genevieve, MO |
1991 (Age 33) | 2024 |
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Dane Diehl (R) | 125th District –
Butler, MO |
1990 (Age 34) | 2022 |
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Betsy Fogle (D) | 135th District –
Springfield, MO |
1989 (Age 35) | 2020 |
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Marty Murray (D) | 78th District –
St. Louis, MO |
1989 (Age 35) | 2024 |
Photos courtesy of the Missouri House of Representatives member roster.
Gender in the Missouri House of Representatives
The Missouri House of Representatives reflects a range of age and gender dynamics that help shape the composition of the state’s legislative body. Across all members, 70.55% are men, while women make up 28.83%. Men have a higher mean age than women with the current Missouri House. For male representatives there was an average age of 54.52 at the time of the election, compared to 52.05 for their female colleagues. Of the the 15 Young Elected Leaders, 11 are male and 3 are female. Missouri also currently is represented by a non-binary member, their age is reflected below.
When examining both gender and party affiliation, additional differences in age emerge within the Missouri House of Representatives. Democratic men have the lowest average age of all four groups at 44.49, while Democratic women have a higher average age of 51. For Republicans in the Missouri House of Representatives, men and women are on average older, with Republican women averaging 53.25 and Republican men averaging the highest age among these groups at 56.93. The non-binary member is a Democrat, and their age is 38.35 respectively. These patterns show that age representation in the Missouri House of Representatives varies by both gender and partisan alignment, highlighting differing pathways to political office across demographic groups.
* Eleven house members’ ages are currently missing
Race and Ethnicity in the Missouri House of Representatives
The racial and ethnic composition of the Missouri House varies across generations. In 2024, younger cohorts show more diversity, though the chamber overall remains majority White. The table below shows each generation’s distribution.
Generations by Race/Ethnicity in the Missouri House of Representatives
| Ethnicity | Generation Z 1997 – |
Millennial Generation 1981 – 1996 |
Generation X 1965 – 1980 |
Boomer Generation 1946 – 1964 |
Full Chamber |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White/Caucasian | 1 (100%) | 28 (77.78%) | 50 (87.72%) | 51 (87.93%) | 130 (85.53%) |
| Black/African American | – | 8 (22.22%) | 5 (8.77%) | 5 (8.62%) | 18 (11.84%) |
| Asian/Pacific American | – | – | 2 (3.51%) | – | 2 (1.32%) |
| NA | – | – | 2 (3.45%) | 2 (1.32%) | |
| Total | 1 (0.75%) | 36 (23.68%) | 66 (49.62%) | 24 (18.05%) | *152 (100%) |
* Eleven house members’ ages are currently missing The full Missouri House of Representatives is comprised of 163 seats.
The Missouri Senate
Below is information covering age dynamics in the recently elected Missouri State Senate.
- the average age of Missouri State Senate members is 54.09 years
- the youngest Senators are Steven Roberts and Nick Schroer who were both born in 1989
- the oldest Senator is Cindy O’Laughlin who was born in 1956
- 2 members of the Missouri State Senate are Young Elected Leaders, aged 35 or younger as of Election Day 2024
Young Elected Senators in the Missouri State Senate
Following the 2024 State Legislative Elections in Missouri, two members aged 35 or under were elected to (and currently serve in) the Missouri State Senate. Below is information about their local districts and party affiliation.
| Name | District | Birth Year (Age on Election Day) | Year First Elected to the Missouri State Senate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Steven Roberts (D) | 5th District –
St. Louis, MO |
1989 (Age 35) | 2018 |
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Nick Schroer (R) | 2nd District –
O’Fallon, MO |
1989 (Age 35) | 2022 |
Photos courtesy of the Missouri State Senate member roster.
Partisanship in the Missouri State Senate
In the Missouri State Senate, 33 senators belong to the Democratic Party, 32 senators are Republicans. The mean age of Democratic state senators after the 2024 election was 49.15, while the mean age of Republican state senators was 50.85. Each generation had a different partisan makeup. Below is the breakdown of party composition for each generation within the Missouri State Senate.
Gender in the Missouri Senate
The generational makeup of the Missouri Senate reveals notable gender dynamics. Overall, men outnumber women, across Millennial, Generation X, and Baby Boomer senators. These patterns indicate that gender representation varies across generations, with women present in every age cohort but often in smaller numbers than men.
Race and Ethnicity in the Missouri Senate
The racial and ethnic composition of the Missouri Senate shows generational variation. The table below presents the distribution by generation.
Generations by Race/Ethnicity in the Missouri State Senate
| Ethnicity | Generation Z | Millennial Generation | Generation X | Boomer Generation | Silent Generation | Full Chamber |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White/Caucasian | – | 12 (85.71%) | 9 (75%) | 8 (100%) | – | 29 (85.29%) |
| Black/African American | – | 2 (14.29%) | 3 (25%) | – | – | 5 (14.71%) |
| Total | – | 15 (41.18%) | 21 (35.29%) | 8 (23.53%) | – | 34 (100%) |
The full Missouri State Senate is comprised of 34 seats.
Notes
The Young Elected Leaders Project applies the generational categorization of the Pew Research Center:
- Silent Generation: 1928 – 1945
- Baby Boomer Generation: 1946 – 1964
- Generation X: 1965 – 1980
- Millennial Generation: 1981 – 1996
- Generation Z: 1997 – 2012
This analysis is based on data from the most recent state legislative election in Missouri which took place on November 5th 2024.
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Bibliographic Citation For this document
Author: Young Elected Leaders Project
Corresponding Authors: George D. Quinn
Year: 2024
Title: Age in the 2025 Missouri Legislature