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39-522: Although the party was in the majority in state government as recently as the 1990s, the rival Republican Party has since substantially overtaken it. As a result of the 2022 elections , the Democratic Party controls none of Missouri's statewide offices for the first time since Reconstruction . The Missouri Democratic Party politics were characterized by diverse cultural, economic and social issues which led to antagonism between two party factions in

78-545: A billing scheme in which Putnam County Memorial Hospital billed insurance companies for lab services conducted across the country. The questionable activity began in September 2016, after the Putnam County Hospital Board hired David Byrns and his company, Hospital Partners Inc., to take over day-to-day management of the hospital. The auditor's report uncovered $ 90 million in inappropriate lab billings. The findings of

117-435: A board member for retirement fund board she was the leader for expanding benefits to members’ same-sex spouses. Following Galloway's resignation as Boone County Treasurer on April 27, 2015, Kay Murray was appointed as interim County Treasurer. Galloway said that her goals as State Auditor of Missouri are to hold her office and others to the highest professional standards and being accountable to Missourians. Upon taking

156-748: A border state at the beginning of the American Civil War . However, he proposed that the state party instead merge with unionist Whigs and Democrats to form the Union Party . Blair and other Unionists in Missouri supported the removal of John C. Frémont 's military command and the rescinding of his emancipation order . However, B. Gratz Brown , the former chair, supported Frémont. Blair and Brown disagreed on gradual compensated emancipation and slave colonization with Blair in support and Brown in opposition. The Radical Republicans , including Brown, held

195-618: A corporate auditor. Galloway cited her experience in the private sector as key to being a "strong, independent watchdog for Missourians" in her role as auditor of Missouri. She served as secretary/treasurer of the Missouri Technology Corporation, helping invest in entrepreneurs to create jobs for Missourians. She held the same role for the Missouri County Employees' Retirement Fund to safeguard retirement benefits of 16,000 Missouri residents in 111 counties across

234-429: A debt issuance policy in 2012 that provided increased transparency. In 2011, Boone County became the first Missouri county to maintain an online search and claim system for unclaimed property which oversaw the distribution of approximately $ 20,000 in unclaimed property in 2014. During her service as County Treasurer, Galloway served on the Missouri Technology Corporation and Missouri County Employees’ Retirement Fund. As

273-449: A full term as governor. In her campaign announcement video, Galloway emphasized her record in exposing public corruption, pledged to reduce the influence of special interest groups on the Missouri legislature, and attacked the Parson administration for its efforts to curb the effects of a government transparency initiative that was passed by statewide ballot in 2018. At the time, Galloway was

312-418: A national level Missouri is known as a swing state. The voters of Missouri have voted against the eventual winner four times in the presidential elections, favoring Adlai Stevenson over Dwight Eisenhower in 1956 , John McCain over Barack Obama in 2008 , Mitt Romney over Barack Obama in 2012 and Donald Trump over Joe Biden in 2020 . Harry S. Truman is probably the most influential person in

351-631: A report that found Galloway complied with the Missouri Sunshine Law. The same month, the judge dismissed the majority of the claims against the State Auditor's Office, and ordered the Missouri Alliance for Freedom to re-plead its claims. In January 2019, following a trial, Circuit Court Judge Jon Beetem ruled against the Missouri Alliance for Freedom on all claims, ending the suit with a judgment in favor of Galloway. The judge concluded that

390-412: A separate convention in 1864. They sent an uncommitted delegation to the 1864 National Union National Convention which was seated. Brown wanted to send a delegation to Frémont's Radical Democracy convention. This delegation was the only one to vote against Lincoln. The Radical wrote the state constitution in 1865, which emancipated slaves while Blair returned to the Democratic Party. Members of

429-697: A service organization, and was a server at Applebee's . She has a master's degree in business administration from the University of Missouri . She is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner . Before working in government, Galloway worked at the public accounting firm of Brown Smith Wallace in Creve Coeur, Missouri . At Brown Smith Wallace, she served as an auditor of national and international Fortune 500 companies and insurance companies. She has worked at Allstate Insurance as an actuarial analyst and at Shelter Insurance 's Columbia headquarters as

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468-528: A wet stand, which might be one of the reasons why they managed to win all of the presidential and gubernatorial elections during the 1920s. The African-American part of the state population, who earlier had favored the GOP, for the most part switched sides in the beginning of the 1930s. This was partly caused by the Democratic Party's 1928 backing of Joseph L. McLemore for Congress, making it the first ever nomination of an African-American for Congress. Also contributing to

507-554: Is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in Missouri . Its chair is Nick Myers, who has served since 2021. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling the majority of Missouri's U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, both houses of the state legislature , and all statewide offices, including the governorship . Francis Preston Blair Jr. was the only Republican member of congress from

546-602: The 2022 election . She is the most recent Democrat to hold statewide office in Missouri. Galloway grew up in Fenton, Missouri and graduated high school from Ursuline Academy in Oakland, Missouri . She holds a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics and economics from Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla. During college, she was a member of the S&;T soccer team, member of

585-831: The National Women's Political Caucus , and the Missouri Women's Leadership Council. The Editorial Boards at The St. Louis Post-Dispatch , Missouri's most circulated newspaper; The Kansas City Star , Missouri's second most circulated newspaper; and The St. Louis American , a newspaper that serves the St. Louis-area African-American community, all endorsed Galloway. A native of Fenton, Missouri , Galloway lives in Columbia, Missouri with her husband, Jon Galloway, and their three sons. Jon served as press secretary to then-State Treasurer Clint Zweifel . In August 2016, she announced that she

624-629: The 1920s. The conflicts, mainly due to the dysfunctional relationship between Senator Jim Reed and President Woodrow Wilson , led to a disruption for the Missouri Democratic Party, degrading the party to minority status throughout most of the 1920s. The dispute was over whether the US should join the League of Nations or not. Reed strongly opposed this while President Wilson was a strong supporter of it. This question led to debate in many states but none

663-560: The Callaway County Collector's Office from January 2016 to March 2018. The former county collector pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling the funds. On March 4, 2019, former Callaway County Collector Pamela Oestreich was sentenced to two years and six months in federal prison without parole for embezzling more than $ 300,000 from taxpayers in Callaway County . In 2017, Auditor Galloway released an audit that uncovered

702-405: The Missouri Alliance for Freedom, including 254 screenshots of text messages to and from the state auditor. In 2017, the Missouri Alliance for Freedom sued the State Auditor's Office and filed a complaint with Republican Missouri attorney general Josh Hawley alleging that Galloway "unlawfully withheld public records from her state-provided cell phone." In February 2018, Hawley's office issued

741-407: The State Auditor's Office had made "an enormous good-faith effort to comply with several very large public records requests" and found that the office's records custodian did not apparently realize (until it was too late) that the phones issued by the office to Galloway and to employees automatically deleted text messages after 30 days. The Missouri Alliance for Freedom chose not to appeal. Galloway

780-568: The State Auditor's Office qualifies as mandatory experience required for licensure by the Missouri State Board of Accountancy as a certified public accountant. Additional responsibilities of the State Auditor's Office included serving as the independent, professional watchdog for government. The State Auditor's Office works to ensure the proper use of public funds and to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Missouri government by performing audits of state agencies, boards and commissions,

819-470: The audit were covered by national news outlets and resulted in calls for a federal investigation into hospital billing schemes. Following the audit, dozens of major insurers banded together to file lawsuits against affiliated hospitals in Missouri and other states, demanding hundreds of millions in restitution. The lawsuits describe the lab-billing operation as a "widespread fraudulent scheme". On June 21, 2017, Auditor Galloway released an audit showing that

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858-521: The change was the Republicans' inability to handle the Great Depression. During the phase-out of the party bosses, power moved from Kansas City to St. Louis , which had been a Democratic city since 1933. In the 2010 elections, the Missouri Democratic Party won three of the nine House of Representatives districts. That is a loss of one seat compared to the 2008 House of Representative elections. On

897-440: The circuit court system, the counties in Missouri that do not have a county auditor, and other political subdivisions upon petition by the voters. These audits examine financial accountability, waste, opportunities for fraud, and whether government organizations and programs are achieving their purposes and operating economically and efficiently. On September 24, 2018, Auditor Galloway released an audit showing $ 300,000 missing from

936-577: The city clerk of Viburnum, Missouri stole $ 100,000. Dana Mayberry served as the Viburnum City Clerk for 14 years. The city identified inconsistencies in accounts she oversaw after she lost her reelection bid in April 2016. At that time, most of the city and municipal division records disappeared in the Iron County town of less than 1,000 residents. Mayberry admitted to stealing city funds, after which

975-667: The former city Clerk was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to pay the City of Viburnum $ 100,000. In May 2017, the Missouri Alliance for Freedom, a Republican-aligned 501(c)(4) group, submitted three open-records requests to the Office of State Auditor. The requests sought a wide variety of communications, including those specifically concerning the auditor's scrutiny of the Missouri Department of Revenue . The State Auditor's Office produced approximately 47,000 pages at no charge to

1014-469: The history of the Missouri Democratic Party. Truman played an important role in Missouri politics after the depression in 1929. He was one of the main beneficiaries of the powerful Tom Pendergast organization. The backing of the organization helped Truman secure Missouri's senator seat in the 1932 election. Truman later on, in 1944, got elected vice president to Franklin D. Roosevelt . After Roosevelt's death Missouri got its first President. Truman remained in

1053-515: The mayor notified the State Auditor's Office. An audit began in August 2016 after the Viburnum Board of Aldermen authorized one. The examination began to uncover a scheme in which the former clerk adjusted customer utility accounts and then destroyed records and other evidence. The former city Clerk was charged with receiving stolen property, a Class B Felony as a result of the audit. On August 15, 2018,

1092-494: The oath of office in 2015, Galloway said one of her first priorities as State Auditor of Missouri would be cybersecurity by making protection of Missourians' private data part of audit procedures for the State Auditor's Office. As State Auditor of Missouri, Galloway managed about 115 employees. The state auditor's staff is made up of CPAs, with about 65 percent of all audit staff having at least one professional license, certification or advanced degree. Employment as an auditor with

1131-1070: The only Democratic politician holding statewide office in Missouri, as well as the only female officeholder. She lost the election to incumbent Republican governor Mike Parson by nearly 17% (almost half a million votes). Had she won the election, she would have become the state's first female governor. Galloway's endorsements included former president Barack Obama , former vice president and 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden , U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren , New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy , U.S. Representative from Missouri's 5th District Emanuel Cleaver , Kansas City, Missouri Mayor Quinton Lucas , former Georgia House of Representatives minority leader Stacey Abrams . Three famous St. Louis natives also campaigned with her: model Karlie Kloss , Bravo host Andy Cohen , and journalist Derek Blasberg . Her endorsements from national organizations or state chapters of national organizations included Sierra Club , EMILY's List , Planned Parenthood , Missouri AFL-CIO , End Citizens United , Let America Vote ,

1170-573: The party left to form the Liberal Republican Party . Brown, their gubernatorial nominee, won the 1870 election . Nicole Galloway Nicole Marie Galloway (née Rogge ; born June 13, 1982) is an American accountant and politician who served as the state auditor of Missouri from 2015 to 2023. She was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Missouri in the 2020 election , losing to incumbent Republican Mike Parson . Galloway

1209-528: The seat even after the 1948 election, given a large support from his home state. Especially the African-American part of the population, appreciative of Roosevelt's New Deal and Truman's Fair Deal program, stayed loyal to the Democratic Party. In 2023, former Missouri Congressman Russ Carnahan became the Chair of the Missouri Democratic Party, replacing Michael Butler. The Missouri Democratic Party holds none of

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1248-450: The six statewide offices, none of the state's U.S. Senate seats and two of the state's eight U.S. House seats. Nicole Galloway was the last elected statewide Democrat, elected as State Auditor of Missouri . Both of Missouri's U.S. Senate seats have been held by Republicans since 2019 . Claire McCaskill was the last Democrat to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate. Missouri Republican Party The Missouri Republican Party

1287-409: The state and spearheaded the initiative to ensure equally protected benefits of county employees in same-sex marriages. Galloway served as treasurer of Boone County, Missouri from April 2011 until her appointment as state auditor four years later. As county treasurer, she managed a $ 100 million investment portfolio and issued all general obligation and revenue bonds for the county. Galloway developed

1326-560: The urban part of Missouri. The supporters for the President mainly resided in the more rural parts of the state. Another big issue within Democratic politics was the prohibition issue. In the state of Missouri, wet candidates tended to win office, although dry candidates were found both in the Democratic and the Republican party. Republicans managed to agree to a higher degree than Democrats on

1365-563: Was appointed to the office of State Auditor by Governor Jay Nixon on April 14, 2015, following the death of Tom Schweich in February 2015. She was elected to a full term in the 2018 election . In 2018, following the electoral defeat of U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill to Josh Hawley , Galloway became both the only female state officeholder and the only Democratic statewide elected official in Missouri. On June 4, 2021, Galloway announced that she would not run for reelection as State Auditor in

1404-512: Was appointed to the post of Missouri State Auditor by Governor Jay Nixon in 2015 following the death of Republican Auditor Tom Schweich . She won election to a full term as Missouri State Auditor on November 6, 2018. She opted not to run for reelection in 2022 and her term expired in January 2023, leaving the Democrats with no statewide elected offices in Missouri, when Republican Scott Fitzpatrick

1443-545: Was pregnant with her third child, due in January 2017, and was the first statewide officeholder in Missouri history to become pregnant while in office. Her third son was born on January 6, 2017. Galloway has been a board member for the Heart of Missouri United Way and the finance committee of the Columbia Interfaith Resource Center. She also has been a mentor for children at Discovering Options in St. Louis and

1482-421: Was so affected as Missouri. President Wilson wanted to form a strong national leadership, while Reed wanted more state control. Despite most Missourian Democrats favoring entrance to the organization, Reed remained firm in his stand, which caused some state Democrats to create their own pro-League club called "The Missouri State Democratic Club". Among the supporters for Reed were mainly Irish immigrants settled in

1521-529: Was sworn in as State Auditor. In August 2019, Galloway announced that she was seeking the Democratic nomination for the 2020 Missouri gubernatorial election and officially won the primary on August 4, 2020. Galloway faced incumbent Republican governor Mike Parson in what was anticipated to be a close race. Parson, a former lieutenant governor who assumed the post following the resignation of Eric Greitens in June, 2018, announced in September 2019 that he would seek

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