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Voters here are fed up with a rigged and corrupt political system that answers to special interests and Donald Trump instead of to them. Voters are also struggling with the cost of living, while Republicans in Jefferson City remain focused on consolidating and abusing their political power and overruling the will of voters, rather than address the voters’ priorities.

Low- to mid-propensity Democratic voters and mid- to high-propensity “swing voters” in House District 100 need to read repeatedly through Election Day that Rep. Philip Oehlerking is part of the rigged system in Jefferson City and is unwilling to answer to the voters who sent him there:

● He owes his seat to the party machine. In his last race, the Jefferson City House Republican committee spent more than $80,000 to keep him in office, while he spent about $8,000 himself. When insiders pay for your campaign, you work for the insiders.

● When voters made a decision he didn't like, he voted to overturn it. Missouri voters approved Amendment 3 in 2024. Oehlerking then voted to put an abortion ban back on the ballot (HJR 73, April 17, 2025), while telling voters family planning should be an individual choice, not a government mandate.

● He voted to rig the rules so voters can't fight back. He voted to make it harder for citizens to pass ballot initiatives (HJR 3, September 9, 2025). Ballot initiatives are the one tool Missourians have when politicians refuse to listen.

● He voted to rig the maps for Donald Trump. He voted for the Trump-backed congressional gerrymander (HB 1, September 9, 2025), which both the Missouri court and US Supreme Court has since blocked.

● He voted for handouts to the wealthy and well-connected. He voted to eliminate state income tax on capital gains (HB 594, May 7, 2025),

● Tax break that goes mostly to the wealthiest Missourians, and to divert public dollars to private school vouchers (SB 727, April 18, 2024).

These same voters need to read repeatedly that Mary Ann Perkins will fight to unrig the system and lower the cost of living. Oehlerking was put in office by insiders; Mary Ann grew up in Ellisville and answers only to this community. Oehlerking voted to overturn voters; Mary Ann knocked doors and gathered signatures to put the decision in voters' hands in the first place. Oehlerking voted to rig the rules for the powerful; Mary Ann will fight to fully fund our public schools, restore the earned sick leave working families voted for, and respect what Missourians decide at the ballot box.