Mike Moon (politician)

Mike Moon (born December 31, 1958) is an American politician and a legislator in the Missouri House of Representatives, having served since 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party.[1][2] He won the Republican primary election on August 4, 2020 for Missouri District 29 state senate,[3] and won the General Election unopposed.[4]

Mike Moon
Member of the Missouri Senate
from the 29th district
Assumed office
2021
Preceded byDavid Sater
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 157th district
In office
2013–2020
Preceded byDon Ruzicka
Personal details
Born (1958-12-31) December 31, 1958
Kannapolis, North Carolina
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Denise Moon
ChildrenFive
ResidenceAsh Grove, Missouri
ProfessionFarmer, Rancher, Politician
Websitehttps://www.senate.mo.gov/mem29/

Political views

Abortion

Moon is anti-abortion, citing "putting an end to abortion" in Missouri as one of his top priorities.[5][6] He does not believe states are obligated to enforce Roe v. Wade,[7] and has introduced several anti-abortion bills during his time as a state representative, including the Never Again Act (which proposed requiring a certain museum to have an exhibit featuring tools used in abortion),[7] the Right to Due Process Act (which proposed defining a human zygote as a person), and House Bill 2285[8] (which proposed abolishing abortion in Missouri).[9]

In 2017, Moon posted a video of himself butchering chickens on his family farm on social media, chiding his fellow Missouri legislators for not getting to the "heart of the matter" and abolishing abortion in Missouri outright.[9] The video was negatively received by NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri, as well as PETA president Ingrid Newkirk, the latter of whom called for his arrest. Moon, however, denied that he was trying to offend anyone by the video, saying that "[t]he reality is our food is slaughtered[.] . . . I didn’t mean for it [the video] to be demoralizing in any way. It was just something that I was in the middle of and I wasn’t going to go shower or change clothes."[7]

COVID-19

While he believes that COVID-19 is a real virus, Moon is against face mask mandates and safety measures that regulate businesses to curb the spread of the virus, believing that they threaten personal liberty and "that the economy has been devastated as a result" of them.[5]

Corporate tax

Moon wants to eliminate corporate tax, as well as what he deems as "unnecessary regulation".[5]

Other social issues

Mike Moon has introduced bills allowing parents to not have their children participate in sex education classes, requiring internet service providers to ban "obscene" websites, and prohibiting doctors from giving transgender patients sex reassignment surgery or hormonal treatment.[9]

In 2019, he requested Missouri governor Mike Parson to not allow the replacement of a statue of the Roman goddess Ceres to the top of the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, calling the statue a "false god":

If we chose to erect a statue of Jesus on, or in, some state property, there would likely be an outcry from those who disagree with our choice. Those who would oppose the statue of Jesus are the same who would argue in support of placing a false god on our Capitol’s dome. Should we not stand firm in our beliefs as well by refusing to honor a pagan god?

— Mike Moon, in a letter to Missouri Governor Mike Parson[10]

Electoral History

State Representative
Missouri House of Representatives Primary Election, August 5, 2014, District 157[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mike Moon 3,308 55.10%
Republican Julie Ruzicka 2,696 44.90%
Missouri House of Representatives Election, November 4, 2014, District 157[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mike Moon 6,407 76.11% -23.89
Democratic Vince Jennings 2,011 23.89% +23.89
Missouri House of Representatives Election, November 8, 2016, District 157[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mike Moon 11,632 74.17% -1.94
Independent Stephanie Davis 4,050 25.83%
Missouri House of Representatives Election, November 6, 2018, District 157[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mike Moon 10,551 78.92% +4.75
Democratic Loretta Thomas 2,819 21.08%

State Senate
Missouri State Senate Primary Election, August 4, 2020, District 29[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mike Moon 17,761 52.49%
Republican David Cole 16,077 47.51%
Missouri State Senate General Election, November 3, 2020, District 29[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Mike Moon 75,402 100% +47.51%

References
  1. "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  2. "Representative Mike Moon". house.mo.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  3. "SOS, Missouri - Elections: Offices Filed in Candidate Filing". s1.sos.mo.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  4. "State of Missouri - Election Night Results". enr.sos.mo.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  5. Madison Bryan (July 17, 2020). "Meet the Candidates: State Senate District 29". BransonTriLakesNews.com. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  6. "State Rep. Mike Moon to replace term-limited Sater in southwest Missouri". Missouri Net. 2020-08-05. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  7. Peter Holley (June 14, 2017). "Why an antiabortion lawmaker made a video of himself beheading a chicken". Washington Post. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  8. Second Regular Session - House Bill No. 2285 | 100th General Assembly
  9. Jessica Glenza (February 6, 2020). "Missouri lawmaker wants police officers to stop women from getting abortions". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  10. Kurt Erickson (December 11, 2019). "Say no to 'false god': Missouri lawmaker urges governor to block historic statue". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  11. "All Results; Official Results". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  12. "All Results; Official Results". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  13. "All Results; Official Results". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  14. "All Results; Official Results". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
  15. "All Results - Primary Election, August 04, 2020". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  16. "All Results - General Election, November 03, 2020". Missouri Secretary of State. Retrieved November 17, 2020.


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