Betsy Fogle

Rep. Betsy Fogle is a community leader and state representative from Springfield running this fall to flip a seat in the Missouri Senate. As the Director of Program Advancement at Jordan Valley Community Health Center, Betsy helped community members afford prescriptions, childcare, and housing. In her time in the Missouri House, she sponsored legislation to strengthen consumer protections, voting rights, and public education. Now, she’s running for the state Senate to continue fighting for Missouri’s working families.

Betsy defeated a Republican incumbent in 2020 when she was elected to the state House. Now she’s ready to flip this top-priority seat with the support of the DLCC, and help Democrats gain ground in the Missouri Senate.

2026 is a historic opportunity for Democrats to gain ground in Missouri, where Republicans currently hold supermajorities in both the state House and Senate.

The GOP has used its unchecked power in the Missouri legislature to rubber-stamp the MAGA agenda at every turn. In 2025, they blatantly rigged the state’s congressional maps to silence voters, and they have doubled down on attacks on reproductive health care despite Missourians explicitly voting to protect their rights.

With only 3 additional seats needed to break the supermajority in the state House and 2 in the state Senate, Missouri Democrats are fighting for every inch of ground. The DLCC has worked with partners in the state to identify the best opportunities for red-to-blue flips and key Democratic seats to defend in November.

Breaking Republican supermajorities in Missouri means protecting critical aspects of democracy, such as ballot initiatives that allow the people to push back directly against far-right extremism. Now is the time to rally behind Democrats in Missouri, and the DLCC is leading the charge.