Tracey Steele

Tracey Steele is a lawyer, community advocate, and Missouri native from Parkville running to flip a seat in the Missouri House this fall. After the 2024 election, Tracey helped found an organization called Do Something MO to bring his community together and begin repairing the harm caused by Trump’s disastrous policies. Tracey sees his campaign as a promise to his community to keep fighting for working families, and if he is elected in November, he is committed to helping lower the cost of living, fully funding public schools, increasing access to affordable health care, and ensuring the will of Missouri voters is respected by their elected representatives.

District 12’s Republican incumbent was elected by less than 200 votes in 2024. Now, Tracey is ready to flip this competitive seat with the backing of the DLCC and help Democrats gain ground in the Missouri House.

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.