Local small business owner pledges to focus on jobs, results in announcement
CLINTON, Mo – Conservative State Representative Scott Largent, R-Clinton, has announced his candidacy for the Missouri State Senate in the 31st District. Due to the recently released legislative redistricting maps, the seat will not have an incumbent entering the 2012 elections. The district includes Henry, Bates, St. Clair, Benton and Hickory counties and parts of Johnson, Jackson, and Cass counties.
“Missourians have had it with failed leadership and empty promises from Wall Street to Washington D.C.,” Largent said. “As your State Senator, I will work each and every day to deliver the results we need by bringing quality jobs to the region, protecting our family businesses and farms from unnecessary government burdens, and defending the commonsense values that make our communities strong.”
Largent currently represents Henry County and parts of Johnson, Bates, Cass and Pettis counties in the Missouri House of Representatives. He serves as the Chairman of the Children and Families Committee and the Interim Committee on Strengthening Missouri Families. Largent also serves on the Veterans Committee, Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, and the powerful Rules Committee.
“The liberal agenda of more taxes, more regulation, and more government has failed to give our families, our businesses, and our communities the relief they need during these tough times,” Largent said. “As a small business owner, I know what it takes to create jobs and I look forward to laying out my plan for getting our state working again.”
Largent, who was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2008, is a successful small business owner in Clinton where he lives with his wife, Leslie, and their children, Taylor, Seth and Jesse.
