Sandy Crawford

Background

Sandy Crawford was born October 1, 1957 in Buffalo, Missouri.

Education

She graduated from Buffalo High School in 1975, and married husband John in 1976. Ten years after high school Crawford began taking college classes at night while also working in the banking industry during the day, eventually earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Southwest Missouri State University in 1995.

Career

A Republican, she represents the 129th District in the Missouri House of Representatives, which encompasses all of Dallas County, Missouri and a portion of Laclede County, Missouri. Crawford currently serves as the House Majority Whip. Sandy Crawford was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2010.

Previously her involvement in politics consisted of serving as Chairperson of the Dallas County (Missouri) Republican Central Committee.

Following the 2010 United States. Census all Missouri House of Representative districts were reapportioned and district boundaries redrawn. Since Sandy Crawford"s home was in the newly created 129th District, she ran for that House seat in 2012.

In the August, 2012 Republican primary Crawford faced off with Randy Angst, who had represented the 146th District prior to the redrawn boundaries. Crawford was victorious in the primary with a bit over fifty-five percent of the ballots cast in her favor.

The margin of victory for Crawford was even larger in 2012, as she received nearly seventy-seven percent of all votes cast.

Legislative assignments

Soon after 97th General Assembly began their first session, Representative Crawford was elected to serve as House Majority Whip by fellow Republicans. As Whip she serves on all House committees in an Ex-officio role. However she also serves on these specific committees:

Agriculture Policy

Appropriations - Infrastructure and Job Creation

Ethics

Financial Institutions

Joint Committee on Government Accountability

Leadership for Missouri Issue Development

Missouri Sportsman Issue Development.

Achievements

• She defeated fellow Republican Warren Love by just under 1,400 votes to win the August, 2010 Primary. In the November, 2010 general election she won nearly sixty-six percent of the vote to defeat Democrat John L. Wilson and Constitution Party candidate Raymond Kish for the right to represent the 119th District in the Missouri House of Representatives.

Connections

opponent:

John L. Wilson