Del Taylor
Del Taylor (Democratic Party) is a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing District 84. He assumed office on January 4, 2023. His current term ends on January 6, 2027.
Taylor (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 84. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Del Taylor earned a bachelor's degree from Washington University, St. Louis in 1988 and a graduate degree from the Kellogg School of Management in 1994. His career experience includes working as an engineer and as a supply chain and computer systems expert. Taylor has been affiliated with the National Society of Black Engineers, National Black MBA Association, and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc.[1]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Taylor was assigned to the following committees:
Elections
2024
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 84
Incumbent Del Taylor defeated Richard Cowell in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 84 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Del Taylor (D) | 87.9 | 11,470 | |
| Richard Cowell (R) | 12.1 | 1,577 | ||
| Total votes: 13,047 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 84
Incumbent Del Taylor advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 84 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Del Taylor | 100.0 | 4,926 | |
| Total votes: 4,926 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 84
Richard Cowell advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 84 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Richard Cowell | 100.0 | 303 | |
| Total votes: 303 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robert Vroman (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Taylor in this election.
2022
See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 84
Del Taylor won election in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 84 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Del Taylor (D) | 100.0 | 8,991 | |
| Total votes: 8,991 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 84
Del Taylor defeated incumbent Wiley Price in the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 84 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Del Taylor | 57.4 | 2,627 | |
| Wiley Price | 42.6 | 1,952 | ||
| Total votes: 4,579 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Del Taylor completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Taylor's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am an engineer and I am running to ensure we invest wisely in Missouri's infrastructure. I will use my 25 years of business and engineering experience to offer effective budgets and policy decisions to address Medicaid expansion, gun control and to protect voting rights.
- We must ensure that every Missourian has access to physical and mental healthcare
- Invest in Missouri's infrastructure. Invest in our growth
- Fund education to address the special needs of our school districts
Medicaid Expansion
Gun Control
Education
Reproductive Rights
Voting Rights
Problem Solver
Honesty
Integrity
Love for All Mankind
Hurdle all the bars set by Rudyard Kipling in the poem IF
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream—and not make dreams your master;
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!
I first read The Color Purple by Alice Walker as a young adult. I related to many of the tribulations Celie faced and prevailed over like growing up black and poor and being judged by my size and skin color. I too am an entrepreneur. Like Celie my business success is a testament that talent, creativity and ingenuity are more powerful than racism and bigotry.
I'm Batman
A problem solver who uses his time, talent and resources to improve his community
I travel extensively and when possible I enjoy attending outdoor concerts and opera. On one visit to Beijing China I attended a performance of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana at the Forbidden City Concert Hall. It was a magnificent performance. I have since seen Carmina Burana at Lincoln Center and the Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center.
Growing up in a house with no running water had a profound impact on my life. One of my most rewarding occupations was designing and building water treatment equipment. I understand the chemistry and the importance of clean water. When people think of improving the roads; I think about improving the water service and sewer lines, and gas lines and electric cables and high speed internet along with improving the roads. Having no running water taught me to take nothing for granted. Value all the services my city offers. Value and do not waste.
Why do duck have tail feathers?
To hide their butt quack
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Campaign finance summary
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2024
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In 2024, the Missouri State Legislature was in session from January 3 to May 17.
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2023
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In 2023, the Missouri State Legislature was in session from January 4 to May 12.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Missouri House of Representatives District 84 |
Officeholder Missouri House of Representatives District 84 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 3, 2022
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| Preceded by Wiley Price (D) |
Missouri House of Representatives District 84 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
