Blaine Luetkemeyer
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 3rd district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Russ Carnahan |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 9th district |
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In office January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Kenny Hulshof |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 115th district |
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In office January 1999 – January 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Don Steen |
| Succeeded by | Rodney Schad |
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May 7, 1952 Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jackie Luetkemeyer |
| Residence | St. Elizabeth, Missouri |
| Alma mater | Lincoln University, Missouri |
| Occupation | Farmer, insurance agent |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Website | House website |
William Blaine Luetkemeyer (/ˈluːtkəmaɪər/; born May 7, 1952) is an American politician currently serving as the incumbent U.S. Representative for Missouri's 3rd congressional district, a seat he has held since 2009. The district, numbered as the 9th Congressional District from 2009 to 2013, contains most of east-central Missouri, including the state capital of Jefferson City and some of the southern and northern St. Louis suburbs and exurbs. Luetkemeyer is a member of the Republican Party.
Luetkemeyer was born in Jefferson City on May 7, 1952. He attended Lincoln University in Jefferson City and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and with a minor in business administration. A lifelong farmer who is the fourth generation of his family to own their farm, Luetkemeyer has also owned several small businesses, as well as running a bank and serving as an insurance agent. He also served on the Board of Trustees for the village of St. Elizabeth.
In 1998, Luetkemeyer was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives from the 115th Legislative District. During his time as a state representative, Luetkemeyer served as chair of the Financial Services Committee and as House Republican Caucus Chairman. During his time in the state legislature, Luetkemeyer co-sponsored the statewide constitutional amendment defining marriage as being between a man and a woman, which was overwhelmingly approved by Missouri voters statewide in 2004 by a margin of 71-29. He also worked on legislation which allowed Missourians to carry concealed firearms, banned partial-birth abortions, and reformed worker compensation laws. In addition, he has supported the deregulation of the financial industry—specifically the lending industry.
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