State representative, District 21 (Independence)

Will Jobe is an Independence attorney and Army veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and was first elected to Missouri House District 21 in 2024³. He has worked as a public defender and guardian ad litem³. In 2024 his stated priorities included school funding and teacher pay, labor unions and veterans².

Where they stand 5 issues · tap any issue for the evidence

• Childcare and pre-KHelp through tax credits, employer incentives, and parent choicemedium

  Voted · medium confidence

  • Voted yes on final passage of HB 269, the Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Act (120 to 34). (2025-02-27) source
  • KCUR reported that he supports a state child tax credit. (2024-08) source
• China policyGet tougher: broad tariffs, state bans on land purchases, and forced app salesmedium

  Official action · medium confidence

  • Is the sponsor of HB 2277 (2026), which requires state review of farmland sales to foreign buyers and bars foreign adversaries, foreign terrorist organizations and designated global terrorists from possessing or acquiring any land in Missouri. (2026) source
• School choiceOnly public charter schools, not private schoolslow

  Said · low confidence

  • KCUR reported that he opposes state support for private schools but favors public school open enrollment and charter schools if they do not take funding from traditional public schools. (2024-08) source
• Paid leaveNo single answer fitslow

  Said · low confidence

  • His campaign site says he will work toward a state child tax credit, universal paid maternity leave and increased FMLA protections. (2026) source
• RedistrictingNo single answer fitslow

  Voted · low confidence

  • Voted no on HB 1 (2025 second extraordinary session), the new congressional map drawn in the middle of the decade (House 90 to 65). (2025-09-09) source

No public position found on: Safety net programs, Minimum wage, Business regulation, Healthcare, Abortion, Guns, Immigration, Energy and climate, Curriculum and books, Housing and growth, Policing and crime, Election rules, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Marijuana, Gender care for minors, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Ranked-choice voting, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Mandatory minimums, Drug prices, Student loans, AI regulation, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, E-Verify mandate, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, Religion in schools.