Who is running for Missouri Senate, District 8 in 2026?
Here are the candidates for Missouri Senate, District 8 on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for voters in Missouri Senate District 8.
Positions come only from each candidate's own votes, official actions, statements and questionnaire answers, never from party labels. Every item links to its source.
Side by side
Each candidate's position on the issues this office handles, from their own record. Details and sources are in each profile below.
| Issue | Jon PattersonRepublican | Keri IngleDemocrat |
|---|---|---|
| Abortion | No single answer fits; see evidence | Legal in most cases up to viability (about 24 weeks)Said · low |
| Guns | Remove most restrictions; bearing arms is a rightVoted · medium | No public position |
| Ranked-choice voting | No, ban ranked-choice voting in all electionsVoted · medium | No public position |
| Childcare and pre-K | Help through tax credits, employer incentives, and parent choiceVoted · medium | Help through tax credits, employer incentives, and parent choiceVoted · medium |
| Paid leave | No requirements; leave paid time off to employers and workersVoted · medium | No public position |
| Kids online | Require age checks only for adult content sitesVoted · medium | No public position |
| Transgender athletes | No, teams should be based on biological sex, with open or coed optionsVoted · medium | No public position |
Jon Patterson
RepublicanSpeaker of the Missouri House; state representative, District 30 (Lee's Summit)
Jon Patterson is a Lee's Summit general surgeon who has represented Missouri House District 30 since January 201913 and has been Speaker of the House since January 20251814. He is the Republican nominee for the open Senate District 8 seat15. His campaign site lists co-sponsoring child care affordability, school safety and a bill for an elected Jackson County assessor16.
Where they stand 9 issues · tap any issue for the evidence
Paid leaveNo requirements; leave paid time off to employers and workersmedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted yes on final passage of the paid sick leave repeal bill (HCS#2 HBs 567, 546, 758 and 958) (96 to 51). (2025-03-13) source
GunsRemove most restrictions; bearing arms is a rightmedium
Ranked-choice votingNo, ban ranked-choice voting in all electionsmedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted yes on final passage of SJR 78, the 2024 amendment limiting voting to citizens and banning ranked-choice voting (97 to 43). (2024-05-17) source
Transgender athletesNo, teams should be based on biological sex, with open or coed optionsmedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted yes on final passage of HB 1663, 1607 and 1973, which limit school athletic competitions designated for one sex to students of that sex (98 to 37). (2026-02-26) source
Kids onlineRequire age checks only for adult content sitesmedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted yes on final passage of HB 1839, 2921 and 3015, which require age verification on adult websites (120 to 19). (2026-03-09) source
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
- Voted yes on final passage of HB 2409, the Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Act (second year) (97 to 44). (2026-04-02) source
- Joined as a cosponsor of HB 1488 (2024) on December 18, 2023. (2023-12-18) source
- HB 1488 creates tax credits for child care: the Child Care Contribution Tax Credit Act and two further credits for employers and providers. (2024) source
Gender care for minorsNo single answer fitslow
Voted · low confidence- Voted no on final passage of HB 419, the 2023 ban on gender transition treatment for minors (103 to 52). (2023-04-13) source
- Voted no on final passage of SB 49, the 2023 ban on gender transition treatment for minors (108 to 50). (2023-05-10) source
- Voted yes on final passage of HB 2033, which makes permanent the ban on gender transition treatment for minors (102 to 40). (2026-02-12) source
AbortionNo single answer fitslow
Voted · low confidence- Voted no on final passage of HJR 73, the resolution to repeal the 2024 reproductive freedom amendment (now Amendment 3 on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot) (103 to 51). (2025-04-17) 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). The roll call records the Speaker's vote under 'Mr. Speaker'. (2025-09-09) source
No public position found on: Safety net programs, Minimum wage, Business regulation, Healthcare, Immigration, Energy and climate, School choice, Curriculum and books, Housing and growth, Policing and crime, Election rules, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Marijuana, Term limits, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Mandatory minimums, Drug prices, Student loans, AI regulation, School vaccines, Nuclear power, E-Verify mandate, DEI programs, Religion in schools, China policy.
Keri Ingle
DemocratState representative, District 35 (Lee's Summit, Kansas City, Raytown)
Keri Ingle is a social worker with a child welfare background who has represented Missouri House District 35 since 2019 and is the Democratic nominee for Senate District 843. She is term-limited in the House3. In a September 2026 interview she called for fully funding the state school funding formula3.
Where they stand 3 issues · tap any issue for the evidence
Childcare and pre-KHelp through tax credits, employer incentives, and parent choicemedium
AbortionLegal in most cases up to viability (about 24 weeks)low
Said · low confidence- Said she opposes Amendment 3, which would again ban most abortions in Missouri; the report says she hopes voters realize it undoes what they voted for in 2024. (2026-09-28) 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, Guns, Immigration, Energy and climate, School choice, 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, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, Kids online, School vaccines, Nuclear power, E-Verify mandate, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, Religion in schools, China policy.
Last reviewed 2026-10-08. Spotted something wrong? Every claim links to its source so you can check it yourself.