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Legislative Leaders

House Speaker Catherine Hanaway
• Hometown: Warson Woods, St. Louis County
• Age: 39
• Current Term: 3
• Occupation: Lawyer
• Family: Married to Christopher Hanaway. They have one daughter, Lucy

House Speaker Pro Tem Rod Jetton
• Hometown: Marble Hill, Southeast Missouri
• Age: 35
• Current Term: 2
• Occupation: Real estate broker and appraiser
• Family: Married to Cassie Jetton. They have three children, Callie, Elaine and Will

House Majority (Republican) Leader Jason Crowell
• Hometown: Cape Girardeau
• Age: 30
• Current Term: 2
• Occupation: Lawyer

House Minority (Democratic) Leader Mark Abel
• Hometown: Festus, Jefferson County
• Age: 52
• Current Term: 3 plus 6 years prior House experience from 1985-1991
• Occupation: Insurance agent
• Family: Married to Cheryl Abel

President Pro Tem of the Senate Peter Kinder
• Hometown: Cape Girardeau
• Age: 49
• Current Term: 3
• Occupation: Lawyer, Assistant to the President of the Southeast Missouri newspaper

• Senate Majority (Republican) Leader Mike Gibbons
• Hometown: Kirkwood, St. Louis County
• Current Term: 2
• Occupation: Lawyer
• Family: Married to Elizabeth Weddell. They have two children, Danny and Meredith

Senate Minority (Democratic) Leader Ken Jacob
• Hometown: Columbia
• Age: 54
• Current Term: 2
• Occupation: Lawyer
• Family: Married to Nancy Sublette. They have two children, Daniel and Jessica