Voters in St. Louis County need to know via streaming screens and mailboxes that Steve Butz is a Democratic champion for the policies they care most about. Education and addressing the cost of living are top of mind for the average democratic primary voter.
- Steve helped pass the largest pay raise for teachers in a generation. He also voted to improve the funding formula for St. Louis Public Schools. He will always vote to increase funding for our schools and teachers.
- Steve is against the “Everything Tax” scheme to eliminate the income tax and raise and expand the sales tax. He is laser focused on making everyday life more affordable for St. Louisans.
- Steve has always voted to expand Medicaid, increase investments in mental health services and to fully fund Planned Parenthood.
- Steve is committed to common-sense gun reform and supports legislation to ban high-capacity magazines, stop gun sales to people under the age of 21 and implement red-flag laws.
Likely female voters across the district need to know that Steve Butz voted against the no-exception abortion ban and has voted to fully fund Planned Parenthood. Steve is committed to upholding the will of the voters and opposes efforts to overturn Amendment 3. Voters can view the official vote record here: https://legiscan.com/MO/rollcall/HB126/id/866658 and
https://documents.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills191/jrnpdf/jrn072.pdf#page=22
City voters need to know that Steve Butz voted to pass legislation that improved the state funding formula for St. Louis Public schools, which means more money in SLPS budgets. This bill also raised the minimum salary for all public schools teachers, giving them the single largest pay raise in a generation.
All voters need to know via the mail that Gina Mitten failed injured workers when she served as judge for the State of Missouri. Her failure to do her job harmed St. Louis workers, delaying results in their cases by 145, 180, 260 and even 488 days. The Department of Labor described Mitten as “incompetent, inadequate, careless”. She sued to get her taxpayer salary back and lost. Voters can view her full dismissal letter here: ginamitten.org.
