On this week鈥檚 episode of Politically Speaking, 漏 2024 外网天堂鈥檚 Chris McDaniel, Jo Mannies and Jason Rosenbaum welcome state Rep. Shamed Dogan to the podcast for the first time.
Dogan, R-Ballwin, is a Northwoods native who worked in Washington, D.C. after graduating from Yale University. Among other things, Dogan worked for former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
When he returned to the St. Louis area, Dogan unsuccessfully ran for a state rep seat in west county. He later joined the Ballwin Board of Aldermen, where he tried and
Last year, Dogan won a three-way Republican primary for an open House seat 鈥� which is tantamount to election since no Democratic candidate ran. Dogan became the first African-American Republican elected to the Missouri General Assembly since the late Sherman Parker won a St. Charles-based seat in the 2000s. He is the only GOP member of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus.
During the show, Dogan said:
- His 2008 race provided him with insight about the 鈥渧alue of knocking on doors and of grassroots work.鈥� Dogan said when he ran that year, he outraised both of his opponents 鈥� and still lost.
- He鈥檚 sponsoring legislation to require disclosure of gifts made to local officials 鈥� including city managers and administrators. Dogan
- He鈥檚 receptive to legislation . 鈥淲e have 90-something municipalities in St. Louis County 鈥� some of them are 500 people and a police road trap,鈥� Dogan said. 鈥淚 just think that鈥檚 not serving those people well. You could consolidate a lot of those governments and save those taxpayers money and eliminate some hassle from their lives when their police forces are there for revenue collection.鈥�
- He wants Gov. Jay Nixon to If that doesn鈥檛 happen, he will consider filing legislation to require the release of anyone serving life without parole for marijuana-based offenses.
- He won't run in next year鈥檚 15th senatorial district contest, which is expected to feature a crowded GOP primary.
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