Who Is Tricia Byrnes? Missouri State Representative and SD10 Senate Candidate
“I believe government should work for Missouri families...not powerful special interests.”
That belief has guided every major issue I have worked on as a Missouri State Representative.
Over the past four years, I have worked on Coldwater Creek, Weldon Spring nuclear bomb waste and RECA, property tax relief, mental health reform, 988 suicide and mental health crisis line, utility costs, data centers, education, public safety, and government transparency.
While those issues may seem different, they are connected by one simple belief: Government should work for Missouri families—not powerful special interests.
People often ask what I stand for and why I am running for the Missouri Senate in Senate District 10. The answer is simple. I believe elected officials should represent the people who actually live here, raise families here, own homes here, run small businesses here, farm here, and pay taxes here. From the fast-growing communities of Wentzville in St. Charles County to the farms and small towns of Callaway, Montgomery, Lincoln, and Pike counties, they all need a strong advocate in the Missouri Capitol.
Too often, major decisions are made by powerful institutions, government bureaucracies, and special interests while ordinary citizens in Wentzville, Holts Summit, Fulton, Troy, Bowling Green, and our smaller rural communities feel ignored. I have spent my public service career standing up for Missouri families and asking questions when others would not. I get answers and results for them.
A Personal Mission
My commitment to public service became deeply personal when my son was diagnosed with a rare tumor. That experience led me to investigate radioactive contamination issues connected to Coldwater Creek and Weldon Spring.
What began as a mother’s search for answers became a broader effort to help Missouri families who believed they had been overlooked. That work helped bring national attention to the issue and contributed to efforts that expanded compensation eligibility for affected Missourians through the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). It reinforced a lesson I have never forgotten: When government fails to listen to ordinary people, someone must be willing to fight for them.
Fighting for Missouri Families
- Property Taxes: I have worked to protect homeowners from being taxed out of their homes and to increase accountability in local government spending.
- 988 Crisis Line and Mental Health Reform: I have pushed for greater oversight and accountability within Missouri’s mental health system and advocated for reforms that better serve families in crisis.
- Utility Costs: I have raised concerns about policies that increase costs for ratepayers and have advocated for affordable, reliable utility service for Missouri families.
- Data Centers and Growth: I have spoken out when large-scale development projects risk impacting local communities without sufficient transparency, accountability, or local input.
- Education: I have supported policies that strengthen literacy, parental involvement, academic achievement, and local control in Missouri schools. Leading the state coalition to bring back books and cursive while reducing screen time in early childhood education.
- Public Safety: I have worked to improve public safety while protecting the quality of life that families expect in their communities.
- Government Transparency: I believe citizens deserve honest answers, transparent government, and elected officials who are willing to ask difficult questions.
Why I’m Running for the Missouri Senate
Senate District 10 is growing rapidly. The decisions made over the next several years will shape our communities for generations.
Families are facing rising costs, higher property taxes, growing utility bills, infrastructure challenges, and increasing pressure from outside interests seeking to influence local decisions. Missouri needs leaders who are willing to challenge the status quo, ask difficult questions, and put citizens first.
That is what I have done in the Missouri House. That is what I will continue doing in the Missouri Senate.
Frequently Asked Questions About Tricia Byrnes
Who is Tricia Byrnes?
Tricia Byrnes is a Missouri State Representative, former Wentzville Alderman, small business owner, wife, mother, and candidate for Missouri Senate District 10.
What is Tricia Byrnes known for?
Tricia Byrnes is known for her work on Coldwater Creek, Weldon Spring, Nuclear Bomb Waste and RECA advocacy, 988 mental health crisis line reform, property tax relief, utility costs, education issues, public safety, and government transparency.
Why is Tricia Byrnes running for Senate?
Tricia Byrnes is running for the Missouri Senate to continue advocating for Missouri families, improve government accountability, address rising costs, protect local communities, and ensure government works for citizens rather than special interests.
What are Tricia Byrnes’s priorities?
Her priorities include property tax relief, government accountability, mental health reform, affordable utilities, educational excellence, public safety, economic opportunity, and protecting Missouri families from policies that place special interests ahead of citizens.
A Simple Principle
Throughout my public service, I have tried to follow one principle:
Government should work for Missouri families—not powerful special interests.
That principle guided my work yesterday.
It guides my work today.
And it will guide my work in the Missouri Senate.
On August 4, I’m asking for your vote in the Republican primary so we can keep SD10 moving in the right direction.
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