Wayne Wallingford


Wayne Wallingford is an American politician. He is a Republican member of the Missouri State Senate, having served since 2013. Because of term limits, he is not eligible to run for reelection in 2020. He is eligible to run for another 3 terms in the House, as he only served one term there before, and he is a candidate for the House in district 147.

Political views and accomplishments

Education

Wallingford is a member of Governor Mike Parson's commission on workforce development.

Families and children

In 2016 and 2017, Wallingford proposed legislation to established a rebuttable presumption of shared parenting after divorce. Wallingford has asserted that most fatherlessness is created by an outdated court system, not abandonment, and that it is in the best interest of a child to have both parents. Neither bill was voted upon. In 2019, Wallingford reintroduced a similar bill. After passing the Seniors, Families and Children Committee, it is waiting to be voted on by the full senate.

Transportation

Wallingford has sponsored legislation to ban texting while driving in Missouri.

Electoral History

State Representative

State Senate