State Rep.-Elect Hopes To Be 'Speed Bump' in Jefferson City
Sue Meredith will represent portions of Creve Coeur, Olivette, Chesterfield, Maryland Heights and unincorporated St. Louis County when the Missouri General Assembly convenes next week.
When she is sworn in next week to represent Missouri's 71st district in the Missouri House of Representatives, Sue Meredith will find herself as one of only 53 Democrats in the body, very much in the minority compared to the more than 100 Republicans sitting in the House. Voters elected a veto-proof Republican majority in November, but since then Governor Nixon appointed one GOP lawmaker to a state post and there is an unresolved House race. Meredith, who defeated incumbent Tracy McCreery in last August's primary and didn't face GOP opposition in November, knows the chances of getting legislation with her name on it passed this session are unlikely. A "Freshman getting a bill passed is kind of phenomenal, actually," she said in an hour-…
