Scott Cupps elected to District 158 House seat

November 6, 2019
Charlea Estes-Jones
In the Special Election yesterday, Tuesday, November 5, Scott Cupps R-Shell Knob was elected to the House of Representatives District 158 seat by a sizeable margin. Cupps will take the seat left vacant by the appointment of Representative Scott Fitzpatrick R-Shell Knob to the position of State Treasurer by Governor Mike Parson in January of this year. Cupps took approximately 82.6 percent of the vote for the District, which includes Barry County and parts of Lawrence and Stone Counties. He went up against Lisa Kalp D-Cassville.
After hearing of his win in the election, Cupps said, “I am ecstatic. I am excited to go and actually get to represent our area in Jeff City. I do feel like I understand the area and absolutely love the area. I’m just really excited to get to go and represent our area.”
Cupps added that he appreciated the voters who came out to vote on Tuesday. He said, “I want to overwhelmingly thank the voters, not just for voting for me, but truly showing up and making a stand with the results showing how much they support what I stand for and the true conservative values that were the platform I ran on.”
In Barry County, voter turn out was approximately 11.72 percent. Of the 18,733 voters registered in Barry County, 2,196 turned out to cast their ballots. Cupps took 1,798 votes and Kalp garnered 379 for a 82.4 percent vote for Cupps and 17.38 percent for Kalp.
Kalp commented on the election, saying she was pleased with the number of voters who supported her as a Democrat running in a heavily-Republican County. She said, “I want to thank the voters for taking the time to vote. This shows that people are willing to listen to both sides. People want to do what is best for everyone, and that’s great.”
When asked if she would consider running for a government office in the future, Kalp said, “I might. We’ll see what comes up. We did well. Everybody thought there was only three or four Democrats in Barry County, and it turns out there are at least 387 of us and maybe even more.”
As Cupps thinks about his transition from campaigning into serving in the House of Representatives, he said he’s thankful for voters. He said, “I want to thank them for coming out and making that statement.
“I love people. Around here, we are genuinely all in this together. I’m not just going to be a representative of the people who voted for me, I’m going to be a representative of everyone. My promise is that even though it’s extremely easy to get passionate about certain issues because of the rhetoric on the surface, I’m going to educate myself on every issue that comes up. I don’t want to vote on legislation that could change the state for hundreds of years to come from ten minutes of emotion.”
Cupps also thanked the Barry County Republicans, his campaign treasurer Glen Cope, deputy treasurer Rusty Newman and especially his wife, Kim Cupps.
Charlea Estes-Jones
In the Special Election yesterday, Tuesday, November 5, Scott Cupps R-Shell Knob was elected to the House of Representatives District 158 seat by a sizeable margin. Cupps will take the seat left vacant by the appointment of Representative Scott Fitzpatrick R-Shell Knob to the position of State Treasurer by Governor Mike Parson in January of this year. Cupps took approximately 82.6 percent of the vote for the District, which includes Barry County and parts of Lawrence and Stone Counties. He went up against Lisa Kalp D-Cassville.
After hearing of his win in the election, Cupps said, “I am ecstatic. I am excited to go and actually get to represent our area in Jeff City. I do feel like I understand the area and absolutely love the area. I’m just really excited to get to go and represent our area.”
Cupps added that he appreciated the voters who came out to vote on Tuesday. He said, “I want to overwhelmingly thank the voters, not just for voting for me, but truly showing up and making a stand with the results showing how much they support what I stand for and the true conservative values that were the platform I ran on.”
In Barry County, voter turn out was approximately 11.72 percent. Of the 18,733 voters registered in Barry County, 2,196 turned out to cast their ballots. Cupps took 1,798 votes and Kalp garnered 379 for a 82.4 percent vote for Cupps and 17.38 percent for Kalp.
Kalp commented on the election, saying she was pleased with the number of voters who supported her as a Democrat running in a heavily-Republican County. She said, “I want to thank the voters for taking the time to vote. This shows that people are willing to listen to both sides. People want to do what is best for everyone, and that’s great.”
When asked if she would consider running for a government office in the future, Kalp said, “I might. We’ll see what comes up. We did well. Everybody thought there was only three or four Democrats in Barry County, and it turns out there are at least 387 of us and maybe even more.”
As Cupps thinks about his transition from campaigning into serving in the House of Representatives, he said he’s thankful for voters. He said, “I want to thank them for coming out and making that statement.
“I love people. Around here, we are genuinely all in this together. I’m not just going to be a representative of the people who voted for me, I’m going to be a representative of everyone. My promise is that even though it’s extremely easy to get passionate about certain issues because of the rhetoric on the surface, I’m going to educate myself on every issue that comes up. I don’t want to vote on legislation that could change the state for hundreds of years to come from ten minutes of emotion.”
Cupps also thanked the Barry County Republicans, his campaign treasurer Glen Cope, deputy treasurer Rusty Newman and especially his wife, Kim Cupps.