Self Grade:
*

The only practicing attorney in the Missouri Senate said he he spent this session "trying to focus on quality control," adding: "I want to make sure we get policy right, but I also want to make sure the bills are worded appropriately and do what they're being told they do."

Our Grade:
C

He is tied among the area's list of legislators when it comes to the number of committees on which he serves: 11. Plus, the Democrat was able to get a measure through the Senate that would require those arrested for a felony to provide DNA for a database, though it did not make it through the House.

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