2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Missouri House District 48

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Tim Taylor

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, District 48 (since 2020)
Work: State Representative, Missouri House District 48 (since 2021); retired Columbia firefighter; co-owner, Taylor's Bake Shop (Boonville)

Tim Taylor has served as State Representative for District 48 in the Missouri General Assembly since 2020, a district that includes all or part of Randolph, Howard, Cooper and Chariton counties.

Tim Taylor retired from the Columbia Fire Department after a long career and entered the U.S. Air Force in 1987. His family has owned Taylor's Bake Shop in Boonville since 2002. He was elected in 2020.

Taylor's committees

Special Committee on Property Tax Reform (Chairman)
Special Interim Committee on Property Tax Reform (Chairman)
Rules - Administrative (Vice-Chairman)
Budget
Conservation and Natural Resources
Crime and Public Safety

Sources for Taylor

Tim Taylor: official member information (Missouri House of Representatives, Public record)
Missouri General Assembly: current member roster (Missouri House of Representatives, Public record)

Hope Tinker

Democratic

Work: Rural family physician (Fayette)

Hope Tinker is a medical doctor and rural family physician in Fayette, Missouri.

Sources for Tinker

Hope Tinker - 2026 candidate profile (The Ballot Brief, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

Candidate list and race details

Certification of Candidates and Party Emblems, General Election Nov. 3, 2026 (Missouri Secretary of State, Public record)

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