2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Missouri Senate District 16

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Bill Hardwick

Republican

In office now: State Representative, District 121 (since 2020)
Work: State Representative, Missouri House District 121 (since 2021); attorney; U.S. Army and Missouri National Guard officer

Bill Hardwick has served as State Representative for District 121 in the Missouri General Assembly since 2020, a district that includes all or part of Pulaski County.

Bill Hardwick worked as a supervisory attorney for the Department of the Army, a special assistant U.S. attorney, a Pulaski County assistant prosecutor and St. Robert city prosecutor. He served as an enlisted soldier and officer in the Missouri National Guard and U.S. Army, including leading route clearance patrols in Baghdad and serving as a battalion commander.

Hardwick's committees

Special Committee on Redistricting (Vice-Chairman)
Special Committee on Tourism
Veterans and Armed Forces
Joint Committee on Legislative Research
Judiciary

Sources for Hardwick

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

Virginia Staabs

Democratic

Work: Notary public and signing agent; founder, What's Up in Missouri Elections

Virginia Staabs of Richland has worked more than a decade as a notary public and signing agent in several states and founded "What's Up in Missouri Elections," a voter information group.

Sources for Staabs

Virginia Staabs - 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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