Bill Alter is a Missouri

Missouri

Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

 Republican

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 politician currently serving in the Missouri State Senate. He lives in High Ridge, Missouri

High Ridge, Missouri

High Ridge is a census-designated place in Jefferson County, Missouri, United States. The population was 4,598 in the 2007 estimated census. It was 4,236 at the 2000 census...

, with his wife Merijo and their children Angela and Brett.

He was born in Iowa City, Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

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, in 1944. After moving to Missouri, he graduated from the Parkway School District

Parkway School District

Parkway School District is in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. Their central offices are located at 455 N. Woods Mill Rd., Chesterfield, Missouri.-Incidents on Parkway School District property:* Parkway South Junior High School shooting...

. He then entered the United States Navy

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 and attended their Electronics School from 1963 to 1965. From 1982 through 1984 he attended the Jefferson College

Jefferson College

Jefferson College is a public, two-year community college located in Hillsboro, Missouri. It is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Jefferson College was founded in 1963. It is coeducational and has a semester-based academic calendar. It was granted a Phi Theta Kappa chapter in 1965...

 Law Enforcement Training Center. He has since garnered twenty-two years of law enforcement experience.

He is currently a reserve police officer, the owner of a management business, and a vice president of a national company. He is a member of the National Rifle Association

National Rifle Association

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 and the former president of the High Ridge Rotary Club

Rotary International

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He was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives

Missouri House of Representatives

The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 31,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections held in even-numbered years.In 1992 Missouri...

 in 1989, and served in that body through 2000. He was first elected to the Missouri State Senate in a special election in 2005.

He currently serves on the following committees:

• Aging, Families, Mental and Public Health
• Education
• Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
• Small Business, Insurance, and Industrial Relations