Carl Bearden 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 who was the Speaker pro Tempore for 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...

 from 2005 to 2007. He lives in St. Charles, Missouri, with his wife, Deborah. They have two children, Amber and Allison.

He is a member of the First Baptist

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 Church of Harvester, Missouri

Harvester, Missouri

Harvester, Missouri was once an unincorporated community in St. Charles County that was incorporated into St. Peters....

, the St. Peters Chamber of Commerce, and the American Legislative Exchange Council.

Education and work experience

He is a graduate of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, with a B.S. in industrial technology. He served in the United States Air Force

United States Air Force

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 for 6 years. He currently owns and operates a consulting company.

Carl is the founder of the Management and Fiscal Policy Commission, and has formerly served on the Missouri Association of Counties Board of Directors, the St. Charles County Master Plan 2010 Committee, and the St. Charles County charter review commission.

Public service

Rep. Bearden served on the St. Charles county council for eight years prior to being elected a state representative. He was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2000, winning reelection in 2002, 2004, and 2006. He served as a voting member on the special committee on Student Achievement, as well as the standing committees of Higher Education and Rules. As the Speaker Pro Tem, Carl was an ex-officio member of all House committees.

Recently, Carl has become the director of United for Missouri a grassroots organization that is working to promote government transparency in Missouri and tackle Missouri-based issues.

External links

• http://www.unitedformissouri.org/ - United for Missouri