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Roy Blunt

33rd Secretary of State of Missouri
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Summary

BLUNT, Roy, a Senator and a Representative from Missouri; born in Niangua, Webster County, Mo., January 10, 1950; graduated Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Mo., B.A., 1970; graduated Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo., M.A., 1972; high school history teacher; clerk and chief election officer, Greene County, Mo. 1973-1984; Missouri state secretary of state 1984-1993; president, Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Mo. 1993-1996; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-January 3, 2011); majority whip (One Hundred Eighth through One Hundred Ninth Congresses); acting majority leader (One Hundred Ninth Congress, September 28, 2005-February 2, 2006); minority whip (One Hundred Tenth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 2010; reelected in 2016 for the term ending January 3, 2023; vice-chair, Republican Conference (2012-2018); chair, Republican Policy Committee (2019-); chair, Committee on Rules and Administration (One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress [January 3, 2017-January 20, 2017; April 10, 2018-January 3, 2019], and One Hundred Sixteenth Congress).

Biographical

  • Full Name: Roy Dean Blunt
  • Gender: Male Male
  • Pronunciation: roy blunt
  • Date of Birth: Jan. 10, 1950 (age: 74)
  • Place of Birth: Niangua, Mo.
  • Religion: Baptist
  • Hometown: Springfield, Mo.
  • Place of Residence: Strafford, Mo.
  • Previous Occupation: Public official; educator
Family:
Married: Abigail Perlman Blunt, Oct. 2003

1 child: Alexander Charles "Charlie" Blunt

Previous relationship: Elizabeth Roseann Ray Blunt Divorced, May 27, 1967 in Strafford, Mo.

3 children, including Matt Blunt, Andrew Blunt

Relations with people in our database:

Education

Greek Organizations:

Office History

Congressional Offices:
  • U.S. Senate (Jan. 3, 2011-Jan. 2, 2023) Retired

    Member, U.S. Senator for Missouri

  • U.S. House of Representatives (Jan. 3, 1997-Jan. 2, 2011) Ran for Senate

    Member, 7th Congressional District of Missouri

Election Results

  • 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)
    U.S. Senate Seat for Missouri (Class 3)
    Roy Dean Blunt, 49.18%
    Republican
    Jason David Kander, 46.39%
    Democrat
    Jonathan Dine, 2.42%
    Libertarian
    Jonathan McFarland, 1.10%
    Green
  • 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)
    U.S. Senate Seat for Missouri (Class 3)
    Roy Dean Blunt, 54.23%
    Republican
    Robin Colleen Carnahan, 40.63%
    Democrat
    Jonathan Dine, 3.02%
    Libertarian
    Jerry Beck, 2.13%
    Constitution
  • 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)
    7th Congressional District of Missouri
    Roy Dean Blunt, 67.76%
    Republican
    Richard Monroe, 28.16%
    Democrat
    Kevin Craig, 2.16%
    Libertarian
    Travis Maddox, 1.91%
    Constitution
  • 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)
    7th Congressional District of Missouri
    Roy Dean Blunt, 66.75%
    Republican
    Jack Truman, 30.11%
    Democrat
    Kevin Craig, 3.14%
    Libertarian
  • 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)
    7th Congressional District of Missouri
    Roy Dean Blunt, 70.45%
    Republican
    Jim Newberry, 28.29%
    Democrat
  • 2003 (Nov. 5, 2002 election)
    7th Congressional District of Missouri
    Roy Dean Blunt, 74.81%
    Republican
    Ron Lapham, 23.00%
    Democrat
    Doug Burlison, 2.19%
    Libertarian
  • 2001 (Nov. 7, 2000 election)
    7th Congressional District of Missouri
    Roy Dean Blunt, 73.85%
    Republican
    Charles Christrup, 23.91%
    Democrat
    Doug Burlison, 1.08%
    Libertarian
  • 1999 (Nov. 3, 1998 election)
    7th Congressional District of Missouri
    Roy Dean Blunt, 72.56%
    Republican
    Marc Perkel, 24.28%
    Democrat
    Mike Harman, 3.15%
    Libertarian
  • 1997 (Nov. 5, 1996 election)
    7th Congressional District of Missouri
    Roy Dean Blunt, 64.87%
    Republican
    Ruth Bamberger, 31.65%
    Democrat
    Mike Harman, 2.61%
    Libertarian

Employment History

Associated Organizations

Volunteer service: Place of worship:
  • First Baptist Church (Branson, Mo.)

Board membership: Teaching position: Election campaign: Own leadership PAC: Board membership:

Awards

Activities and Interests

  • Hobbies: movies, reading history

Publications

  • Jobs without People: The Coming Crisis for Missouri's Workforce: Final Report of the Governor's Council on Literacy (1989)

Official Signature

Official signature

Contact Information

Washington, D.C. Office
733 10th St. NW
Suite 900
Washington, District of Columbia 20001-2000
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Foreign Gifts

  • 8/24/2013: Transportation expense from Rwanda
  • 12/20/2012: iPad mini from United Arab Emirates ($330.00)
  • 10/29/2015: Painted silk scroll of the Forbidden City from China ($500.00)

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Congressional Staff

Staff Salary Rate:

Office Median Annual Salary: $120,437.03
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Staff Salaries Paid:

Caught Our Eye

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    Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 13, 2023
    Republicans have added an evangelical lobbyist to the House Homeland Security Committee. read more
  • Health-care lobbyist heads to the Senate

    Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Aug. 13, 2019
    Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) has added a health-care lobbyist to his team. read more
  • Sen. Blunt hires Family Research Council lobbyist

    Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Feb. 13, 2018
    After two years with the controversial Family Research Council, a pro-life lobbyist has taken his first job on the Hill. read more
  • Senate aide fishes for government affairs gig

    Posted by J. Todd Foster on March 15, 2016
    A Senate staffer has left the Hill to join the private sector and become a government relations expert at Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. read more
  • Sullivan hires lobbyist for financial executives

    Posted by Jenna Ebersole on April 28, 2015
    Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) has hired a former Hill staffer who has been lobbying for the financial industry for more than five years. read more
  • Former Missouri governor trades father's craft for stepmother's

    Posted by John Sugden on April 22, 2014
    After plying his father's political trade as governor of Missouri, Matt Blunt has officially joined his stepmother's profession by filing his first lobbying papers on behalf of the American Automotive Policy Council.Son of Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Matt Blunt has worked in the private sector since leaving the Missouri governor's mansion in 2009, having declined to make a bid for reelection. Blunt also served in the state legislature and as Missouri secretary of state prior to the 2004 gubernatorial election. read more
  • Congressman’s African trip funded by Hollywood celebrity’s non-profit

    Posted by Nate Hoffman on Jan. 7, 2014
    Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) received the star treatment despite traveling in a war-torn region.The Eastern Congo Initiative, founded by Ben Affleck, paid for the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee to visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda in December. The congressman got the chance to meet various government and civil society leaders while getting to witness first-hand some of ECI's projects. read more
  • Posted by Daimon Eklund on July 16, 2012
    A former staffer for Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) has swung through the revolving door into lobbying. read more