I'm Dave Raithel and I'm a Democrat for the 44th Missouri House District. Guns are not plowshares. Black Lives Matter. I believe in public non-sectarian schools and boards of health. Your intimate affairs, and your children's, are none of my business. I believe that no one owes anyone an explanation for the body which God, or Nature, has given them. I know the sick need healing; my neighbors don't cheat counting votes; losing is not a conspiracy.
A Democratic Republic cannot stand on the private faith of some persons. A Democratic Republic is grounded on reason and public evidence. I will go to Jefferson City to represent the people of the 44th on the grounds of reason and public evidence.