MO-07 Republican nominee?
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AUG 5, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleU.S. Representative
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
Age49 years old (Oct 2, 1976)
GenderMale
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LocationMissouri
BackgroundU.S. Representative
EducationMissouri State University (B.A., Philosophy, 2000)
Notable personal detailsEric Wayne Burlison is a Republican U.S. Representative for Missouri's 7th Congressional District, first elected in 2022 and serving since January 3, 2023. He previously served in the Missouri House of Representatives (2009–2017) and Missouri Senate (2019–2023). Burlison worked in roles including financial analyst, tax consultant, and software engineer, and earned both undergraduate and MBA degrees from Missouri State University.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Advocates for lower taxes and reduced federal and state spending, supports eliminating certain federal tax credits (including EV credits), and backs budgets that cut spending to balance within a decade. Has sponsored and supported measures to limit growth of government spending and to reduce or phase out state income tax. Endorses work requirements and reductions in entitlement spending as part of fiscal policy priorities.
Healthcare
Supports replacing the Affordable Care Act with market-oriented reforms, expanding health savings/account-style options, and reducing the federal role in Medicaid including work requirements and cuts. Promotes legislation that would create tax-advantaged savings for deductibles/out-of-pocket costs and advance free-market alternatives to the ACA. Advocates paring back Medicaid and favoring patient-centered, private-market approaches to lower costs.
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Immigration & Border
Supports stronger border enforcement and increased border security measures while criticizing the Biden administration’s handling of asylum and illegal crossings. Has participated in Republican-led investigations of Department of Homeland Security practices and backed restrictions on federal assistance to entities that facilitate illegal immigration.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate has sponsored federal legislation (the Life at Conception Act, H.R. 722) that would extend constitutional protections to ‘preborn’ persons beginning at fertilization, a legal change that would effectively prohibit most abortions nationwide. In prior service in the Missouri legislature he sponsored bills restricting abortion-related practices, including criminal penalties tied to actions around attempted abortions and protections for infants born after attempted abortions.
Climate & Energy
Opposes aggressive EPA climate regulations that he argues would force premature retirement of power plants and threaten grid reliability, and supports policies to expand domestic oil and gas production and ensure a reliable electric grid. Has sponsored legislation aimed at pausing or rolling back EPA restrictions on power-plant pollution and has framed federal climate rules as risking energy reliability. Serves as chair of a House Oversight subcommittee with jurisdiction over energy policy and has used that platform to pursue oversight and legislation limiting EPA climate regulations.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports broad expansion of gun rights, has sponsored and passed permitless/concealed-carry and Second Amendment preservation legislation, and has advocated repealing or rolling back federal firearm restrictions and agencies. Has introduced or backed measures to limit federal enforcement of gun regulations and to repeal parts of federal firearms law.
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