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Gordon Heslop
Republican candidate for U.S. House in Missouri
Trump Endorsed
MO-08 Republican nominee?
$15.5K
AUG 5, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
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Gordon Heslop is trading at 0% to win the MO-08 Republican nominee? on prediction markets.
Candidate Overview
Key details about the candidate’s background, party, office sought and current campaign.
Current roleEducator
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
LocationMissouri
BackgroundEducator
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EducationDoctor of Business Administration
Notable personal detailsGordon Heslop is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Missouri's 8th Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. He has described himself as a retired educator and states he spent much of the last 20 years on the accounting faculty at East Texas A&M University. He filed an authorized committee, Heslop for Congress Committee, and maintains a campaign website at heslopforcongress.com.
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Political Positions
Economy & Taxes
The candidate supports protecting the middle class from higher tax rates than top earners and has proposed tax changes that target wealthy individuals, including a tax on unrealized capital gains and removing the payroll tax cap for high earners. He also emphasizes reducing national debt while strengthening the middle class.
Healthcare
Opposes a national universal government-run health care system and calls for abolishing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) with a return to private-market health care. Supports limited, targeted government-provided preventive testing programs rather than broad government-run coverage.
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Immigration & Border
Supports stronger immigration enforcement at the southern border and praises policies that seal the border while criticizing Biden’s border failures. Positions emphasize enforcement and control rather than expansion of legal pathways or broad regularization.
Latest News
Gordon Heslop is mentioned in a broader Reuters analysis about how redistricting and political polarization are shrinking the number of competitive U.S. House races ahead of the 2026 midterms. The report says partisan map-drawing and recent court rulings have made many districts safer for one party. It does not provide specific new developments about Heslop himself.
Endorsements
2Campaign Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Campaign finance totals from the latest available reporting period.
2026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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