Hartzell Gray III
Democratic candidate for U.S. Representative in Missouri
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Candidate Overview
Key details about the candidate’s background, party, office sought and current campaign.
Current roleActivist
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
LocationMissouri
BackgroundActivist
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Notable personal detailsHartzell Gray III is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in Missouri’s 4th Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. His campaign describes him as an activist, community organizer, and former radio host from Kansas City. He has an authorized principal campaign committee, Hartzell for Congress.
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Political Positions
Economy & Taxes
The candidate supports policies to transfer economic power toward working families, including higher burdens on extreme wealth and a tax system that makes millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share. He backs expanded social programs and public investments such as Medicare for All, a $25 federal minimum wage, and large investments in housing and jobs. He rejects corporate PAC money and advocates government spending priorities that fund social programs over military/war spending.
Healthcare
Supports universal healthcare and positions healthcare as a right, advocating for expanded public healthcare access. Campaign materials and progressive endorsements list universal healthcare as a campaign priority. No sources found indicating support for market-based or conservative healthcare policies.
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Immigration & Border
Supports a humane immigration system that simplifies naturalization, creates a pathway to citizenship, codifies and expands DACA, upholds asylum rights, ends private detention, and abolishes ICE.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Supports codifying and protecting reproductive rights including access to abortion; participated in and helped organize rallies and petition drives aimed at placing a reproductive-rights/amendment (Amendment 3) on the Missouri ballot to enshrine abortion and other reproductive care up to fetal viability.
Climate & Energy
Supports an aggressive, government-led climate agenda including a nationwide 100% clean renewable energy target by 2035, ending fossil-fuel subsidies, major clean-energy investment and grid modernization, expanded public transit and EV infrastructure, funded climate resilience, and a just-transition for fossil-fuel workers.
Latest News
Hartzell Gray III is in the news because Missouri is moving ahead with its 2026 House primary under a disputed new congressional map. The legal fight over the map is still unresolved, and that could affect whether the districts used to nominate candidates in August are the same ones used in the November election. This creates uncertainty for Gray and other candidates about which district lines will ultimately apply.
Campaign Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 2026Campaign finance totals from the latest available reporting period.
2026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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