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Paul Wilson

Paul Wilson

Live Odds — Will Paul Wilson be retained on the Missouri Supreme Court?

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NOV 7, 2026

Candidate Overview

Key details about the candidate’s background, party, office sought and current campaign.

Current roleJudge

Political ideologyNonpartisan

Age65 years old (May 23, 1961)

GenderMale

LocationMissouri

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BackgroundJudge

EducationDrury University — B.A. (Theatre), 1982

Notable personal detailsPaul C. Wilson is a judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri and previously served as chief justice (July 2021–June 2023). He was appointed to the court by Gov. Jay Nixon in 2012 and was retained for a full term in the 2014 general election. Before joining the Supreme Court, he served as a circuit judge in the 19th Judicial Circuit (Cole County) and worked as a Missouri assistant attorney general, as well as in private practice.

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Political Positions

LiberalConservative

Abortion & Reproductive Rights

Paul Wilson authored the Missouri Supreme Court majority opinion that kept Amendment 3, the reproductive freedom measure, on the 2024 ballot. The opinion rejected arguments that the measure should be blocked for failing to list every law it might affect, which had the effect of allowing Missourians to vote on a constitutional right to reproductive freedom.

Public Safety & Guns

As an assistant attorney general, Paul Wilson defended Missouri’s concealed-carry handgun law at the state Supreme Court. His documented public record is more consistent with support for gun rights and for law-and-order approaches than with support for new firearm restrictions.

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