JEFFERSON CITY 鈥 An outgoing Missouri state representative is running for a west St. Louis County state Senate seat in the 2024 election.
Rep. , a Sunset Hills Republican who lost the Aug. 2 GOP primary for state auditor, filed paperwork on Thursday to run for state Senate, according to Missouri Ethics Commission records.
Gregory is running for the 15th Senate District, where state Sen. , R-Manchester, is term-limited.
The 15th shifted away from the Sunset Hills area in redistricting, and Gregory lists a Chesterfield address within the district on his state paperwork.
The St. Louis County Republican lost a contentious Republican primary for auditor to Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick, who easily won election to the post last week over Democrat Alan Green and Libertarian John A. Hartwig Jr.
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Records show Gregory created a new campaign account for his state Senate bid.
He didn鈥檛 immediately respond to a phone call on Tuesday.
Democrats targeted the 15th state Senate district in 2020, with then-state Rep. Deb Lavender, a Democrat, mounting a well-funded challenge to Koenig.
But in the end, Koenig defeated Lavender by an 8% margin, or more than 9,000 votes. (Lavender last week was elected to represent the new 98th House District, which includes Manchester, Valley Park and Twin Oaks.)
With redistricting, the 15th appears even farther out of reach for the Democrats, according to a review of the old and new districts in Dave鈥檚 Redistricting App.
But state Rep. , D-St. Louis, said he 鈥渨ouldn鈥檛 rule out it being competitive in this changing political climate.鈥
He said the race 鈥渨ould be tough,鈥 but added 鈥渁 lot can change ... in a presidential year, especially with ongoing Trump volatility, abortion issues and changing economic conditions.鈥