Candidate · November 3, 2026
Andy Maidment
On the ballot for U.S. House · Missouri's 6th District
- issues with public statements
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§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · Missouri's 6th District1 |
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| Party on the ballot | Libertarian1 |
| Status | Open seat — no incumbent is running for this seat. |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Andy Maidment's campaign website says he is a retired Army officer and an IT security professional who served 21 years in the Army and the Missouri National Guard.2 It says he has a degree in history from Missouri State University with a minor in economics.2
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says Congress and Washington need real change and presents him as a libertarian alternative to politics as usual, focused on smaller government, lower taxes, peace and prosperity and fiscal accountability.2,
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitemaidmentformissouri.com3,
4 - Facebookfacebook.com/AndersMaidment3
- Instagraminstagram.com/anders.maidment3
- X (Twitter)twitter.com/Anders_Maidment3
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Education
His campaign website lists eliminating federal departments it says have no constitutional basis, starting with Education, Commerce and Homeland Security.5
- Close the department and move or end its programs
- Shrink it and give states more control over federal school money
- Keep the department and its programs, or expand it
Elections and Government Reform
His campaign website lists forcing Congress to approve regulations before they come into effect.5
- Require Congress to approve every major new rule before it takes effect
- Make it easier for Congress to overturn rules, such as by canceling several at once from the end of a president's term
- Keep current law, under which most rules take effect unless Congress votes to overturn them
- Protect agencies' power to write detailed rules, such as by having courts again defer to agencies' reading of unclear laws
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website says taxation is theft and that markets spread wealth more efficiently than government, and says the income tax and the Federal Reserve's money printing are destroying people's ability to live for themselves and that it is time for that to end.5
His campaign website says a significant part of the national debt comes from foolishly spent money, citing COVID relief fraud and military spending on unproven technology, and criticizes spending bills thousands of pages long that are pushed through Congress in days.5