Candidate · November 3, 2026

Bob Onder

On the ballot for U.S. House · Missouri's 3rd District

RepublicanIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$1.1M
cash on hand
$526K
issues with public statements
12

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Missouri's 3rd District1
Party on the ballotRepublican1
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Missouri's 3rd District in the U.S. House.2
Also on the ballot

§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.

Bob Onder received a medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and a law degree from Saint Louis University Law School, and in 1992 he opened a private practice in allergy, asthma and clinical immunology that he ran for more than 30 years.3 His official biography says he was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 2006 and to the Missouri Senate in 2014, and served two terms in the Senate before term limits ended his service in 2022.3,4 He was elected to the U.S. House in 2024, took office on January 3, 2025, and serves on the Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and Workforce committees.3,4

Why they say they're running

His campaign website says he has worked to protect children and to put Missouri and America first, and it lists fighting illegal immigration, defending life, cutting taxes, protecting Second Amendment rights, religious liberty and education freedom as his focus.4,5

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, MO-32

Websites and accounts

§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.

Immigration

Immigration enforcement inside the country

His campaign website says he introduced the Timely Departure Act in Congress, which it says cracks down on visa overstayers.8

State and local role in immigration enforcement

His campaign website says that in the Missouri House he sponsored HB1549, passed in 2008, which it says banned sanctuary cities, targeted public employers and contractors that hire people in the country illegally, and ended catch-and-release.8

  1. Require full cooperation, with penalties for places that limit it
  2. Let each state, county or city decide
  3. Cooperate only in cases involving people convicted of serious crimes
  4. Bar police and jails from helping without a judge's warrant
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Abortion law

His campaign website lists defending life among his priorities and says he is a co-chairman of the Pro-Life Caucus. It lists his work on the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act and the Dismemberment Abortion Ban in Congress, and on Missouri's 2017 abortion clinic standards law and 2019 heartbeat bill, whose trigger clause it says made Missouri the first state to protect all innocent human life.8

Taxes and Budget

Taxes on tips and overtime

His campaign website says he worked to pass the Working Families Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and notes that 24% of Missouri employees benefited from its No Tax on Tips provisions.8

State income tax

His campaign website says that in the Missouri Senate he repeatedly sponsored legislation to lower income taxes, including SB902 in 2022, SB245 in 2021 and SB640 in 2020.8

  1. Add or raise taxes on the highest incomes (for example, a tax on income over $1 million)
  2. Keep current rates
  3. Cut rates or move to a single flat rate
  4. Phase out the state income tax
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Health Care

Medical transition for minors

His campaign website says he is leading the Chloe Cole Act in Congress to end transgender surgeries on children, and that he led citizen groups in a push that led to the passage of legislation outlawing hormonal or surgical transgender treatments of children.8

  1. Ban these treatments for minors
  2. Allow some with limits, such as minimum ages, waiting periods or no surgery
  3. No legal limits; leave decisions to patients, parents and doctors
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Public health emergency powers and workplace vaccine requirements

His campaign website says he filed and passed Missouri legislation in 2021 to rein in public health officials during COVID-19.8

Medicaid expansion

His campaign website says he led successful fights against Medicaid expansion in 2021 and 2022.8

  1. Don't expand Medicaid, or end the expansion
  2. Expand or keep it, adding state conditions beyond federal rules, such as premiums
  3. Expand or keep it with only the conditions federal law requires
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Education

Transgender students in school sports

His campaign website says that after leaving the Missouri Senate he led citizen groups in a campaign that helped pass a law to protect women's sports.8

Classroom teaching on race, gender and sexuality

His campaign website says he sponsored a Missouri bill, SB638, to guard against what it calls indoctrination of public school children in divisive Critical Race Theory.8

Elections and Government Reform

Voting by mail

His campaign website says that in 2022 he led the Missouri Senate's negotiations on HB1878, an election reform package, and in doing so stopped proposals to expand early voting, mail-in voting and drop boxes.8

Guns

Permits to carry concealed guns

His campaign website says he was a Missouri Senate leader in passing Constitutional Carry in 2016 and sponsored a bill it calls Metro Carry to allow people to exercise their constitutional rights on public transit.8

  1. No permit needed for adults who can legally own a gun
  2. Require a permit, with a background check and training
  3. Require a permit and bar carrying in more places, such as parks, public transit and bars
Marked: the option their statement matches.

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Bob Onder served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Bob Onder sponsored or cosponsored 5 of the 26. How bills die without a vote.

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§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.35

Raised$1,146,489
Spent$771,105
Cash on hand$525,828
Debts owed by the campaign$894,000

Where the money came from

Individual donors$552K · 48%
PACs and other political committees$518K · 45%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$66K · 6%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$10K · 1%

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.