Candidate · November 3, 2026
Tom Schmitz
On the ballot for U.S. House · Missouri's 1st 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 1st District1 |
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| Party on the ballot | Libertarian1 |
| Status | Challenger |
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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.
Tom Schmitz describes himself on his campaign website as a criminal defense attorney from St. Louis, Missouri.2 The site says he earned a bachelor of arts in psychological sciences at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 2008 and a law degree at Creighton University School of Law in 2012.2
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is the Libertarian candidate for this seat and that, if elected, he would work to move the country toward a free society, with much less government control over individuals and a foreign policy of peace.3,
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitetomschmitzforliberty.com3,
5 - Facebookfacebook.com/TomSchmitzLP3
- X (Twitter)x.com/TomSchmitzLP3
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@TomSchmitzLP3
§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.
Foreign Policy and Defense
His campaign website says all foreign aid should be ended across the board.3,
- Restore or increase foreign aid, including programs cut in 2025
- Keep foreign aid near its current level
- Cut foreign aid further or end most of it
His campaign website says military spending is out of control and criticizes spending over $1 trillion on national defense. Its home page says Libertarians want all troops brought home and an efficient, defensive military stationed in the United States.3,
His campaign website opposes the war with Iran, saying it should end as soon as possible, and says the way to prevent Iran from eventually obtaining a nuclear weapon is diplomacy and peaceful negotiation.4
His campaign website opposes the U.S. military's attacks on boats in the Caribbean that are alleged to carry drugs, saying they violate due process and the presumption of innocence.4
Health Care
His campaign website says healthcare should be separated from government and run as a free-market system, with patients free to choose their own medications and treatments without government interference. It says free-market competition is the answer for people with pre-existing conditions who lack insurance.3,
Taxes and Budget
His campaign website says Libertarians want to reduce the size and scope of government dramatically and immediately, and it criticizes a federal budget it estimates at $7.4 trillion for 2026.3
- Increase overall federal spending
- Hold overall spending near current levels
- Cut overall federal spending
- Cut spending enough to balance the budget within 10 years
Economy, Jobs and Trade
His campaign website lists what it calls protectionist tariffs among the policies it says both major parties support, and says Libertarians want a foreign policy of free trade.3
His campaign website says unions have the right to organize, bargain collectively and strike, and should be free to form without government interference.4
Social Security and Medicare
Education
Crime, Policing and Prisons
His campaign website says the drug war should end and that substances now controlled by law should be legalized and regulated the same way as alcohol.3,
His campaign website says he supports ending qualified immunity so that individual police officers who violate others' rights can be sued in civil court.4
- End qualified immunity for police officers
- Keep qualified immunity as courts apply it now
- Write qualified immunity into federal law
Energy and Climate
Guns
His campaign website says expansion of red flag laws should be resisted, warning that they could lead to the government disarming people without due process.4
Technology, Privacy and AI
His campaign website says he believes artificial intelligence will very soon pose a substantial risk of harm, possibly on a catastrophic scale, and that addressing that risk is one of the few things the federal government should do.4
Immigration
His campaign website says that, in a society with no compulsory taxes or government welfare, immigrants would be able to cross borders as freely as possible, and that this is the system he ultimately advocates. Its home page says Libertarians want as little government force as possible, ideally none, on immigration and other contested issues.3,
Abortion and Reproductive Health
His campaign website says he believes free-market medical technology could make abortion obsolete by allowing a fetus to be moved at any point after conception to another woman's womb or an artificial womb and placed for adoption, and that a free society offers the best chance of reducing abortions. Its home page says Libertarians want as little government force as possible, ideally none, on this issue.3,