17 Facts About Clint Zweifel

Clint Zweifel is a member of the Democratic Party and the most recent member of the party to hold that office.

Clint Zweifel represented the 78th District in the Missouri House of Representatives.

Clint Zweifel first won election to the House of Representatives in 2002 by a 67-vote margin and earned the distinction of being the only Democrat in the state to defeat a Republican incumbent in that election year.

Clint Zweifel was the ranking member on the Ways and Means Committee and the Special Committee on Tax Reform.

Clint Zweifel served on the Special Committee on Retirement, the Joint Committee on Tax Policy, and the Special Committee on State Parks and Waterways.

Clint Zweifel chaired the Missouri House Democratic Campaign Committee during the 2006 election cycle, leading all Missouri House candidate recruitment and fundraising efforts for the Democratic Party.

Clint Zweifel went on to defeat Republican State Senator Brad Lager in the general election.

Clint Zweifel is the youngest person elected to that office in over a century, celebrating his 35th birthday the day before his election.

Clint Zweifel was re-elected as state treasurer in the 2012 election, defeating Republican Cole McNary and Libertarian Sean O'Toole.

Clint Zweifel was ineligible to seek reelection as state treasurer in 2016, and announced that he would not run for any other political office that year.

Clint Zweifel served two terms as State Treasurer, winning election in 2008 and reelection in 2012.

Clint Zweifel's focus on retirement policy and advocacy resulted in legislation banning the predatory practice known as "pension advances" for Missouri public pensioners.

Clint Zweifel pursued policy to ensure sound financial stewardship of public funds.

Clint Zweifel worked with a national bipartisan coalition of state and local treasurers and comptrollers to set clearer guardrails around investing public funds.

Clint Zweifel joined his counterparts around the country to call on the US Securities and Exchange Commission to establish consistent standards around fees and expenses associated with private equity for public funds.

Clint Zweifel oversaw MOST, Missouri's 529 college savings program, and lowered fees by as much as 80 percent during his time in office, cutting costs for savers and making higher education more accessible for thousands.

Clint Zweifel regularly traveled the state to speak with students about the importance of financial literacy and starting to save early.