Kurt Bahr

Kurt Bahr
Kurt Bahr
Saint Charles County Director of Elections
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; January 2019
Preceded by	Rich Chrismer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Missouri's 102nd district
	In office; January 2013 – January 2019
Succeeded by	Ron Hicks
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Missouri's 19th district
	In office; January 2011 – January 2013
Succeeded by	John Rizzo
Personal details
Born	St. Charles, Missouri
Political party	Republican
Children	6
Residence	O'Fallon, Missouri
Alma mater	Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Regent University
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Kurt Bahr (is an American businessman and Republican politician from the state of Missouri. He is currently the St. Charles County director of elections.

In 2001, Bahr earned a bachelor's degree in History and Political Science from Oklahoma Wesleyan University. After serving in the U.S. Air Force from 2001 to 2006, he owned a contracting company from 2006 to 2018. In 2008, Bahr earned a master's degree in Public Policy from Regent University.^[1]

Bahr was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives from Missouri's 19th district in November 2010, and re-elected after that from the state's 102nd district. He represented a portion of Saint Charles County in the Weldon Spring area, straddling U.S. Route 40/61 on both sides of the Weldon Spring Conservation Area. Term limited in 2018,^[2] Bahr instead ran for and was elected to the office of St. Charles County Director of Elections.^[3]^[4] Republican Ron Hicks was elected to succeed him in 2019 as the representative from district 102.^[5] In November 2022, Bahr was reelected as director of elections without opposition after winning a six-way primary election in April.^[6]^[7]

In October 2024, Bahr announced that St. Charles County had exceeded 300,000 registered voters and was among the top one percent of counties in the U.S. at having eligible voters registered to vote.^[8]

Election results

St. Charles County Director of Elections (2018)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kurt Bahr	94,942	57.5%
	Democratic	John Callahan	70,144	42.5%

Missouri House of Representatives — District 102 — St. Charles County (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kurt Bahr	16,978	+100.00%	+30.19

Missouri House of Representatives — District 102 — St. Charles County (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kurt Bahr	6,809	69.81%	+7.08
	Democratic	John Callahan	2,944	30.19%	−7.08

Missouri House of Representatives — District 102 — St. Charles County (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kurt Bahr	11,713	62.73%
	Democratic	John Callahan	6,960	37.27%

Missouri House of Representatives — District 19 — St. Charles County (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kurt Bahr	10,474
	Democratic	Matt Simmons	5,185

References

^ "Kurt Bahr". BallotReady. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
^ Suntrup, Jack (September 12, 2018). "After recount, no change in primary results for St. Charles County Missouri House district". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
^ "Rep. Kurt Bahr: Running for Director of Elections in District 102". 971talk.radio.com. Entercom St. Louis. Archived from the original on December 1, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
^ "Election Results: St. Charles County Director of Elections". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
^ "November 2018 Election Night Results". Live Voter Turnout. St. Charles County Election Authority. March 26, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
^ "November 8, 2022 Election Night Results". Live Voter Turnout. St. Charles County Election Authority. November 22, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
^ "August 2018 Election Night Results". Live Voter Turnout. St. Charles County Election Authority. March 25, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2025.
^ Coronel, Justina (October 11, 2024). "St. Charles County reaches historic milestone: 300K registered voters". KSDK. Retrieved July 12, 2025.

[1] "Kurt Bahr". BallotReady. Retrieved July 12, 2025.

[2] Suntrup, Jack (September 12, 2018). "After recount, no change in primary results for St. Charles County Missouri House district". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved November 30, 2018.

[3] "Rep. Kurt Bahr: Running for Director of Elections in District 102". 971talk.radio.com. Entercom St. Louis. Archived from the original on December 1, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2018.

[4] "Election Results: St. Charles County Director of Elections". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2018.

[5] "November 2018 Election Night Results". Live Voter Turnout. St. Charles County Election Authority. March 26, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2025.

[6] "November 8, 2022 Election Night Results". Live Voter Turnout. St. Charles County Election Authority. November 22, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2025.

[7] "August 2018 Election Night Results". Live Voter Turnout. St. Charles County Election Authority. March 25, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2025.

[8] Coronel, Justina (October 11, 2024). "St. Charles County reaches historic milestone: 300K registered voters". KSDK. Retrieved July 12, 2025.

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Kurt Bahr

Saint Charles County Director of Elections
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2019
Preceded by	Rich Chrismer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 102nd district
In office January 2013 – January 2019
Succeeded by	Ron Hicks
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 19th district
In office January 2011 – January 2013
Succeeded by	John Rizzo

Personal details
Born	St. Charles, Missouri
Political party	Republican
Children	6
Residence	O'Fallon, Missouri
Alma mater	Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Regent University