Together, we can turn things around in Missouri. JOHN, Since announcing his candidacy for State Senate District 15 last year, Joe has been hard at work every single day building the campaign that can flip this seat and deliver real change for everyone who calls Missouri home.The chaos and dysfuncti…

Our hard work paid off, and now I am the sole Democrat running in SD-15. JOHN, Filing to add your name as a candidate running for State Senate, or other Missouri offices in 2024, is now over. I am proud to be the Democratic nominee in Senate District 15, working to win voters’ support. As such, I w…

It’s more than just a helpful rhyme, and says a lot about how we want to run this campaign.JOHN, Those who know Joe know that he’s had the nickname “Fearless” for as long as anyone can remember. In fact, when Joe received the Red Cross Harriman Award for Red Cross National Volunteer of the Year, it…

Women will be harmed—many low-income or without access to reliable care. JOHN, Reproductive healthcare is once again under attack in Missouri.  This time the target is Planned Parenthood, which operates clinics throughout the state serving communities that have historically lacked reliable access to…

JOHN, I am so proud to make it official: I have filed to run as a Democrat for State Senate District 15!Being in Jefferson City and feeling so much positive energy from would-be and current public servants was a refreshing change of pace from what usually comes out of our capital: nasty personal at…

We can pull off a big victory and turn things around in our state.JOHN, This is Trish Gunby, and I want to enlist your support for my friend ‘Fearless’ Joe Pereles, who is running to flip a GOP-held State Senate seat in Missouri.Here’s why Joe’s election is so important: Missourians have been suffer…

Not another gun lobby tool who will endanger countless lives.JOHN, This is a simple fact: states that have common sense gun laws have fewer gun deaths. Missouri ranks among the very bottom of all states in America for having some of the weakest gun laws—and, consequently, among the very top for the …

This is a disturbing reminder of what’s at stake in this election. JOHN,Republicans in the Missouri Senate just blocked amendments to legalize abortion in cases of rape or incest. This is truly despicable, and flies in the face of basic decency, not to mention what the overwhelming majority of peopl…

These people are not serious and should not hold elected office.JOHN, There is a quote from Maya Angelou that I think fits the state of our politics at the moment: "When someone shows you who they are, believe them—the first time."And when it comes to Republicans in Missouri, particularly in the st…

It’s time to end the dysfunction and turn Missouri around. JOHN, The “Chaos Caucus.” That’s the new term for a rogue group of extreme conservative state senators in Missouri. But I didn’t come up with this nickname: this comes from the Republican leader of the Missouri Senate, Senate Pro Tem Caleb R…

When I decided to run for office, I set down a few key rules for how my team and I would run this campaign...JOHN, When I decided to run for office to represent the 15th District of the Missouri State Senate, I set down a few key rules for how my team and I would run this campaign:Focus on the issu…

We can defeat dangerous, extreme policy and make Missouri better.JOHN, Missouri has been getting national attention lately, and as you may have expected it isn’t positive… Right now, our state is facing some very serious problems that urgently need action from our elected leaders:Maternal mortalit…

But I am proud to be here, and am going to put everything I have into this fight.Dear JOHN, If we haven’t met, I’d like to introduce myself: my name is Joe Pereles (rhymes with my nickname, “Fearless”) and I am a Democrat running for the Missouri State Senate (District 15 in the suburbs of St. Louis…