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Farmer Joe Heckemeyer was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1994 to represent the 160th District, a primarily rural district in Southeast Missouri. Born in 1966, Joe is one of the youngest members of the House. He lives in Sikeston and represents approximately 31,000 people in Mississippi, New Madrid and Scott counties. Every member of the Missouri Congress receives $23,491 per year plus expenses. Joe, a Democrat, got into politics because of his father, Tony Heckemeyer, who served four terms in the Missouri House beginning in 1964, and is now a Missouri Circuit Court judge. A lifelong farmer, Joe and his brother Andy jointly work the family farm. They raise chickens, row crops, cattle and timber. |
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