Result
Rep. Brian Seitz (R-Branson) won a fourth and final term in Missouri House District 156 on Tuesday, Nov. 3, defeating Democrat Trent Davis with 73.3% of the vote. Unofficial results show Seitz with 8,483 votes to Davis’ 3,094, or 26.7%.
Seitz first won the Taney County seat in 2020 after Republican Jeffery Justus was term-limited, and he took 78.9% against Democrat Janis Beacham in 2024. Missouri’s term limits mean the term beginning when the General Assembly convenes Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2027, will be his last in the House.
Candidates and Platforms
Seitz, a former Army paratrooper, is pastor of Sovereign Grace Baptist Church in Branson, manages Splash Carwash and spent 14 years as owner and editor of the entertainment magazine Music Country News. After the 2026 session, he cited full funding for the state tourism budget, reestablishing the Missouri Tourism Supplemental Revenue Fund and water infrastructure money for Hollister among his wins, along with passage of the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. He also cosponsored House Bill 2593, a military affairs law that extends federal job and civil protections to Missouri National Guard members. His campaign platform pledged to defend the right to bear arms.
Davis, a Hollister High School graduate who works in customer service, has not previously held public office.
District and Chamber
District 156 is in Taney County and includes Branson and Hollister. Statewide, Democrats flipped 16 House seats, leaving Republicans with a 95-68 majority and ending the Republican supermajority that had been in place since 2012.
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