
Deanna Self
Republican | Missouri
Candidate Profile*
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Deanna Self
Party
Republican
Election Year
2026
Election
Republican Primary
Race
State Representative, District 64
Incumbent
Yes
EDUCATION
St Louis Community College at Meramec, St. Louis, Associate's Degree, Applied Science, Court & Conference Reporting, 1983-1986
Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Master's Degree, Theological Studies, 1996-2001
Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Master's Degree, Counseling, 2005-2007
WORK & MILITARY
Deanna Self, MA, LPC (Private Practice), Licensed Professional Counselor in Private Practice (Retired 12/2025), 2010-2025
Under the Supervision of Carol Yeager, MA, LPC: Deanna Self, MA, PLPC, Provisional Counselor under Supervisor: Carol Yeager, MA, LPC, Associated Counselors of West County, 2007-2010
Salem Baptist Church, Florissant, MO, Church Pianist, 2008-2009
Carol Yeager, MA, LPC, Associated Counselors of West County, Counseling Intern, 2006-2007
New Life Baptist Church, Florissant, MO, Music Director, 1994-1999
Solomon Court Reporting, Clayton, MO, Freelance Court Reporter, 1987-1988
Sears, Hazelwood, MO, Data Entry Operator, 1980-1983
AFFILIATIONS
Missouri Right to Life, Eastern Region, Recording Secretary, 1990-1991
North County Chapter, Missouri Right to Life, Chair, 1989-1991
St John Baptist Church, St. John, MO, Various Children's Ministries: Co-Bus Ministry Captain, Children's Bible Study Teacher, 1981-1983, Children's Church Teacher & Worship Leader ,1980-1983, 1980-1983
New Life Baptist Church, Florissant, MO, Various positions: Music Leader, Bible Study Teacher, 1994-1999
Ridge Road Baptist Church, Troy, MO, Various positions: Music Director, 2003-2004; Choir Director, 1999-2004; Church Pianist, 1999-2004; Bible Study Teacher, 1999-2004; New Building Committee Member, 2003-2004, 1999-2004
First Baptist Church St Charles, St. Charles, MO, (Midweek Service ONLY, Worship Leader Volunteer, 2005-2007
Dardenne Baptist Church, O'Fallon, MO, Various Volunteer positions: Song Leader, Building Expansion Committee ((One year), 2009-2015
Dardenne Baptist Church, O'Fallon, MO, Volunteer & Paid: Worship Leader, Fall 2023 - Current, 2023-2026
St. Charles County Chapter, Missouri Right to Life, Chair, 1/2019 - 1/2021, 2019-2020
Oak Grove Baptist Church, Jonesburg, MO, Various, Volunteer: Worship Leader/Pianist, 2019-2023
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Missouri State Representative, House District 64, 2025-2026
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Ran for Missouri State Representative, House District 64, (Lost by 66 votes in a 3-way race), 2022-2022
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2025
|100%, 100%†
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS*
CONSERVATIVE (1)
Missouri Right to Life
OTHER (1)
*Missouri Chamber of Commerce PAC
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Fraternal Order Of Police, Missouri State Lodge, Jay Schroeder
Freedom Principle MO - Missouri First PAC, Byron Keelin
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (2)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2026)
State Republican Party Organizations (2022)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (2)
964 PAC (2025)
Missouri Leadership Fund (2024)
OTHER INFORMATION
Deanna Self completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection Survey in 2026.
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
None
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Agree
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Strongly Agree
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Strongly Agree
ECONOMY
What is your position on the minimum wage?
Wages should be determined by the employee and employer.
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
Eliminating funding perceived as partisan ideological agendas. Eliminating tax-payer funding and bailouts to large businesses. Why is the government picking and choosing? Restore free-market competition. Have oversight to recover improper payments, fraud and abuse. Reduce the size of non-elected workforce and regulatory agencies. Eliminate redundancy.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
Government (state) should not interfere with worship of God. Government (state) has no say regarding the free worship of God. Christians can and should be involved in politics.
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
HEALTHCARE
What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.
D) Government should get out of providing health care with tax payer funds.
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Strongly Disagree
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Strongly Agree
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
Yes. God has a special covenant with Israel and we need to respect that.
IMMIGRATION
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Strongly Disagree
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Agree
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Strongly Agree
VALUES
Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.
Strongly Agree
While parents should not abuse and should not have the right to supposedly transition their kid's biological sex with drugs or surgeries, it is parent's God given right and responsibility to direct their children's health and education.
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Strongly Agree
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
I support the expansion of gambling in my state.
Strongly Disagree
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian believer. Jesus Christ is the Son of God (Diety) who came to earth, born of the virgin Mary (Human). He lived a perfect life, died a sacrificial death on the cross to pay the price for sin for those who believe in Him. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life," John 3:16. A Christian is someone who desires to be Christ-like. It is my goal to see all of life through the lens of the Holy Scriptures/Bible.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
EQUALITY
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Strongly Disagree
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.
Strongly Agree
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.
Strongly Disagree
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Nuclear power, supported by natural gas. Conservatives generally advocate multiple strategies and favor always-on generation rather than weather-dependent sources.
ABOUT YOU
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Very Conservative
CPAC, Conservative Political Action Committee, rated 100 percent for 2025.
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?
Penalize convicted criminals. Keep law-abiding citizens safe.
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Strongly Agree
As government's primary role should be the safety of its citizens, I strongly agree.
Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.
Strongly Agree
No foreign laws and no Sharia law should take priority over and should not be accepted within the United States.
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
None. The right to own, carry, possess, use, sell, etc., shall not be infringed. Put the blame where blame belongs (on criminals). Don't punish law-abiding citizens.
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