Deanna Self
Republican | Missouri
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
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%†
2025-2026
78%
2025
|100%, 100%†
2025-2026
|78%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (3)
National Rifle Association NRA-PVF
Missouri Right to Life
Freedom Principle MO-Missouri First PAC
OTHER (3)
Missouri Chamber of Commerce PAC
Missouri Fraternal Order of Police FOP
Missouri Police Chiefs Association
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Missouri Right to Life Political Action Committee
The Police Chiefs Legislative Coalition
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (3)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2026)
Deanna Self (2025)
State Republican Party Organizations (2022)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (3)
964 PAC (2025)
Deanna Self (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
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should NOT receive one cent from any taxpayer funds, including grants.
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
None.
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Agree
Human Life begins at conception and therefore, deserves legal protection for innocent, human life from conception until natural death.
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Strongly Agree
Human life begins at conception, therefore, the lives of human embryos created through artifical methods should be protected from purposeful, intentional destruction.
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Strongly Agree
The Comstock Act banning interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs should be enforced.
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
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
To eliminate funding perceived as partisan ideological agendas. To eliminate tax-payer funding and bailouts to large businesses. Why is the government picking and choosing? To restore free-market competition. To have oversight to recover improper payments, fraud and abuse. To reduce the size of non-elected workforce and regulatory agencies. To eliminate redundancy.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
Separation of church and state means: Government (state) should not interfere with worship of God, Creator of Heaven, Earth, Humans and everything. Government (state) has no say regarding the free worship of God, Creator of Heaven, Earth, Humans and everything. 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
No, individuals and businesses should NOT be required to provide services that would violate moral and/or religious beliefs as it would take away religious liberty. We have the right to life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness.
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.
C) Medicaid should remain available but strictly regulated to help only the poor and disabled. Medicare should remain for any and all who have contributed to this healthcare program. Healthcare for Qualified Veterans and Disabled should be available. However, Government should get out of any additional healthcare programs 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
Government should not be tracking people with ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment as it would lead to DECIDING who gets treatment.
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Strongly Agree
I agree the Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property and global economic threats to the United States.
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
Yes, the United States' relationship with Israel is important. 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
No, I do NOT support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Agree
Yes, I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education for the purpose of giving control back to states and communities.
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Strongly Agree
Yes, I agree foreign governments should be prohibited from funding any and all American education.
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, I agree government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents 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
Yes, any attempts to physically, socially, emotionally or other attempts to transition a child from the biological sex they were born with to the opposite sex constitutes child abuse and should be charged as a crime.
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 agree marriage is the God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. Therefore, no goverment has authority to alter this definition.
I support the expansion of gambling in my state.
Strongly Disagree
No, I do NOT support the expansion of gambling in my state.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a Christian. Jesus Christ is the Son of God (Diety) who came to earth through God the Father (Diety), and born of the virgin Mary (Human). Jesus Christ lived a perfect and sinless life, which is why He could pay the price for sin. He 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, repents of their sins, puts their faith in Christ alone for forgiveness of sin and for eternal life. And for the rest of their natural life attempts to obey God as revealed in the Holy Scriptures (Bible).
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
No, people should NOT be able to vote without being an American citizen and without photo identification.
EQUALITY
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Strongly Disagree
No, reparations should NOT be given to people on the basis of race.
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
Biological males should NOT be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces such as bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, prisons, or any other space designated as women's spaces.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.
Strongly Disagree
No, man-made climate change is NOT a global threat and does NOT require political action.
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
Conservatives generally advocate multiple strategies, such as: nuclear power, natural gas, coal, water, etc. Conservatives 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, Conservative Excellence, 2025 Session Rating, 100 percent. Turning Point Action: 2026 Session - 96.67 percent. Turning Point Action: Lifetime Score - 97.73 percent.
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?
The goals of the criminal justice system should be to: Penalize convicted criminals in order to ensure punishment that fits the severity of crime; Provide deterrence; Incapacitation that removes the criminal from the community, typically through imprisonment; Keep law-abiding citizens safe; Require offender to make amends through financial restitution or community service.
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Strongly Agree
I agree that as a government's primary role should be the safety of its citizens, government has the responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
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 or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of 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.
