
Walter Hayes
Republican | Missouri
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Walter Hayes
Party
Republican
Election Year
2026
Election
Republican Primary
Race
State Representative, District 162
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, 1980-1981
WORK & MILITARY
Rockwell Automation, Global Advanced Analytics Sr. Manager, 1995-2026
AFFILIATIONS
Jasper County Republican Central Committee, Legislative Chair, 2024-2026
Jasper County Missouri Republican Assembly, President, 2026-2026
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Alderman - Carl Junction, Missouri Ward 2, 2003-2011
Alderman - Carl Junction, Missouri Ward 2, 2024-2026
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
State Representative - District 162, 2026-2026
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (3)
Missouri Right to Life
MO Tax Relief Now
Missouri 82 Alliance
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (2)
Missouri82Alliance
MO Tax Relief Now
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)
Freedom Principle MO (2026)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2026)
Republican Womens Organizations (2025)
Jill Carter (2024)
WinRed (2020)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
964 PAC (2025)
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?
Life of the mother
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Agree
We need a strong life amendment stating that life begins at conception and is therefore protected by the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States
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?
Minimum wages should be set by the market.
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.
1 - Cut any 3 letter agency that isn't specifically created via Congressional statute. 2 - Eliminate the Department of Education. 3 - Pass the REINS act. It's time to curb the bureaucrats ability to pass rules that have the effect of law. 4 - Repeal laws that have been passed over the last 150 years that have given power to the courts they were never intended to have. 5 - Repeal the 16th and 17th amendments.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
The state has no business sticking it's nose into the churches business. The current interpretation from the Supreme Court in 1954 was wrong and Congress should have overruled them for legislating from the bench. They exceed their authority and Congress should have pushed back.
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.
C - Only because it's already there and it would bankrupt people if we pulled the rug out from under them. The only way D would work is if it was a gradual thing that took decades to implement.
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?
Absolutely. They are the only real friend we have in the middle east. If we turn our backs on them, the middle east is lost to us.
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
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Strongly Disagree
This should be against the law.
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'm a committed Christian and ordained minister. There is 1 God, His Son is Jesus Christ who gave himself for many, died for us, rose from the dead, providing a means by which I can be reconciled, with the father and adopted into the family of God.
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
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
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No I have not.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No I have not.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?
To prosecute criminals and protect the law abiding public.
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Strongly Agree
Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.
Strongly Agree
Sharia law is not compatible with the United States and it's founding documents or laws.
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
None
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