# Tony Lovasco

Tony Lovasco is a Republican politician who served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2019 to 2025. He represented the 64th district, which as of 2022 encompasses a portion of northwest St. Charles county, including a northern part of Wentzville, much of northern O'Fallon, and St. Paul, from 2019 through 2024. Lovasco was elected to the Missouri House in November 2018.

## Education and career

Lovasco is a lifelong St. Charles County resident and graduated in 2003 from Duchesne High School in St. Charles. He has attended the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Since his high school graduation, Lovasco has worked in sales for a surplus IT disposition company and has experience with Linux deployment and maintenance.

## Politics

Lovasco is active in local Republican organizations and served as a committeeman and board member. After district 64 representative Robert Cornejo resigned in August 2018 to take a job in Governor Parson's administration, Lovasco was appointed by local Republicans to replace Cornejo on the November ballot. Lovasco defeated Democrat Shawn Finklein in the 2018 general election.
On May 29, 2020, Lovasco made national news when, during national protests over the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis policeman during an arrest four days earlier, he stated on Twitter that "Looters deserve to be shot...But not by Government. #2A".
Lovasco defeated Democratic challenger Aaliyah Bailey in November 2020, with over 68 percent of the vote.
In response to the removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, Lovasco tweeted on September 9, 2021, that removal of statues of "reprehensible people" should be "fair and balanced", with an included image of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
In January 2023, he promoted a bill titled "HB869" to the Missouri House of Representatives. The bill was to loosen the penalty for possession and use of psilocybin. The bill was not passed.
Lovasco opposes the death penalty and in 2024 sought commutation for Brian Dorsey, who was convicted of killing his cousin and her husband in 2006. Governor Parson denied clemency and Dorsey was executed in April 2024.
Lovasco lost reelection in the 2024 Republican primary to Deanna Self, a licensed professional counselor and anti-abortion activist.

### Legislative assignments

As of 2024, Representative Lovasco served on the following committees:
* House General Laws
* Downsizing State Government
* House Ways and Means
* Joint Committee on Tax Policy
In 2020, Lovasco was a member of a special committee on Criminal Justice.

## Electoral history

Missouri House of Representatives — District 64 — Lincoln and St. Charles Counties (2018) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Tony Lovasco | 10,538 | 61.55% |
| | Democratic | Shawn Finklein | 6,583 | 38.45% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 17,121 | 100.00% |
Missouri House of Representatives — District 64 — Lincoln and St. Charles Counties (2020) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Tony Lovasco | 15,954 | 68.88% | +7.33 |
| | Democratic | Aaliyah Bailey | 7,209 | 31.12% | −7.33 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 23,163 | 100.00% |
Missouri House of Representatives Primary Election, August 2, 2022, District 64 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Tony Lovasco | 1,621 | 36.25% |
| | Republican | Deanna Self | 1,555 | 34.77% |
| | Republican | Mike Swaringim | 1,296 | 28.98% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,472 | 100.00% |
Missouri House of Representatives Election, November 8, 2022, District 64 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Tony Lovasco | 10,252 | 100.00% | +31.12 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 10,252 | 100.00% |