Trish Gunby

Patricia Washburn Gunby is an American politician from the state of Missouri. A Democrat, she represented the 99th district in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2020 to 2023.

Trish Gunby
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 99th district
In office January 8, 2020 – January 4, 2023
Preceded by	Jean Evans
Succeeded by	Deb Lavender (redistricting)
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Tulsa (BA)
Website	Campaign website (archived)

Biography

Gunby earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Tulsa.^[1] She won a special election to the Missouri House on November 5, 2019.^[2] On August 2, 2021, Gunby announced her plans to run for the congressional seat held by Ann Wagner.^[3] Gunby won the Democratic primary on August 2, 2022,^[4] but was defeated by Wagner in the general election on November 8.^[5]

Gunby is a resident of Ballwin, Missouri.

Electoral history

State representative

Missouri House of Representatives special election, November 5, 2019, District 99^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Trish Gunby	3,357	54.04%	+7.05
	Republican	Lee Ann Pitman	2,855	45.96%	−7.05

United States House of Representatives

2022 Election for U.S. Representative of Missouri's 2nd Congressional District^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ann Wagner	173,277	54.9
	Democratic	Trish Gunby	135,895	43.0
	Libertarian	Bill Slantz	6,494	2.1
Total votes			315,666	100.00