Due Date: NEA RA State Delegate Candidate Statements

January 15, 2026

NEA Representative Assembly 2026

July 3-7, 2026
Denver, CO

Missouri’s delegate allocation will be made based on membership as of January 2026. Last year, Missouri was allowed to elect 23 state delegates to the NEA RA. Delegates are elected in two categories:

Category I: Active members who are teachers, education support professionals, and other active members not serving as supervisors or administrators.
Category II: Active members who are supervisors or administrators.

For more than 25 years, Missouri NEA has demonstrated the strength of its leadership diversity by electing racial and ethnic minority delegates to the NEA RA in proportion to the minority populations in our state. To continue this achievement, we must strive to actively identify and recruit racial and ethnic minority members to run for state delegate to the NEA Representative Assembly.

MNEA-Retired delegates will be elected at their Annual Meeting in April. If you are a retired member who is interested in running for NEA RA delegate, please contact Treena Murray (mnearetiredpresident25@gmail.com) for more information.

The deadline to declare your candidacy for the NEA RA election is Jan. 15. For more information about the NEA RA or to declare your candidacy by mail, contact Lauren Vinson (lauren.vinson@mnea.org, (573) 644-9606).

Declare your candidacy for NEA RA state delegate

Deadline: Jan. 15

Tell us about yourself

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

Cell Phone

Address

Address 2

City/Town

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code

Local Association/School District

Which position are you running for?

State Delegate - Category I (Non-Supervisor/Administrator)

State Delegate - Category II (Supervisor/Administrator)

Candidate Statement and Photo

Candidates should include a statement of no more than 100 words and a photograph of themselves, preferably a headshot. The statement should take one of three forms: a summary of biographical information and MNEA experience written in the third person, a personal statement written in the first person, or a combination of the two. The statement and photograph will appear on the state ballot.

Candidate Statement

MNEA will not make any editorial changes to your statement unless it is more than 100 words, in which case the submission will be truncated at the 100-word point.

Candidate Photo

Choose a picture from your computer to include with your candidate submission.

One file only.
100 MB limit.
Allowed types: gif, jpg, jpeg, png.