Rep. Ian Mackey was first elected to the Missouri State House of Representatives in 2018 to serve the 87th district in St. Louis County - including the communities of Clayton, Ladue, University City, Richmond Heights, and Brentwood. Rep. Mackey serves on the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee, the House Judiciary Committee, and is Ranking Minority Member of the House Rules Committee on Administrative Oversight. A floor speech delivered by Rep. Mackey on April 13, 2022, regarding LGBT equality created a viral moment and has been viewed millions of times on social media. In addition to his legislative duties, Ian is a practicing attorney and former teacher. He graduated from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, with a B.A. in Early Childhood Education, and taught at a Reggio Emilia early childhood center at Harvard University while earning a JD from Suffolk University Law School in Boston. He and his husband, Stephen, live in Richmond Heights with their rescue dog, Torque.