“I won a competitive primary election — which sent me to the [emergency room] for heat exhaustion — knocked on 18,000 doors, spent every dime of the $60,000 I raised, made more new friends than ever before and won the general election two days before my daughter was born. 2012 was memorable.”

— Elijah Haahr

Five questions with Rep. Elijah Haahr, R-Springfield https://themissouritimes.com/6310/five-questions-rep-elijah-haahr-r-springfield/ (August 23, 2013)

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