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 encompasses a portion of northwest St. Charles County, Missouri, including parts of Wentzville, northern O'Fallon, and St. Paul.
Background and Education
Lovasco is a lifelong resident of St. Charles County. He graduated from Duchesne High School in St. Charles in 2003 and attended the University of Missouri–St. Louis. Since high school, he has worked in sales for a surplus IT disposition company and has experience with Linux deployment and maintenance.
Political Career
Lovasco was elected to the Missouri House in November 2018 after being appointed by local Republicans to replace Representative Robert Cornejo, who resigned in August 2018 to join Governor Mike Parson's administration. Lovasco defeated Democrat Shawn Finklein in the 2018 general election with 61.55% of the vote.
He was re-elected in 2020, defeating Democratic challenger Aaliyah Bailey with over 68% of the vote. In 2022, he won a competitive Republican primary against two challengers by less than two percentage points and was unopposed in the general election.
Lovasco lost his bid for re-election in the 2024 Republican primary to Deanna Self, a licensed professional counselor and anti-abortion activist, receiving 40.4% of the vote to Self's 59.6%. He is running again in 2026 to represent Missouri's 63rd House district.
Notable Positions and Controversies
In May 2020, during national protests over the murder of George Floyd, Lovasco tweeted that "Looters deserve to be shot...But not by Government. #2A," which drew national attention.
In September 2021, he tweeted about the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, suggesting that removal of statues of "reprehensible people" should be "fair and balanced," accompanied by an image of the Lincoln Memorial.
In January 2023, Lovasco introduced House Bill 869, which sought to loosen penalties for the possession and use of psilocybin. The bill did not pass.
Lovasco opposes the death penalty. In 2024, he sought commutation for death row inmate Brian Dorsey, who was convicted of murder. Governor Parson denied clemency, and Dorsey was executed in April 2024.
Committee Assignments (as of 2024)
- House General Laws
- Downsizing State Government
- House Ways and Means
- Joint Committee on Tax Policy
In 2020, he also served on a special committee on Criminal Justice.
Personal Life
Lovasco is married to his wife Eva, whom he met while both were volunteering for the St. Charles County Liberty Project, a nonpartisan political advocacy group.
