Roth announces candidacy for Missouri's 8th District

Franklin Delano Roth II, a Jefferson County resident and retired farmer, officially announced his candidacy for Missouri's 8th Congressional District in the 2024 election.

He made the announcement Dec. 10 at the American Legion Hall in Festus.

"Our district needs better jobs, higher wages, affordable health care including access to rural hospitals, a new farm program that does a better job of helping small farmers, and to protect and increase Social Security benefits," Roth said in a news release.

"Everyone wants these things. Democrats and Republicans aren't nearly as far apart as the media would have us believe," Roth said. "I was a grain farmer for 26 years with my father where I learned the value of hard work, determination and honesty."

Roth, who is pro-union and in favor of universal health care, will file in 2024 to run in the August primary for the 8th Congressional District Democratic nomination.

His website is: www.fdrii4mo.com