Luke Rae

Luke Rae is the Democratic candidate for Missouri House of Representatives District 11 in the November 3, 2026 general election, running against Republican Taylor Crouse.[1][2] Rae is a pharmacist who, in a Ballotpedia survey, also described himself as a manager, college instructor and family farm worker.[1][3]

Luke Rae graduated from Mid-Buchanan High School, earned a graduate degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City in 2016, and earned a second graduate degree from Northern Kentucky University in 2023.[1] His career experience includes working as a pharmacist.[1]

In a Ballotpedia survey, Rae described himself as a husband, father, pharmacist, manager, college instructor and someone who works on his family farm.[3] He listed three key campaign messages: increasing public education funding and ending taxpayer funding of private school vouchers, getting big money and super PACs out of politics, and a more progressive tax code that protects the middle class.[3] Rae said his policy interests include education, healthcare, taxes, unions, data centers and money in politics.[3]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.