Mary Harriet Talbut

Mary Harriet Talbut is the Democratic candidate for Missouri House of Representatives District 146 in the November 3, 2026 general election, facing Republican Lucas Green for an open seat.[1][2] Talbut is an educator and instructional designer at Southeast Missouri State University, according to her Ballotpedia survey responses.[3]

Mary Harriet Talbut graduated from Jackson High School, earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia in 1980, and later earned graduate degrees from Southeast Missouri State University in 1994 and the University of Missouri, Columbia in 2013.[2] In a Ballotpedia survey, she said she taught American Government, History and Social Studies at Woodland High School in Marble Hill for seven years.[3] She said that since 2004 she has served as an instructor and Senior Instructional Designer at Southeast Missouri State University's Center for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, and as the center's interim director from 2017 to 2019.[3]

Talbut advanced unopposed from the August 4, 2026 Democratic primary.[2] In her survey responses, she said she would work to fully fund public education, oppose voucher programs, direct state resources to roads, bridges and water systems, and oppose replacing the state income tax with expanded sales taxes.[3]

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