Five candidates are running in the Republican primary for Missouri's 6th Congressional District on August 4, 2026. Two have led in media attention: Chris Stigall (R) and Nathan Willett (R). Incumbent Sam Graves (R) is retiring from public office.
Missouri Independent's Jason Hanccock wrote that the election "could become a proxy war between Trumpworld and Jeff Roe’s political universe."
Roe is a political consultant, former chief of staff to Graves, and founder of the Republican political firm Axiom Strategies. In 2024, Roe supported Gov. Ron DeSantis' (R-Fla.) presidential bid. According to reporting by Politico's Daniel Lippman, President Donald Trump (R) and his advisers "told down-ballot Republican candidates not to hire Republican strategist Jeff Roe or his political consulting firm after Roe worked to elect Ron DeSantis."