[1] On March 26, 2024, Coleman withdrew from that race and instead joined the crowded 2024 Republican primary for Missouri Secretary of State.
The seat was considered competitive after Democrat Mike Revis narrowly flipped it from the Republicans in a February 2018 special election.
In December 2021, Coleman introduced a bill that would ban abortion in Missouri after eight weeks, modeled after the Texas Heartbeat Act.
In 2024, Coleman reinstated "ballot candy" provisions to a bill that would add barriers to citizen-initiated constitutional amendments.
The provisions were previously removed in bipartisan negotiations in which the language was criticized by Democrats as "deceptive" and "unnecessary" while Republicans described it a means of being inclusive of rural voters.