Phil Christofanelli

Philip Christofanelli (born 1989/90) is a Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives.

[citation needed] He was elected to the Missouri Republican State Committee at age 21, and interned for U.S. Representative Dan Benishek in 2013, later serving as his press spokesman.

[2][3] In 2024, term-limited Christofanelli ran for Missouri State Senate from district 23, and lost the Republican primary to Adam Schnelting.

Terri Violet, a former St. Peters alderwoman, won the race to fill Christofanelli's state house seat.

[10] Christofanelli was vocal about his opposition of a proposed bill in 2023 that would prohibit the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity in public and charter schools.