He is a Republican representing the 12th district in the Missouri Senate.
[2] He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science, both in Agriculture Education, from the University of Missouri,[1] and worked as an agriculture educator for 32 years before retiring in 2016.
[2] In 2016, Black ran for election to the District 7 seat in the Missouri House of Representatives,[3] which was open due to the former representative, Mike Lair, reaching the term limit.
[4] Black defeated John Myers in the Republican primary with 86.42% of the vote, and was unopposed in the general election.
In 2018, he defeated Democrat Dennis VanDyke with 79.6% of the vote, and ran unopposed in 2020.