Wes Shoemyer (born March 30, 1961, in Hannibal, Missouri) is a former Senator for the eighteenth district of the Missouri Senate.
The district includes all or portions of thirteen counties in northeast Missouri: Adair, Audain, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Pike, Putnam, Ralls, Schuyler, Scotland, and Shelby.
Shoemyer and wife Cheryl live on their rural Monroe County farm with their three daughters and one son.
He won the 2006 election for the seat that was vacated by John Cauthorn.
[2] In the 2010 general election, Shoemyer was defeated by Republican Brian Munzlinger.