Farmer, teacher, and state legislator elected to US Congress in 2010, succeeding Ike Skelton. Conservative "Tea Party" Republican; strongly anti-abortion rights, anti-gay rights, pro-gun rights. Campaigned calling for reduced taxes, smaller government, and repeal of 2010 health care reform. Formerly spokesperson for Coalition to Protect Marriage, a successful mid-2000s effort to keep gay marriage illegal in Missouri.
[1] Harrisonville Community Church, Harrisonville, MO, affiliated with the Fellowship of Evangelical Churches.
Father: Ted Zellmer (farmer)
Mother: Virginia Zellmer (farmer)
Sister: Peggy Zellmer
Husband: Lowell Hartzler (farmer, crop and livestock store operator)
Daughter: Tiffany Hartzler (adopted 2000)
High School: Archie High School, Archie, MO (1979)
University: BS Education, University of Missouri (1983)
University: MS Education, University of Central Missouri (1992)
Teacher: Home Economics, Belton High School, Belton, MO
US Congressman, Missouri 4th (2011-)
Missouri Women's Council Chair (2005-07)
Coalition to Protect Marriage State Spokesperson (2004-05)
Missouri State House of Representatives (1995-2001)
Ashcroft 2000
Farm Bureau Cass County
Missouri State Teachers Association
Pleasant Hill Chambers of Commerce
Global Warming Skeptics
Birther Movement
Official Website:
http://www.vickyhartzler.com/
Author of books:
Running God's Way: Step by Step to A Successful Political Campaign (2008)
