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Stephanie Markus

Independent · Mayor of Pevely · Missouri · Spectrum score +7

Mayor · Nonpartisan / not on file ·

Stephanie Markus is Mayor of Pevely in Missouri. Political positions and ideology score +7 (Center). Sitting mayor of Pevely.

Term ends: Apr 6, 2027
Email: stephmarkus@sbcglobal.net
Phone: 636-475-4452
Office: 401 Main Street, Pevely, MO 63070
Website: Official site

Salary: —

Where Stephanie stands on the spectrum

Stephanie Markus scores +7 on Spectrum’s left–right line (center), mixed on economic issues and mixed on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite +7 · Center · economic +4 · social +8 · authoritarian +6

Confidence 68. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

Sitting mayor of Pevely. Local office — scored from party and public record, not a congressional roll-call.

Local file. No DW-NOMINATE, no STOCK Act table. The score is a party-and-record estimate. Contact is from the public office listing.

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Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic: +4
Social: +8
Authoritarian: +6
Confidence: 68

Taxes & spending+6
Lower taxes, smaller fiscal footprint
Health care-6
Public or single-payer coverage as a right
Climate & energy+4
Energy abundance, fewer climate mandates
Business regulation+10
Deregulation and lighter administrative state
Labor & wages+8
Flexible labor markets, right-to-work
Immigration+14
Tighter borders, more deportations
Abortion-8
Legal access, opposed to bans
Guns+10
Broad Second Amendment, fewer federal limits
Crime & policing+20
More policing, longer sentences, less bail reform
Schools & speech+8
Choice, against gender/DEI curricula
Defense & alliances+18
Hard power, high defense spending, deterrence
Civil liberties+6
Order, platform / campus / speech restrictions for security or morality