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{{Short description|American politician (born 1948)}}

{{update|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|image =
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|name= Joe Aull
|office= Mayor of [[Lexington, Missouri]]
|state=Missouri
|term_start= November 13, 2019
|term_end=
|preceded=Fred Wiedner
|succeeded=
|party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1948|07|14}}
|birth_place= [[Kansas City, Missouri]]
|death_date=
|death_place=
|spouse= Candee Aull
|profession= Teacher<br>Politics
|alma_mater= [[Westminster College (Missouri)|Westminster College]]<br>[[University of Central Missouri]]
|residence= [[Lexington, Missouri]]
|state_house2=Missouri
|state2=Missouri
|district2=26th
|term_start2= January, 2005
|term_end2= January 9, 2013
|preceded2=Jim Seigfreid
|succeeded2=[[Gail McCann Beatty]]
}}

'''Joe Aull''' (born July 14, 1948) is the mayor of Lexington, Missouri. He carried out a successful write-in campaign for the November 5, 2019 general election, with an estimated victory of 600 votes against 200 votes. From 2005 until 2012, he was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[Missouri House of Representatives]]. He represented the 26th District, encompassing all or parts of [[Lafayette County, Missouri|Lafayette]] and [[Saline County, Missouri|Saline]] counties. Aull was first elected to the Missouri House in 2004, and reelected in 2006, 2008, and 2010. By Missouri law he was term-limited and was not able to run for the Missouri House again in 2012.<ref name="house.mo.gov">{{cite web|url=http://www.house.mo.gov/member.aspx?district=026|title=Member biography|publisher=Missouri House of Representatives|date=  |accessdate=2011-04-25}}</ref>

==Personal history==
Joseph Aull was born in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. After graduation from [[Lexington, Missouri]] High School in 1966 he attended [[Westminster College (Missouri)|Westminster College]] in [[Fulton, Missouri]], earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1970. Rep. Aull further received a master's degree in education from [[University of Central Missouri|Central Missouri State University]] in 1975, and an Education Specialist certificate from that same institution in 1987. Prior to entering politics Joe Aull worked in the education field for 34 years serving in a variety of positions from teacher and coach to principal and school district superintendent.<ref>''Official Manual, State of Missouri, 2005-2006.''  Jefferson City, MO: Secretary of State.</ref> He is a past president of the [[Missouri State High School Activities Association]] (MSHSAA). Joe Aull and wife Candee are the parents of five children.<ref name="house.mo.gov" />

==Political history==
Joe Aull was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in November, 2004, defeating Republican Kevin Begley. Rep. Aull ran unopposed in 2006, 2008, and 2010. He was prohibited by Missouri term limit law from running again for the Missouri House in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.mo.gov/enrweb/|title=State of Missouri Election Night Reporting|publisher=Missouri Secretary of State|date= |accessdate=2011-04-25}}</ref> In November 2019, Aull was elected mayor of Lexington, Missouri through a write-in campaign. On 3 January 2022, President Joe Biden appointed Aull to serve as the State Executive Director for the USDA Missouri Farm Service Agency (FSA).<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 January 2022 |title=Biden Administration Appoints Joe Aull to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA's Farm Service Agency in Missouri |url=https://www.fsa.usda.gov/news-events/news/01-06-2022/biden-administration-appoints-joe-aull-serve-state-executive-director |access-date=7 November 2024 |work=USDA Farm Service Agency}}</ref>

{{Election box begin |title=Missouri 26th District State Representative Election 2004}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| |party      = Republican Party (US)
  |candidate  = Kevin Begley
  |votes      = 5,330
  |percentage = 35.6
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| |party      = Democratic Party (US)
  |candidate  = Joe Aull
  |votes      = 9,622
  |percentage = 64.4
  |change     = Winner
}}
{{Election box end}}

===Legislative assignments===
As a Missouri State Representative,  Aull served on the following committees during the 96th General Assembly:
* Agriculture Policy
* Elementary and Secondary Education
* Emerging Issues in Animal Agriculture
* Joint Committee on Education
* Rural Community Development

==References==
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{{Missouri House of Representatives}}

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[[Category:People from Marshall, Missouri]]
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[[Category:Schoolteachers from Missouri]]
[[Category:21st-century members of the Missouri General Assembly]]