About Clint

Clint Zweifel was elected Missouri's 45th State Treasurer on November 4, 2008, with 50.5 percent of the vote and a 92,002-vote margin or victory. At 35, Clint is Missouri's youngest State Treasurer in more than a century. He was inaugurated January 12, 2009.

As Missouri State Treasurer, Clint's strategic priorities for his office include rebuilding the economy and putting Missourians back to work, increasing college affordability, furthering open government and transparency and renewing the promise of affordable and responsible homeownership.

Upon taking office, Clint focused on creating and retaining Missouri jobs and reinvesting in communities by developing INVEST IN MISSOURI. The legislation targets economic development by reinvesting more than $1 billion in Missouri communities. The legislative package expands the Missouri Linked Deposit Program, which provides low-interest loans to small businesses and farms. INVEST IN MISSOURIalso provides taxpayers a fair return on state investments for the first time in more than half a century. The legislation passed the legislature with wide bipartisan support and never received a "no" vote. INVEST IN MISSOURIwas signed into law June 29, 2009.

Clint pushed for college affordability through use of the MOST 529 College Savings Program, which his office administers. He has focused on encouraging more Missourians to use the program to save for college education. Additionally, he worked to expand awareness of the plan and its benefits, including tax deductions and tax-free capital gains.

As State Treasurer, Clint oversees the management of the state's investments. His office manages $20 billion in annual state revenues, directs the state's banking services and oversees Missouri's $3.5 billion investment portfolio. Clint's office is responsible for safeguarding $550 million in Unclaimed Property assets turned over to the state by banks, businesses, insurance companies and government agencies, and aggressively tries to locate owners.

Clint serves as chair of the Missouri Higher Education Savings Program Board, which oversees MOST 529: Missouri's College Savings Plan, the Missouri Housing Development Commission and the Missouri Investment Trust. In addition, he sits on the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System and the Missouri Cultural Trust Board.

Prior to serving as State Treasurer, Clint represented the 78th District in the Missouri House of Representatives for six years. His district covered parts of northwest St. Louis County, including parts of Bridgeton, Hazelwood and Florissant.

Clint first won election to the House of Representatives in 2002 by a 67-vote margin and earned the distinction of being the only Democrat in the state to defeat a Republican incumbent. He won again in 2004 with 70 percent of the vote, and was uncontested in 2006. While in the House, Clint led policy strategy and developed real solutions to help Missouri families. He created proposals on early-childhood education, higher education, helping seniors cope with property taxes and guarding citizen privacy.

Focusing on college affordability, Clint developed and sponsored Missouri Promise. The legislation guaranteed any child in Missouri a four-year college degree by expanding the A+ Program. Missouri Promise allowed any student who graduated from an accredited A+ high school to then go to a two-year community college free of charge. If the student maintained the required grades and completed community service while at the community college, he or she would be eligible to complete a four-year degree at any Missouri public university or college at no cost.

Clint was born Nov. 3, 1973, in St. Louis, and grew up in nearby Florissant. His dad is a retired union carpenter and his mom is a hairdresser. He was the first member of his family to attend college. He graduated from the University of Missouri-St. Louis with a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science in 1996. In 2001, he graduated from UMSL with a Master of Business Administration.

Clint worked for Teamsters Local 688 in the St. Louis area before he was elected Treasurer. While there, he worked with members to plan out their retirements. He is married to Janice, and they are parents to two wonderful girls, Selma and Elma. They reside in Columbia.