Phil Christofanelli

Philip Christofanelli (born 1989/90) is a Republican former member of the Missouri House of Representatives.

Biography Christofanelli graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science, and graduated from Washington University School of Law in 2021. According to one affected professor in 2011, while an undergraduate, he founded a Young Americans for Liberty chapter and accessed the video footage used in a smear campaign by Andrew Breitbart against two labor studies professors.

Christofanelli was elected to the Missouri Republican State Committee at age 21, and interned for U.S. Representative Dan Benishek in 2013, later serving as his press spokesman.

In 2024, term-limited Christofanelli ran for Missouri State Senate from district 23, and lost the Republican primary to Adam Schnelting. Terri Violet, a former St. Peters alderwoman, won the race to fill Christofanelli's state house seat.

Christofanelli is senior director of state affairs for Pharmaceutical Care Management Association.

Political positions Christofanelli opposes abortion. He supports gun rights. He supports a right-to-work law for Missouri.

In 2023, Christofanelli advocated to expand the MOScholars program.

Personal life Christofanelli discussed being gay during an interview in 2021, when he was one of two openly gay Republicans serving in the Missouri House of Representatives. Christofanelli was vocal about his opposition of a proposed bill in 2023 that would prohibit the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity in public and charter schools.

Christofanelli lives in St. Peters, Missouri.

Electoral history