Eric Schmitt was born in Bridgeton, Missouri, in 1975. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Truman State University in 1997 and a J.D. from Saint Louis University in 2000. Schmitt's career experience includes working as an attorney.Schmitt served as an alderman in Glendale, Missouri from 2005 to 2008, as a member of the Missouri Senate from 2009 to 2017, as Missouri Treasurer from 2017 to 2018, and as Missouri attorney general from 2019 to 2023.
