| Phil Christofanelli | |
| State House1: | Missouri |
| District1: | 104th |
| Term Start1: | January 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Adam Schnelting (redistricted) |
| State House2: | Missouri |
| District2: | 105th |
| Term Start2: | January 4, 2017 |
| Term End2: | January 2022 |
| Predecessor2: | Mark Parkinson |
| Successor2: | Adam Schwadron (redistricted) |
| Birth Place: | Springfield, Illinois, U.S. |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | St. Peters, Missouri, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Washington University in St. Louis (BA, JD) |
Philip Christofanelli (born 1989/90) is a Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives.
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. He 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.[1]
Christofanelli ran for the House in 2016 to succeed retiring Representative Mark Parkinson. At age 27, Christofanelli was the youngest member of the Missouri House of Representatives.[2] [3]
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.[4]
Christofanelli opposes abortion.[5] [6] He supports gun rights.[7] He supports a right-to-work law for Missouri.[8]
Christofanelli discussed being gay during an interview in 2021,[9] when he was one of two openly gay Republicans serving in the Missouri House of Representatives.[10] 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.[11]
Christofanelli lives in St. Peters, Missouri.[12]