The top two officials in the Missouri House of Representatives will be from Springfield in 2019 — and both are millennials.

Rep. Crystal Quade, D-Springfield, who soundly won re-election this week, confirmed Thursday that she will be the next minority leader.

Republicans previously announced their choice for Elijah Haahr, R-Springfield, to serve as speaker during the new session that starts in January.

Quade and Haahr will assume their roles after a formal election in January, when the 2019 legislative session begins.

Both Quade, 33, and Haahr, 36, are millenials as defined as by the Pew Research Center. Pew says anyone born between 1981 and 1996 is part of the millenial generation.

Haahr said he will be the youngest speaker of any statehouse in the country.

Quade has been a representative since she successfully ran for then-Rep. Charlie Norr's seat in 2016, after Norr termed out.

Quade won in her re-election campaign Tuesday against Sarah Semple for the 132nd House District, defeating Semple with more than 64 percent of the vote.

She is the lone Democrat in the state legislature from the Springfield area.

Haahr has represented the 134th district since 2012. He defeated Democrat Derrick Nowlin with 57 percent of the vote on Tuesday to retain his seat.

Dan Ponder, director of Drury University's Meador Center for Politics and Citizenship, said he's not aware of any other time that the speaker and minority leader of the Missouri House have both come from southwest Missouri, let alone Springfield.

Ponder said the new positions will amplify the voice of southwest Missouri, while bringing new responsibility and influence to Haahr and Quade.

As speaker, Haahr will schedule legislation, decide what goes to the House floor for a vote and coordinate efforts with Republicans in the state Senate, Ponder said.

Quade, as the minority leader, won't have nearly as much power as Haahr, Ponder said, but she will have influence.

"She'll be instrumental in articulating what issues the Democrats will focus on," he said.

Rep. Sonya Anderson, R-Springfield, announced Thursday that she was selected to chair the House Republican Caucus.

Anderson has represented District 131, which includes parts of Greene County and Springfield, since 2012.

Based on preliminary vote totals from Tuesday, House Republicans would hold a 116-47 majority over Democrats once the session begins.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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