Taylor Banholzer
Republican · MO · Phelps County Prosecuting Attorney
Taylor Banholzer is the Phelps County Prosecuting Attorney. Her office prosecutes criminal cases in the county.
Where Taylor Banholzer stands, based on their records
Supports
Anti-Corruption (2 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (5 records)
Track record
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 2 support
Wrote a letter that the county commission approved and sent to the county coroner. It told him to stop taking items from the homes of people who died unless state law allows it. It also told him to stop charging funeral homes a $100 fee the county never approved.
May 22, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Told the county coroner at a county commission meeting that state law does not let him search the homes of people who died without a warrant. She also told him to move unclaimed cremated remains out of his home garage within two weeks.
April 15, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 5 support
Prosecuted a man who stabbed two people at a St. James Subway restaurant in 2025. Won guilty verdicts at trial on first- and second-degree assault and two counts of armed criminal action.
April 16, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: threeriverspublishing.com
Her office won guilty pleas from a St. James man to second-degree murder and first-degree assault. He had stabbed two men in 2023, killing one of them.
November 6, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: threeriverspublishing.com
Filed child sex crime charges against a former Doolittle police officer. The charges were first-degree child molestation, second-degree statutory rape, and second-degree statutory sodomy.
November 5, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: komu.com
Prosecuted a Rolla woman for sexually abusing a child over four years. Won guilty verdicts at trial on four counts of child molestation and one count of statutory rape. The jury recommended a life sentence.
August 13, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: krcgtv.com
Charged a Rolla mother with child abuse or neglect resulting in death. Her 14-month-old daughter died of fentanyl poisoning in 2023. The child's father was also charged in the case.
December 18, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Took office as the interim Phelps County prosecutor. A circuit judge swore her in after her boss, prosecutor Brendon Fox, resigned to become a circuit judge. She had been his assistant prosecutor.
October 18, 2024
Source: phelpscountyfocus.com
Past race Taylor Banholzer ran in:
- Phelps County Prosecuting Attorney · November 3, 2026 · Phelps County, Missouri · incumbent