Notable personal detailsMatthew R. Grant is a Republican candidate for the U.S. House in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. He is an attorney and has described himself as a litigator with roughly 25 years of legal experience, including work as an equity partner in litigation at Husch Blackwell and earlier work at Thompson Coburn. His campaign platform highlights family-court oversight/anti-corruption proposals, congressional term limits, a smaller federal workforce, and lower taxes through spending cuts.