Matt Bartle

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Matt Bartle (February 20, 1965 - ) is a Republican politician from Missouri. He was born in Columbia, Missouri.

He graduated from Hickman High School, and went on to get a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and a J.D. degree from Northwestern University. While at Northwestern, he was the editor of law review. He is currently a practicing attorney.

He is married, and has had two children, Mack and Betsy, with his wife Annette. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity, Mystical Seven, First Baptist Church in Lee's Summit, Missouri, where he also teaches Sunday school, and the Blue Springs and Lee’s Summit Chambers of Commerce.

He was first elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1998, and remained in that position through 2000. He was elected to the Missouri State Senate in 2002, and is currently the chair of the Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee, vice chair of the Aging, Families, Mental and Public Health Committee, and a member of the Transportation Committee and the Commerce, Energy, and the Environment Committee.