I live in Willard, I don't see you really going far unless you start promoting now to get your name out there. And by promoting, the Veterans day parade coming up, sponsoring events during Christmas, 4th of July events all over w/ booths, craft fairs in the fall, going door to door as much as possible and news leader interviews, etc. Honestly most people would need a lot of time to see past the blue D next to your name on the ballot. I'd focus more on local issues, the foreign investors purchasing our lands, veteran benefits and more public education funding would be the things I'd probably promote. Being pro 2nd amendment is basically a must, but people would see you wanting to limit gun access and possibly use that against you, so you'd need to rebrand that. You can opt to get involved in Springfield to get your name out there, however I'd focus more on the rural side and doing what is best for rural Missouri and what makes the rural parts of the state great.

You can message me and speak to me individually and I'd be happy to talk about putting a sign in my yard, too busy to really volunteer. If you wanted to replace Billy Long, I'd happily endorse you already on spec.