In just a few days, Missouri voters will visit the polls to determine who and what will appear on the November ballot.
Missouri’s primary election is Tuesday, Aug. 6. This election trims down the candidates to determine who appears as the nominees for the Republican and Democratic parties in the November general election. There are several stacked races at the federal, state and local levels.
The 2024 election cycle has been anything but ordinary. In May, former President Donald Trump, who will be the Republican presidential nominee in November, was found guilty on 34 counts in his New York hush money trial. Just two months later, the presidential candidate survived an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Sustaining an injury to his right ear, Trump was back at it for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee only days later.
Just days after the shooting, President Joe Biden, who up until that point expressed an interest in running for reelection in November, announced an end to his campaign. Though an official candidate for the Democratic Party won’t be determined until the Democratic National Convention in late August, Biden quickly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who has already begun campaigning across the country.
Daniel Ponder, a political science professor at Drury University in Springfield, said he anticipates that Biden’s actions will have little impact on Missouri’s primary election.
“I don’t know if there will be much of an impact, only because Missouri has become so red in the last few election cycles,” Ponder said. “You could argue that it might invigorate Democratic voters because a lot of people, especially younger voters, were not feeling great about the president and his age and all of the things that have been swirling around for awhile.”
When it comes to Republican voters, Ponder doesn’t expect much dialogue to change.
Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon, said, as of Tuesday, that she expects a 28% voter turnout for the primary election. This is in comparison to a 23.5% voter turnout in 2022 and 28.7% voter turnout in 2020.
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Who’s on the ballot?
Here are the candidates running to represent Missouri in federal offices:
U.S. Senator: Josh Hawley (R), Karla May (D), December L. Harmon (D), Lucas Kunce (D), Mita Biswas (D), W. C. Young (L), and Jared Young (Better Party/Independent)U.S. House 7th District: Camille Lombardi-Olive (R), Audrey Richards (R), Eric Burlison (R), John Adair (R), Missi Hesketh (D), and Kevin Craig (L)U.S. House 4th District: Mark Alford (R), Jeanette Cass (D), Mike McCafree (D), and Thomas Holbrook (L)
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Here are the candidates running for statewide offices:
Governor: Darrell Leon McClanahan III (R), Jeremy Gundel (R), Bill Eigel (R), Robert James Olson (R), Jay Ashcroft (R), Mike Kehoe (R), Chris Wright (R), Darren L. Grant (R), Amber Thomsen (R); Eric Morrison (D), Crystal Quade (D), Sheryl Gladney (D), Hollis, L. Laster (D), Mike Hamra (D); and Bill Slantz (L)
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Lieutenant Governor: Holly Rehder (R), Dave Wasinger (R), Lincoln Hough (R), Paul Berry III (R), Tim Baker (R), Matthew E. Porter (R); Richard Brown (D), Anastasia Syes (D); and Ken Iverson (L)
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Secretary of State: Valentina Gomez (R), Shane Schoeller (R), Denny Hoskins (R), Adam J. Schwadron (R), Jamie Corley (R), Dean Plocher (R), Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R), Mike Carter (R); Monique Williams (D), Barbara Phifer (D), Haley Jacobson (D); and Carl Herman Freese (L)
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State Treasurer: Cody Smith (R), Andrew Koenig (R), Lori Rook (R), Vivek Malek (R), Tina Goodrick (R), Karan Pujji (R); Mark Osmack (D); and John A. Hartwig, Jr. (L)
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Attorney General: Will Scharf (R), Andrew Bailey (R); Elad Jonathan Gross (D); and Ryan L. Munro (L)
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Here are the candidates running for state representative seats in Boone County:
District 44: Bryce Beal (R), John Martin (R), Dave Raithel (D)District 45: Kathy Steinhoff (D)District 46: David Tyson Smith (D)District 47: John Potter (R), Adrian Plank (D)District 50: Joshua Ray Blakeman (R), Jeffrey Kyle Basinger (D), Gregg Bush (D)
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Since most of these races have only one candidate per party running in the primary, those primaries will be uncontested, with opposing party candidates facing off at the November general election. Legislative district maps can be found on the Secretary of State website to see which district voters reside in and the issues that will appear on their ballot.
Here are the candidates are running for state Senate in Boone County:
District 19: James Coyne (R), Stephen Webber (D)
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Many Boone County offices feature incumbents running without a challenger. The following race of note is:
Boone County County Sheriff: Dwayne Carey (D), Charles Blair (D). There is no Republican challenger, so the primary election will be the determining one for the race.
Other county level races are:
Northern District Commissioner: Cheri Toalson Reisch (R) and Janet Thompson (D). Both party primaries are uncontested, meaning incumbent Thompson will face challenger Reisch on November’s ballot.
Southern District Commissioner: Sam Turner (R) and Justin Aldred (D). Both party primaries are uncontested, meaning incumbent Aldred will face challenger Turner on November’s ballot.
Boone County Treasurer: Dustin Stanton (R), Jenna Redel (D). Both party primaries are uncontested, meaning incumbent Redel will face challenger Stanton on November’s ballot.
Boone County Assessor: Kenny Mohr (D). Since there is no challenger from any other party, the primary election likely determines the November election, unless someone mounts a write-in campaign.
Boone County Public Administrator: Chimene Schwach (D). Since there is no challenger from any other party, the primary election likely determines the November election, unless someone mounts a write-in campaign.
Circuit Judge, Division 1: Brouck Jacobs (R). Since there is no challenger from any other party, the primary election likely determines the November election, unless someone mounts a write-in campaign.
Circuit Judge, Division 3: Jesus Osete (R), Stepanie Morrell (D). Both party primaries are uncontested, meaning both will face off on November’s ballot. There is not an incumbent for this division as Morrell currently is the Division 11 judge.
The City of Columbia also will have a question about a no increase capital improvement sales tax renewal. The tax first was established in 1991 and has renewal votes every 10 years. The current collection period ends Dec. 31, 2025 and if renewed by voters, the new collection term starts Jan. 1, 2026.
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What statewide ballot measures are on the ballot?
Amendment 1, Childcare Tax Exemption: This ballot measure asks voters whether the state should allow places that provide childcare outside of the child’s home to be exempt from property taxes. A “yes” would exempt property taxes while a “no” would mean childcare facilities continue to be assessed and have to pay property taxes.
Amendment 4, Kansas City Police Spending: Also on the ballot will be a question regarding Kansas City’s spending on its police department, the only city in the state that does not have local control of its police department and is instead controlled by a Board of Police Commissioners appointed by the governor.
The ballot measure asks voters whether Kansas City should be required to increase the minimum funding for the police department from 20% of its general revenue to 25%, roughly an increase of $38.7 million. The ballot language notes that the city previously provided the 25% level of funding voluntarily.
This question already appeared and received voter support in 2022, but the Missouri Supreme Court ordered a new election for the question after Kansas City’s mayor challenged the ballot language that said that “state and local governmental entities estimate no additional costs or savings related to this proposal.”
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Greta Cross is the trending topics reporter for the Springfield News-Leader. She has more than five years of journalism experience covering everything from Ozarks history to Springfield’s LGBTQIA+ community. Follow her on X and Instagram @gretalcross. Story idea? Email her at gcross@news-leader.com.
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