Alton, Mo. – Primary elections are less than a week away. Do you know who to vote for? The primaries are when a person votes straight down party lines, determining who will run in the general elections in November. One can choose Democratic, Republican, or Libertarian. Here are the candidates running.
County Elections
Sheriff
Oregon County has one person running for sheriff: Eric King. He is the incumbent.
Assoc. County Commis. Dist. 1
This is the southern district for the county commissioner’s assistant. The five men running for this position are John Mcintare, incumbent Jason Kemper, Derrick Bennett, Dennis Morgan, and Wyatt James.
Assoc. County Commis. Dist. 2
This is the northern district for the county commissioner’s assistant. Incumbent Terry Cline is running against Jake Parker and Daniel Jett.
Assessor
One person is running for the position of assessor. That is the incumbent, Doug Bridges.
Public Administrator
One person is running for a public administrator. She is the incumbent, Becky Granger.
Coroner
One person is running for county coroner. That is the incumbent, Tom Clary.
Moving on to the statewide election, we choose our nominees as governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, treasurer, senator, and representative.
State Candidates
Judge
We vote to reelect Steven Privett as judge in District 37. He is the only one running.
Representative
As Representative Atchison is not running again, the office is open. For the Missouri representative for District 153, we choose Keith Elliott or Vinnie Clubb on the Republican ticket. The Democratic ticket has Sheila Bristol.
Senator
We have two candidates for our state senator: incumbent Jason Bean is on the Republican ticket, and Chuck Banks is on the Democratic. We are district 25.
Secretary of State
This is the upright individual who certifies election results. Currently, John Ashcroft is the secretary of state. However, he is running for governor. Running for this office on the Libertarian ticket is Carl Herman Freese. On the Democratic ticket are Monique Williams, Barbara Phifer, and Haley Jacobson. Eight people are running on the Republican ticket. They are Valentina Gomez, Shane Schoeller, Denny Hoskins, Adam J. Schwadron, Jamie Corley, Dean Plocher, Mary Elizabeth Coleman, and Mike Carter.
Treasurer
Several people are vying for the position of state treasurer. On the Democratic team is Mark Osmack. For the Libertarian ticket is John A. Hartwig, Jr. On the Republican ticket are Cody Smith, Andrew Koenig, Lori Rook, Vivek Malek, Tina Goodrick, and Karan Pujji.
Attorney General
Incumbent Andrew Bailey is running against Will Scharf on the Republican ticket. Elad Jonathan Gross is on the Democratic ticket. And Ryan L. Munro runs on the Libertarian ticket.
Lieutenant Governor
Six people are running against each other on the Republican ticket. They are Holly Rehder, Dave Wasinger, Lincoln Hough, Paul Berry III, Tim Baker, and Matthew E. Porter. On the Libertarian ticket is Ken Iverson. For the Democratic side, they have Richard Brown and Anastasia Syes.
Governor
Governor Parson is term-limited out. He plans on going home to spend time with his grandchildren, living under the rules he made. Taking his place are many candidate hopefuls. For the Libertarian ticket, we have Bill Slantz. On the Republican ticket, we choose from Darrell Leon McClanahan III, Jeremy Gundel, Bill Eigel, Robert James Olson, John R. (Jay) Ashcroft, Mike Kehoe, Chris Wright, Darren L Grant, or Amber Thomsen. Running on the Democrat ticket are Mike Hamra, Hollis L Laster,
Federal Representation
This year, we elect a senator and a representative for Washington, DC.
Representative
Jason Smith is running again for representative of the 8th District. James Snider and Grant Heithold are running against him on the Republican ticket. For the Democratic ticket, you have Randi McCallian and Franklin Delano Roth II. Roth also spoke in Alton here. On the Libertarian ticket, Jake Dawson is running.
Senator
Incumbent Josh Hawley is running again in the Republican party for the US Senate seat. He goes against Democratic hopefuls Karla May, December Harmon, Lucas Kunce, and Mita Biswas. Libertarian W.C. Young is also running.
You can visit the secretary of state page here to find more races around the state. This election will help determine the direction our country will go in the next four or more years. For the Republicans, we did video those who showed up at our meet-and-greet.
