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Primary ElectionAug. 4, 2026

General ElectionNov. 3, 2026

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Missouri does not elect a governor in 2026. The statewide contests below are what appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot.

2026 Statewide & Congressional Races

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Auditor

5 candidates

Scott Fitzpatrick (R)Incumbent
Scott Fitzpatrick is Missouri's incumbent state auditor and a Republican candidate for re-election. A former state treasurer and state House budget chair, he has built his statewide record around audits, government spending oversight, local-government accountability, fiscal controls, and conservative management of public dollars.
Priorities: Audit state and local government spending · Strengthen fiscal controls and public accountability · Use treasurer and budget-chair experience in statewide oversight
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Quentin Wilson (D)
Quentin Wilson is a Democratic candidate for Missouri state auditor and a former director of the Missouri Department of Revenue. His campaign emphasizes fair accounting, transparent audits, taxpayer service, public trust, and using state finance experience to scrutinize how Missouri spends public money.
Priorities: Improve transparency around every public dollar · Use revenue-department experience for taxpayer accountability · Strengthen fair, independent state audits
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Greg Upchurch (D)
Greg Upchurch is a Democratic candidate for Missouri state auditor and a small business owner. His campaign emphasizes financial accountability, government transparency, taxpayer protection, and a business-owner perspective on how public dollars are tracked and audited.
Priorities: Strengthen financial accountability and transparency · Protect taxpayers from waste and weak controls · Bring small-business experience to state oversight
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Jerry Wistrand (R)
Jerry Wistrand is a Republican candidate for Missouri state auditor and an IT auditing specialist. His campaign emphasizes technology-focused auditing, fraud detection, cybersecurity-related oversight, and a professional audit background as an alternative to incumbent Scott Fitzpatrick in the Republican primary.
Priorities: Bring IT auditing experience to the auditor's office · Improve fraud detection and technology oversight · Offer a Republican primary alternative focused on audit specialization
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Dustin Coffell (L)
Dustin Coffell is the Libertarian candidate listed for Missouri state auditor and chair of the Libertarian Party of Missouri. His campaign gives voters a non-major-party option for the office that audits state and local government finances.
Priorities: Offer a Libertarian option for state auditor · Emphasize limited-government fiscal oversight · Promote transparency in public spending

U.S. House - MO-1

8 candidates

Paul Berry III (Republican)
A St. Louis County Republican who was his party's nominee for St. Louis County executive in 2020 and was among the crowded Republican field seeking Missouri lieutenant governor in 2024, per St. Louis Public Radio. He first sought this district's seat in 2016, when he said he wanted to unify frustrated citizens against the political status quo, per the Missouri Times. No campaign site for this cycle could be verified.
Andrew Jones (Republican)
Executive vice president of business development and marketing at Southwest Electric who earlier rose through the ranks at the energy company Ameren, per his campaign site. He holds an economics degree from Lincoln University plus a master's in international business and an MBA from Washington University's Olin School of Business, per his campaign site. He has also run for St. Louis mayor in 2017, 2021 and 2025, per
Priorities: Parental rights in education, per his campaign site · The economy and inflation, per his campaign site · Crime and safety, per his campaign site
Alissa Murphy (Democratic)
Alissa Murphy, of Clayton, is a Democrat on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary in this district, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Carl E. Harris Sr (Democratic)
Founder of SME Global Business Consulting LLC, established in 2022, who since 2024 has served as an advisor and project manager for the SLDC small business grant program in St. Louis, per his campaign site. He is a Navy veteran with construction and business management experience who has also worked as a writer and community advocate, per the St. Louis American.
Priorities: Economic opportunity and community development, per the St. Louis American · Civil rights protections, per his campaign site · Grassroots community engagement, per his campaign site
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Cori Bush (Democratic)
Cori Bush is a pastor, nurse by background, and former U.S. Representative for this district seeking to return to the seat; she lost the 2024 Democratic rematch to Wesley Bell, per St. Louis Public Radio. Her campaign site emphasizes lowering costs, public health, and safer communities. She is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Lower costs and expand opportunities · Invest in public health · Build safer communities
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Wesley Bell (Democratic)Incumbent
Wesley Bell is a former public defender, judge, and St. Louis County prosecuting attorney, first elected to that office in 2018, per his campaign site, and is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Delivering for St. Louis · Affordability and cost of living · Public safety and criminal justice reform
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Carl Earnest Henderson (Democratic)
Carl Earnest Henderson, of Hazelwood, is a Democrat on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary in this district, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Tom Schmitz (Libertarian)
The Libertarian contender in this district, per the Libertarian Party of St. Louis. His site argues for maximizing individual liberty and removing government control, and contrasts libertarian philosophy with Democratic and Republican positions across policy areas, per his website.
Priorities: Non interventionist foreign policy and peace with all nations, per his website · Separation of healthcare and state with a free market healthcare system, per his website · Ending the drug war, per his website
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U.S. House - MO-2

9 candidates

Peter A. Pfeifer (Republican)
A commercial real estate broker in the St. Louis metro area who traces his entrepreneurship to his family's bakery, which his site calls an institution for decades, per his campaign site. He did not return a candidate survey for the Leader newspapers voters guide, per myLeaderPaper.
Priorities: Stopping federal spending, per his campaign site · Lowering the cost of living and reducing taxes, per his campaign site · Unelecting incumbents, per his campaign site
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Brandon Wilkinson (Republican)
A truck driver from Cedar Hill who says he works about 55 hours a week and describes himself as a regular, hard working, middle class American, per his campaign site. He is 40 and married with one son, per his campaign site. He did not return a candidate survey for the Leader newspapers voters guide, per myLeaderPaper.
Priorities: Mass deportation, which he calls required to save America, per his campaign site · Demanding transparency, accountability and common sense in Washington, per his campaign site · Balanced budgets, tax cuts and deregulation, per his campaign site
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Ann Wagner (Republican)Incumbent
Ann Wagner, of Ballwin, is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district; born and raised in Missouri, she campaigns on her record as a conservative legislator, per her campaign site. She is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
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Matthew R. Grant (Republican)
A litigator with 25 years in practice and a former equity partner at the law firm Husch Blackwell, per his campaign site. He is a St. Louis resident, an Eagle Scout and a Boy Scout leader, and is married with two children and three stepchildren, per myLeaderPaper.
Priorities: Ending corruption in the family court system, per his campaign site · Term limits for the House and Senate, per his campaign site · A smaller, leaner federal government and lower taxes by cutting waste, per his campaign site
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Elizabeth Sparks-Holmes (Republican)
Elizabeth Sparks-Holmes, of Valley Park, is a Republican on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary in this district, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Timothy D. Bilash (Democratic)
A physician with a 36 year career who describes himself as an expert clinical physician, advisor, scientist and data analyst, per his campaign site. He holds an MD and graduate degrees from the University of Illinois, completed residency at Albany Medical Center, and taught as a clinical instructor and assistant professor of gynecology, per his campaign site. He has signed a pledge to support congressional term limit
Priorities: A state payer health care system, which he says lowers cost 20 percent, per his campaign site · A winning Ukraine strategy, per his campaign site · Geopolitics and the dangers of artificial intelligence, per his campaign site
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Joan VonDras (Democratic)
Joan VonDras taught for nearly 30 years in area public schools, per her campaign site, and has held town halls across the district while contributing several hundred thousand dollars of her own money to the race, per St. Louis Public Radio. She is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Public education · Restoring trust in government · Serving on the House Agriculture Committee
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Fred Wellman (Democratic)
Fred Wellman is a retired Army aviator and West Point graduate who served during Desert Storm and completed three tours in Iraq, per his campaign site; he hosts a politics podcast and has endorsements from VoteVets and the Missouri AFL-CIO, per those organizations. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Lower costs · Protect health care · Defend the Constitution
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Brandon Coulter Daugherty (Libertarian)
Executive director of the Libertarian Party of Missouri and co host of the Missouri Liberty Report, per the Libertarian Party. He was the Libertarian contender for this same seat in 2024, per the Libertarian Party. His campaign site runs under the banner no more wars, no more cover ups, no more debt.
Priorities: Ending funding for Israel, Ukraine and other allies, per his campaign site · Full release of the Epstein files, per his campaign site · Abolishing federal agencies including the FBI, the Department of Education and the EPA, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - MO-3

6 candidates

John G Fraser (Republican)
A retired certified public accountant with a master's in applied economics who grew up in a rural town of about 2,000 people and has worked as a farmer and in construction, per ABC 17 News. He calls himself a Reagan conservative opposed to federal government overreach, per ABC 17 News.
Priorities: Balancing the federal budget, saying he would never vote to increase the deficit, per ABC 17 News · Free trade, saying he would never vote for a tariff, per ABC 17 News
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Bob Onder (Republican)Incumbent
Bob Onder is a physician and attorney, per his campaign site, and is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Fighting illegal immigration · Defending life · Standing up for the Second Amendment
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Bethany E Mann (Democratic)
Bethany E Mann is an environmental chemist who works in energy and water infrastructure and helps communities test for contaminants like lead, per her campaign site; she was the district's 2024 Democratic nominee and is running again, per ABC17 coverage of the race. She is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Public education funding · Infrastructure investment · Healthcare access
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Paul T. Wilson (Democratic)
Paul T. Wilson ANNOUNCED ON JULY 14, 2026 THAT HE WAS ENDING HIS CAMPAIGN, saying that with a full time healthcare job he would not be able to hit the targets needed to be competitive, though his name still prints on the August 4 ballot, per KOMU. He is a St. Charles dentist who works full time in health care, per KOMU, and said he would support whichever Democrat wins the nomination.
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Tommy Holstein (Democratic)
A Lindenwood University graduate who has used his skills as a videographer to support local businesses, non profits and organizations across the state, per his campaign site. He serves as a board member of Destination Imagination and as a fraternity advisor, per his campaign site, and runs a grassroots campaign that refuses corporate PAC funding.
Priorities: Medicare for All, per his campaign site · Fully funded public schools and tuition free opportunities, per his campaign site · Regulation of artificial intelligence and an AI Bill of Rights, per his campaign site
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Jim Higgins (Libertarian)
Jim Higgins, of St. Louis, is a Libertarian on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary in this district, per the Missouri Secretary of State.

U.S. House - MO-4

11 candidates

Mark Alford (Republican)Incumbent
Mark Alford is a former television news anchor and former small business owner, per his campaign site, and is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, where he serves on the House Agriculture and Armed Services committees, per his campaign site. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Agriculture and farm policy · Reducing the national debt · Border security
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Heather Shelton (Republican)
A Lee's Summit realtor, per KCUR and Axios Kansas City, who describes herself on her campaign site as a public servant, mother, educator, small business owner and realtor rather than a career politician. Her site says she has worked directly with families, students and local communities across Missouri. Axios Kansas City reported she did not answer its questions about her platform.
Priorities: Protecting constitutional rights, per her campaign site · Putting people before powerful interests, per her campaign site · Restoring trust through transparency, per her campaign site
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Scott Vincent Vera (Republican)
A Kansas City Republican who describes himself on his campaign site as an America first Christian and runs under the banner America first, Constitution always. His site frames the effort around secure borders, constitutional rights, strong families, peaceful foreign policy and honest spending. Axios Kansas City described him as a self described Christian conservative. Neither his site nor the reporting reviewed state
Priorities: Securing the border and stepping up immigration enforcement, per his campaign site · Ending foreign aid and foreign military interventions, per his campaign site · Cutting government spending and reducing the federal debt through fiscal discipline that lowers costs, per Axios Kansas City
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Jordan Herrera (Democratic)
Jordan Herrera is an Air Force veteran of nearly 16 years, an attorney, and a former assistant attorney general, per his campaign site, which lists endorsements from the Missouri AFL-CIO and the Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Cost of living · Safer communities · Accountable government
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Wayne Russell (Democratic)
A nurse and teacher with 40 years of experience as a combat medic and as an ICU, emergency room and geriatric nurse, per his campaign site and KCUR. He wrote a book titled Pugsley Stands about standing up to racism, injustice and bullying, per his campaign site, and campaigns under the slogan Return Our Country. Axios Kansas City and KSHB 41 both reported he did not respond to their candidate questions.
Priorities: Housing, affordability, fair wages and human rights for all, per his campaign site · Fast tracking citizenship for vetted immigrants, per his campaign site · Access to quality education, healthcare and a clean environment, per his campaign site
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Hartzell Gray 3rd (Democratic)
A former radio personality and tenant activist in Kansas City who identifies on his campaign site as an activist, community organizer, radio host and lifelong Kansas Citian raised by working class parents, per his campaign site and Axios Kansas City. He told Axios Kansas City his focus is restoring a government that works for ordinary people. His site emphasizes grassroots organizing and grassroots fundraising.
Priorities: Medicare for All and universal healthcare, per his campaign site · Treating affordable housing as a human right, including rent controls, per his campaign site and Axios Kansas City · A 25 dollar minimum wage and stronger labor protections, per his campaign site
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G Rick (Democratic)
G Rick, of Morrisville, is a Democrat on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary in this district, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Jeanette Cass (Democratic)
A farmer and school board member who describes herself on her campaign site as a lifelong Missourian, farmer and community advocate with decades spent farming and helping neighbors, per her campaign site and Axios Kansas City. She was the Democratic nominee against Mark Alford in 2024 and lost, per Axios Kansas City.
Priorities: Lowering the cost of living by targeting price gouging on rent, groceries and prescription drugs, per her campaign site · Protecting family farms from corporate and foreign pressure on farmland ownership, per her campaign site · Keeping rural hospitals open and making healthcare affordable, per her campaign site
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Ashleigh Rogers (Democratic)
Ashleigh Rogers, of Kansas City, is a Democrat on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary in this district, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Randy Miller (Democratic)
Randy Miller, of Lone Jack, is a Democrat on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary in this district, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Thomas Holbrook (Libertarian)
Thomas Holbrook, of Warrensburg, is a Libertarian on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary in this district, per the Missouri Secretary of State.

U.S. House - MO-5

8 candidates

Brad Patty (Republican)
A retired Army master sergeant with 25 years of service who deployed to Iraq as a combat mechanic and later served as an instructor, per his campaign site. He lives in Fayette and is a father of six, per his campaign site and Northeast News, and is pursuing a graduate degree in public administration, per the Missouri Independent. He told ABC 17 News he is the only contender who lives in the district. He reported rais
Priorities: Securing the border, finishing the border wall and ending catch and release, per his campaign site · Reducing the federal income tax, even to the point of eliminating it if possible, per ABC 17 News · Standing for the unborn and defending religious liberty, per his campaign site
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Brett Hueffmeier (Republican)
A Kansas City attorney and former academic dean who worked as a legislative staffer for Senators Kit Bond and John Ashcroft, per Northeast News, though the Missouri Independent describes his current work as commercial real estate. He told ABC 17 News he ran because he was tired of hearing ambiguous politicians answer policy questions without really giving an answer. He loaned his campaign 275,000 dollars and raised r
Priorities: Saving rural hospitals by repealing the 1973 restriction on physician owned hospitals and creating a veterans care program modeled on Medicare, per ABC 17 News · An American Dream Wealth Building Act to expand homeownership and new construction instead of subsidizing rentals, per ABC 17 News and Northeast News · Letting farmers and small businesses pool into association health plans and cooperative supply chains, per the Missouri Independent
Taylor Burks (Republican)
Chief executive of the commercial landscaping company Rost Inc. and a Navy Reserve commander with 19 years of combined active and reserve service across four overseas deployments, per the Missouri Independent and his campaign site. He was appointed Boone County Clerk in 2017 and serves on the Truman State University Board of Governors, per his campaign site. He loaned his campaign 900,000 dollars and raised about 250
Priorities: Protecting Missouri farmland from Chinese purchases and restoring Missouri's voice in federal farm policy, per the Missouri Independent · Fiscal responsibility and cutting wasteful spending, which he ties to reducing the Boone County budget by nearly 500,000 dollars, per his campaign site · Supporting the military and securing resources for Whiteman Air Force Base, per his campaign site
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Rick Brattin (Republican)
Rick Brattin is a Marine Corps veteran who rose to sergeant over six years of service, a small business owner, and a state senator who previously served four terms in the Missouri House, per his campaign site and the Missouri Independent. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Border security · Energy independence · Cutting wasteful spending
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Berton A. Knox (Republican)
A Republican making his third run at this seat after earlier bids in 2014 and 2016, and described by Northeast News as a perennial contender in the district. He did not respond by deadline to KSHB 41's questionnaire on data center development, per KSHB 41. No campaign site or published platform could be verified.
Micah Beebe (Republican)
A Kansas City native and commercial real estate broker with more than 14 years in real estate transactions, per his campaign site and Northeast News. He and his wife have five children, including three siblings adopted out of Texas foster care, per his campaign site. He also sought this seat in 2016, per Northeast News, and reported raising less than 5,000 dollars this cycle, per the Missouri Independent.
Priorities: Economic relief and protecting taxpayers from higher taxes, per his campaign site · Backing local law enforcement and public safety in Kansas City, per his campaign site and Northeast News · A cautious approach to data center expansion in Missouri, especially after what has been seen in Independence, per KSHB 41
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Emanuel Cleaver, II (Democratic)Incumbent
Emanuel Cleaver, II has represented the Kansas City area in Congress since first being elected in 2004, per his campaign site, and is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Economic development and job creation · Reducing regional income disparity · Education and workforce development
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Randall (Randy) Langkraehr (Libertarian)
Randall (Randy) Langkraehr, of Warrensburg, is a Libertarian on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary in this district, per the Missouri Secretary of State.

U.S. House - MO-6

9 candidates

Jim Ingram (Republican)
Jim Ingram, of Kansas City, is a retired businessman and Army veteran who filed for this seat more than a year before his rivals and campaigns on term limits and a balanced federal budget, per the Missouri Independent. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Congressional term limits · A balanced federal budget
Chris Stigall (Republican)
Chris Stigall is a nationally syndicated conservative talk radio host who left a 25 year broadcasting career for this race and earlier worked in Rep. Sam Graves' congressional office, per his campaign site and the Missouri Independent, which reports Graves endorsed him on the day filing closed. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: A seat on the House Agriculture Committee · Regular visits to all 33 district counties
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Nathan Hall Willett (Republican)
Nathan Hall Willett is a Kansas City Council member and high school math teacher, per the Missouri Independent, which reports he points to securing 25 million dollars for a Northland workforce development center and holds the Missouri Soybean Association's endorsement in this race. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Incentives for skilled trades careers · Reducing regulations on farmers · Congressional term limits
Cody J. Oshel (Republican)
Cody J. Oshel, of Maryville, is a former pastor who leads national partnerships for the financial services organization Thrivent and campaigns on rural healthcare access and keeping family farms in families, per the Missouri Independent. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Rural healthcare access · Keeping farms within families · Transparency in farmland sales
Nathanael Schultz (Republican)
Nathanael Schultz, of Bowling Green, holds stakes in family small businesses including a towing company and a fire and water restoration firm, and raises livestock and crops on his own acreage, per the Missouri Independent. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Small businesses and family farms · Strong families · Limits on federal government
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Josh Smead (Democratic)
Josh Smead, of Liberty, is a licensed architect and small business owner who co-owns Liberty Design Development and has worked on large scale sports architecture projects, per KQ2's candidate profile. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Healthcare within reach for rural Missouri · Fully funded public education · Rural broadband and infrastructure
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Scot Pondelick (Democratic)
Scot Pondelick, of Kansas City, is an Army veteran who served three Iraq tours as an explosive ordnance disposal technician and helped start the veterans nonprofit NineLine Veteran Services, per his campaign site. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Restoring veterans services · Keeping rural hospitals open · Trade policy that protects farmers
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Matt Levine (Democratic)
A lead transportation security officer at Kansas City International Airport who previously worked as an accountant, per his campaign site. He also serves as a part time educator in a special needs program and substitute teaches in the Park Hill School District, per his campaign site. He holds a mathematics degree from the University of Maine, a master's in secondary education from Grand Canyon University and a master
Priorities: A fair and quality education, where every child has a shot at success regardless of zip code or income, per his campaign site · Accessible, quality healthcare so no family is left behind in a medical crisis, per his campaign site · A thriving economy that lifts up working families and supports small businesses and farmers, per his campaign site
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Andy Maidment (Libertarian)
An IT security professional and retired Army officer who served 21 years in the Army and the Missouri National Guard, per his campaign site. He has lived in Missouri since age twelve and holds a history degree with an economics minor from Missouri State University, per his campaign site.
Priorities: Limited government, including eliminating federal departments he argues lack a constitutional basis, per his campaign site · Ending the income tax, which he characterizes as confiscatory, per his campaign site · Withdrawing troops from a permanent presence in the Middle East, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - MO-7

5 candidates

John Casey (Republican)
A Marine Corps veteran who describes himself as a Christian, a husband and a father of four boys, per his campaign site. He did not respond to multiple requests to participate in KSMU's Informed Voter Coalition interviews, per KSMU.
Priorities: Protection for the unborn, per his campaign site · Eliminating property tax, saying anything that stops you from owning your property outright needs to be ended, per his campaign site · An immigration moratorium and deportation of people in the country illegally, per his campaign site
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Grayson Hunt (Republican)
An insurance producer who previously managed a high volume branch of one of the largest lending companies in Missouri, serving more than 1,600 families, per his campaign site. He holds a degree in IT cybersecurity and became a manager at 19, per his campaign site.
Priorities: Congressional term limits, per KSMU · Housing affordability, including ending mass corporate buyouts of homes, per KSMU · Championing small businesses and workers, per his campaign site
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Eric W. Burlison (Republican)Incumbent
Eric W. Burlison, of Springfield, is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district; his campaign emphasizes lower taxes, border security, and holding Washington accountable, per his campaign site. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Lower taxes · Border security · Government accountability
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Missi Hesketh (Democratic)
Missi Hesketh is a teacher and former mayor of Forsyth, per her campaign site, and was the district's 2024 Democratic nominee, per KSMU public radio's coverage of that race. She is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Affordability for all · Fixing healthcare · Supporting farmers and natural resources
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Kevin Craig (Libertarian)
A Christian libertarian campaigning under the slogan Liberty Under God who says he passed the California Bar Exam but was denied a license to practice law because his Christian beliefs conflicted with the bar's requirements, per his campaign site. He describes spending hundreds of hours in law libraries studying the law books of civil government, per his campaign site.
Priorities: Abolishing federal bureaucracies and programs he considers unconstitutional, per his campaign site · Eliminating the Department of Education and abolishing the IRS, per his campaign site · Reducing federal spending by trillions of dollars, per his campaign site
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U.S. House - MO-8

5 candidates

Jason T. Smith (Republican)Incumbent
Jason T. Smith describes himself as a farm kid from Salem, a rancher, and a small business owner, per his campaign materials, and is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Curbing federal spending · Tax policy for working families
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Gordon Heslop (Republican)
A retired educator who spent roughly 20 years on the accounting faculty at East Texas A&M University, per the Sun Times News. He holds a Doctor of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Laws with Honours, an MBA and a Master of Commerce with Honours, and has held CPA, CMA, CIA and CFM certifications that are now inactive, per his campaign site.
Priorities: Abolishing tariffs and strengthening the middle class while reducing the national debt, per his campaign site · Saving social security and focusing on the health of the rural economy, per his campaign site · Term limits of 12 years, two terms for the Senate and six for the House, per his campaign site
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Chris Reichard (Democratic)
A military veteran seeking the Democratic nomination in this district, per KRCU. At a May 2026 candidate debate he said the crimes perpetrated by the executive branch are visible every day, and pledged to sign articles of impeachment if there were support in the Senate to convict, per KRCU.
Priorities: Signing articles of impeachment against the executive branch if there is support in the Senate to convict, per KRCU
Frank A. Barnitz (Democratic)
Frank A. Barnitz is a family farmer and feed mill owner from Lake Spring who served in the Missouri House starting in 2000 and in the state Senate from 2005 to 2011, and sits on the Salem Memorial Hospital board, per his campaign site. He is on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Priorities: Rural healthcare · Public schools · Protecting Social Security and Medicare
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Rebecca Sharpe Lombard (Libertarian)
Rebecca Sharpe Lombard, of St. Louis, is a Libertarian on the certified candidate list for the August 4 primary in this district, per the Missouri Secretary of State.

Statewide Ballot Measures

7 statewide measures are on Missouri's 2026 ballot. Tap a measure for the plain-language summary.

Amendment 3: Prohibit Abortion and Gender Transition Procedures for Minors Amendment
Prohibit abortion in most cases, and prohibit gender transition procedures for minors under eighteen.
Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)
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Creation of Show-Me Prosperity Investment Fund Amendment
Create a permanent public endowment fund managed by the state to generate revenue, and use the earnings to eliminate state-imposed taxes when sufficient to replace them.
Constitutional amendment (legislative referral)
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Require Election of County Sheriffs Amendment
Require the election of county sheriffs.
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Amendment 1: Sales Tax for Parks and Conservation Amendment
Renew the existing sales and use tax of 0.1% for 10 years to fund state parks and soil and water conservation.
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Amendment 2: Require Election of Jackson County Assessor Amendment
Require the Jackson County Assessor to be an elected position.
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Amendment 4: Require Congressional District Approval for Initiated Constitutional Amendments, Prohibit Foreign Contributions, and Penalize Petition Fraud Amendment
Require the majority of voters from each congressional district to approve initiative petitions to amend the constitution, prohibit foreign nationals from contributing to ballot measure campaigns, among other provisions.
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Amendment 5: Income Tax Elimination and Sales Tax Changes Amendment
Phase out individual income tax based on revenue growth and make other tax-related changes.
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Places We’re Tracking

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Boone County

48 candidates

48 tracked candidate profiles
23 office types represented

Cole County

47 candidates

47 tracked candidate profiles
19 office types represented

Jackson County

28 candidates

28 tracked candidate profiles
9 races covered

St. Charles County

22 candidates

22 tracked candidate profiles
11 races covered

St. Louis County

20 candidates

20 tracked candidate profiles
7 races covered

Platte County

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
7 races covered

Clay County

8 candidates

8 tracked candidate profiles
3 races covered

St. Louis city

7 candidates

7 tracked candidate profiles
3 races covered

St. Francois County

49 candidates

49 tracked candidate profiles
15 office types represented

Cape Girardeau County

39 candidates

39 tracked candidate profiles
12 office types represented

O'Fallon city

38 candidates

38 tracked candidate profiles
15 office types represented

Lincoln County

16 candidates

16 tracked candidate profiles
11 office types represented

St. Joseph city

15 candidates

15 tracked candidate profiles
6 office types represented

Lee's Summit city (pt.)

13 candidates

13 tracked candidate profiles
7 office types represented

Balance of St. Charles County

11 candidates

11 tracked candidate profiles
7 office types represented

Jefferson County

10 candidates

10 tracked candidate profiles
7 office types represented

Franklin County

9 candidates

9 tracked candidate profiles
3 office types represented

Christian County

7 candidates

7 tracked candidate profiles
6 office types represented

Balance of St. Louis County

6 candidates

6 tracked candidate profiles
3 office types represented

Buchanan County

4 candidates

4 tracked candidate profiles
4 office types represented

Jasper County

3 candidates

3 tracked candidate profiles
2 office types represented

Columbia city

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
2 office types represented

Kansas City city (pt.)

2 candidates

2 tracked candidate profiles
1 office type represented

Balance of Greene County

1 candidates

1 tracked candidate profile
1 office type represented

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