Lafayette County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
4 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot across 2 Lafayette County races, led by the Missouri House District 51 contest.
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These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Lafayette County is split across 2 Missouri House districts.
Find your districts by addressMissouri House: 2 districtsDistricts 51, 53
Missouri House District 51Stephanie Gooden (R) · Ron Fauss (D)
Stephanie Gooden Republican
Stephanie Gooden is a Saline County Commissioner, educator and community leader with more than two decades of public service, per The Missouri Times. She has served as president of the County Commissioners' Association and was appointed to the Judicial Finance Commission, and she resides in Marshall with her husband Shane and their three children, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Ron Fauss Democratic
No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Stephanie Gooden (Republican), Ron Fauss (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot. Missouri has no runoffs; the August 4 primary winner of each party is the nominee, and unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Missouri Secretary of State's certified general election candidate list (certified August 25, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageMissouri House District 53Terry Thompson (R) · Beth Grubb (D)
Terry Thompson Republican Incumbent
Terry Thompson represents parts of Ray and Lafayette counties as the District 53 state representative, first elected in November 2020, per the Missouri House of Representatives. He was a banking executive for 40 years in Lafayette County and is a former Lexington R-V School Board member, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Beth Grubb Democratic
No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Terry Thompson (Republican), Beth Grubb (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot; Terry Thompson is the sitting member per the House roster. Missouri has no runoffs; the August 4 primary winner of each party is the nominee, and unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Missouri Secretary of State's certified general election candidate list (certified August 25, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
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Missouri nominees were set by the August 4 primary (plurality, no runoffs) and meet on the November 3 ballot; unopposed nominees still print. All 163 state House seats, the even-numbered state Senate districts, partisan circuit judgeships in non-plan circuits and the county offices on the four-year off-presidential cycle (presiding commissioner, clerk, circuit clerk, auditor, recorder, collector, prosecuting attorney) are up; sheriff, assessor, treasurer and the associate commissioners were elected in 2024, per the Secretary of State.
Who is on the ballot in Lafayette County, Missouri on November 3, 2026?
Lafayette County sample ballot 2026: who is running for missouri house, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
When is the 2026 general election in Missouri?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Missouri are listed on the Missouri election hub. Missouri election hub →
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