McDonald County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
3 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot across 2 McDonald County races, led by the Missouri House District 158 contest.
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These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
McDonald County is split across 2 Missouri House districts.
Find your districts by addressMissouri House: 2 districtsDistricts 158, 159
Missouri House District 158Scott Cupps (R) · Chris Foster (D)
Scott Cupps Republican Incumbent
Scott Cupps represents District 158 in the Missouri House of Representatives, based in Shell Knob, first elected in 2019, per the Missouri House of Representatives website. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Chris Foster Democratic
No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Scott Cupps (Republican), Chris Foster (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot; Scott Cupps 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.
Full race pageMissouri House District 159Joel Mace (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Joel Mace Republican
Joel Mace is a veteran detective with the Newton County Sheriff's Office with over a decade in law enforcement, per the Missouri Times. He previously served as a patrol officer in Diamond and Granby before joining the Newton County Sheriff's Office in 2013. He is the Republican nominee for Missouri House District 159. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Joel Mace (Republican) is the only nominee 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.
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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 McDonald County, Missouri on November 3, 2026?
McDonald 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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