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St. Louis County, MO

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

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U.S. House, Missouri District 2
3 candidates
Federal ▾
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Ann Wagner
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Wagner grew up working alongside her parents at their family retail carpet store in Manchester, Missouri, and studied business administration at the University of Missouri, per the campaign site. She held management positions at Hallmark Cards and Ralston-Purina before her election to the U.S. House representing Missouri's 2nd District, per the campaign site. She authored the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act and the Debbie Smith Act funding rape kit testing, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Supporting conservative fiscal and policy priorities
  • Emphasizing family values as central to her platform
Per the campaign site.
Key voting record
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
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Fred Wellman
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Lower costs
  • Protect health care
  • Defend the Constitution
Campaign siteFull profile
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Brandon Coulter Daugherty
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Ending funding for Israel, Ukraine and other allies
  • Full release of the Epstein files
  • Abolishing federal agencies including the FBI, the Department of Education and the EPA
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Certified candidate list from the Missouri Secretary of State for the August 4, 2026 primary. Missouri primaries are open: choose any one party ballot regardless of registration. Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian contenders all appear on August 4 party ballots, and each party's winner advances to the November 3 general ballot. Missouri's congressional map was redrawn in 2025, so confirm your current district before voting.
Auditor
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Scott Fitzpatrick
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Audit state and local government spending
  • Strengthen fiscal controls and public accountability
  • Use treasurer and budget-chair experience in statewide oversight
Campaign siteFull profile
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Quentin Wilson
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Improve transparency around every public dollar
  • Use revenue-department experience for taxpayer accountability
  • Strengthen fair, independent state audits
Campaign siteFull profile
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Dustin Coffell
Biography
Dustin Coffell is the Libertarian nominee for Missouri state auditor on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's certified candidate list, 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. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
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Missouri Judicial Retention
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
PC
Paul C. Wilson
INCUMBENT
Biography
Judge Wilson was appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court by Gov. Jay Nixon in December 2012 and was retained by voters in November 2014 for a 12-year term; he served as Chief Justice from July 2021 to June 2023. He previously was a circuit judge in Cole County and worked in the Missouri Attorney General's office; he holds a law degree from the University of Missouri.
About this race
Retention vote: each judge appears alone with a yes-or-no question on keeping the seat. 49 more district or county retention judges depend on your address: see /judges/missouri.

Countywide races in St. Louis County

ZIP 63005 sits in St. Louis County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All St. Louis County races (38).

County Executive
3 candidates
County ▾
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Jake Zimmerman
DEM
Biography
St. Louis County's assessor since 2011 and a former state representative who worked for Gov. Bob Holden and Attorney General Jay Nixon, per STLPR. He calls himself a fixer who wants detail-oriented governing and says he would end the county's reliance on one-time funds to plug budget gaps, per STLPR.
Top Priorities
  • End reliance on one-time funds to balance the budget
  • Require large developers, including data centers, to bring their own clean energy
  • Protect core services like public safety, health, and parks
Per the STLPR.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Dennis Hancock
REP
Biography
Hancock is a candidate for St. Louis County Executive, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Balance the county budget without raising taxes
  • A change in county government's direction
  • Private-sector budget discipline
Per the Spectrum News.
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J D McFarland
Biography
J.D. McFarland previously ran in the 2017 St. Louis city mayoral race as a Green Party candidate, per the St. Louis Call Newspapers, which reported he did not respond to its interview request for this campaign. J D McFarland appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for County Executive, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
August 4 primary result: Jake Zimmerman (46.5 percent) won the Democratic nomination over Brian Williams (33.6 percent), Angela Walton Mosley (19.9 percent) and advances to the November 3 ballot, per graphics.stltoday.com reporting of the official results (re-verify against the certified canvass). Open seat: incumbent Sam Page is not seeking another term. Winners advance to November 3, per the county Board of Election Commissioners' certified ballot content report.
Prosecuting Attorney
2 candidates
County ▾
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Melissa Price Smith
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
The county's prosecuting attorney since her late-2024 appointment to succeed Wesley Bell, after 18 years in the office, per STLPR. She says her focus on violent crime includes no longer seeking probation-only sentences for gun crimes, paired with pretrial job training and anger management alternatives, per STLPR.
Top Priorities
  • Focus prosecutions on violent crime
  • Pretrial support services as alternatives to incarceration
  • Managing the office through county budget cuts
Per the STLPR.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Theo Brown Sr.
Biography
Theo Brown Sr. previously ran for mayor of Bellefontaine Neighbors in an April 2026 election, per the Libertarian Party of St. Louis. He is the Libertarian candidate for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
August 4 primary result: Melissa Price Smith (74.1 percent) won the Democratic nomination over David Bryant (25.9 percent) and advances to the November 3 ballot, per graphics.stltoday.com reporting of the official results (re-verify against the certified canvass). on November 3, per the certified ballot content report.
County Assessor
3 candidates
County ▾
DC
Doug Clemens
DEM
Biography
A state representative from St. Ann, term-limited out of the Missouri House, per STLPR. He wants an ombudsman post inside the assessor's office to give residents a direct contact and to work down a backlog of more than 21,000 pending property tax appeals, per STLPR.
Top Priorities
  • An ombudsman role for direct resident access
  • Working down the property tax appeal backlog
  • Detail-oriented accountability from his committee work
Per the STLPR.
Campaign siteFull profile
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David Messner
REP
Biography
David Messner appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for County Assessor, per the county elections office's certified candidate list.
Top Priorities
  • Making property assessments fair, transparent and predictable
  • Ensuring accurate property assessments and accountability in the assessor's office
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Austin Brown
Biography
Austin Brown appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for County Assessor, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026; the official roster and election filing is the only verifiable source for Austin Brown.
Full profile
About this race
August 4 primary result: Doug Clemens (57.5 percent) won the Democratic nomination over Tommie Pierson Jr. (42.6 percent) and advances to the November 3 ballot, per graphics.stltoday.com reporting of the official results (re-verify against the certified canvass). Open seat: Jake Zimmerman is vacating the office to run for county executive. Two Democrats meet August 4 (a third, Joe Camerer, withdrew and does not print, per the certified report's annotation); David Messner is unopposed on the Republican side and Austin Brown is the Green nominee.

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