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63747

Who is on the ballot in 63747?

Cape Girardeau County, MO

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

17 races on your November 3 ballot. Jump to:
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63747 sample ballot preview: statewide, congressional and Cape Girardeau County races

U.S. House, Missouri District 8
3 candidates
Federal ▾
JT
Jason T. Smith
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Curbing federal spending
  • Tax policy for working families
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
CR
Chris Reichard
DEM
Biography
Chris Reichard is a union electrician and disabled Army veteran running for Congress in Missouri's 8th District, per his campaign site. He was born in rural Tennessee and raised in High Ridge, Missouri, and served in the Army from 2004 to 2012 with three deployments, including service in Iraq, per the campaign site. He now works as a communications technician with IBEW Local 1 in Arnold, Missouri, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Supports the PRO Act to protect workers' right to organize and strengthen unions
  • Backs the Major Richard Star Act to secure full benefits for combat-injured veterans
  • Wants to end Citizens United and reduce the influence of dark money in politics
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
RS
Rebecca Sharpe Lombard
Biography
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. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Full 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 ▾
SF
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
QW
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
DC
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.
Top Priorities
  • Offer a Libertarian option for state auditor
  • Emphasize limited-government fiscal oversight
  • Promote transparency in public spending
Full profile
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 Cape Girardeau County

ZIP 63747 sits in Cape Girardeau County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Cape Girardeau County races (11).

Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner
1 candidate
County ▾
CH
Charlie Herbst
REP
Biography
Charlie Herbst has served as Cape Girardeau County's District 2 associate commissioner since 2012, per the Southeast Missourian. He is a former Cape Girardeau police officer who served on the force from 1989 to 1999 and later served two terms on the Cape Girardeau City Council from 2002 to 2010, per the Southeast Missourian. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
August 4 primary result: Charlie Herbst won the Republican nomination with about 56.2 percent of the vote over Joe Hobbs (about 25.4 percent) and J.W. Strack (about 18.4 percent), per the county's official August 4 results. The county's official live results tracker (livevoterturnout.com) returned inconsistent vote totals on repeated checks and was not used for the exact count.
Cape Girardeau County Clerk
1 candidate
County ▾
KC
Kara Clark Summers
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Kara Clark Summers has served as Cape Girardeau County Clerk since 2007, per The Cash-Book Journal. She has served as president of the Missouri Association of County Clerks and Election Authorities and received the group's 2024 Rosemary Plitt Award for her work on election security and operations, per the Southeast Missourian. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Kara Clark Summers drew no primary opponent in either party and is unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per the Cape Girardeau County Clerk's official candidate filing page.
Cape Girardeau County Circuit Clerk
1 candidate
County ▾
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Ashley Schuessler
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Ashley Schuessler appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Cape Girardeau County Circuit Clerk, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Ashley Schuessler.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Ashley Schuessler drew no primary opponent in either party and is unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per the Cape Girardeau County Clerk's official candidate filing page.
Cape Girardeau County Recorder of Deeds
1 candidate
County ▾
AD
Andrew David Blattner
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Andrew David Blattner has served as Cape Girardeau County Recorder of Deeds since 2015 and was sworn in for a second term in December 2018, per The Cash-Book Journal. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Andrew David Blattner drew no primary opponent in either party and is unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per the Cape Girardeau County Clerk's official candidate filing page.
Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney
1 candidate
County ▾
MJ
Mark J. Welker
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Mark J. Welker holds a bachelor's degree from Southeast Missouri State University and a law degree from Southern Illinois University, and has practiced law in Cape Girardeau County since 2013. He was appointed Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney by Gov. Mike Parson in August 2018 and has served in the office since, per KRCU. He was named one of the Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys' 2025 Prosecutors of the Year and co-chairs the association's legislative committee, per KBSI FOX23. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Mark J. Welker drew no primary opponent in either party and is unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per the Cape Girardeau County Clerk's official candidate filing page.
Cape Girardeau County Auditor
1 candidate
County ▾
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Eugene (Pete) Frazier III
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Eugene (Pete) Frazier III was sworn in for a third term as Cape Girardeau County Auditor in December 2018, per The Cash-Book Journal. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Eugene (Pete) Frazier III drew no primary opponent in either party and is unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per the Cape Girardeau County Clerk's official candidate filing page.
Cape Girardeau County Collector of Revenue
1 candidate
County ▾
BG
Barbara Gholson
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Barbara Gholson is a lifelong resident of the Tilsit and Gordonville area who spent 20 years as a deputy in the collector's office before being appointed interim collector in November 2018 after Diane Diebold's resignation, per The Cash-Book Journal. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Barbara Gholson drew no primary opponent in either party and is unopposed on the November 3 ballot, per the Cape Girardeau County Clerk's official candidate filing page.

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