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64503

Who is on the ballot in 64503?

Buchanan 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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64503 sample ballot preview: statewide, congressional and Buchanan County races

U.S. House, Missouri District 6
3 candidates
Federal ▾
Chris Stigall portrait
CS
Chris Stigall
REP
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • A seat on the House Agriculture Committee
  • Regular visits to all 33 district counties
Campaign siteFull profile
JS
Josh Smead
DEM
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Healthcare within reach for rural Missouri
  • Fully funded public education
  • Rural broadband and infrastructure
Campaign siteFull profile
Andy Maidment portrait
AM
Andy Maidment
Biography
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.
Top Priorities
  • Limited government, including eliminating federal departments he argues lack a constitutional basis
  • Ending the income tax, which he characterizes as confiscatory
  • Withdrawing troops from a permanent presence in the Middle East
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. This is an open seat: Sam Graves, the sitting representative, withdrew his filing on March 27, 2026 and is not on the ballot, per the Secretary of State's withdrawn candidates list.
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 Buchanan County

ZIP 64503 sits in Buchanan County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Buchanan County races (12).

Buchanan County Presiding Commissioner
1 candidate
County ▾
BF
Bill Falkner
REP
Biography
Bill Falkner is the Missouri House representative for District 10 and a former mayor of St. Joseph, per 680 KFEQ. He is completing his final term in the Missouri House and is running for the open presiding commissioner seat after incumbent Scott Nelson chose not to seek reelection, per News-Press Now. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Restoring and strengthening local infrastructure, including roads, bridges and public facilities, per campaign announcement
  • Championing family-owned businesses and farms, per campaign announcement
  • Supporting policies that help working blue-collar families, per campaign announcement
Per the 680 KFEQ.
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
Bill Falkner filed unopposed for presiding commissioner and faced no primary or general-election opponent after the March 31, 2026 filing deadline, succeeding retiring incumbent Scott Nelson, per News-Press Now's report on the Buchanan County Clerk's candidate filing list.
Buchanan County Clerk
1 candidate
County ▾
MB
Mary Baack-Garvey
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Mary Baack-Garvey has served as Buchanan County Clerk since first being elected in 2010 and is seeking a third term, after 10 years as a county employee assisting with elections, per the Buchanan County Clerk's office. 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
Mary Baack-Garvey filed unopposed for a third term as county clerk and faced no primary or general-election opponent after the March 31, 2026 filing deadline, per News-Press Now's report on the Buchanan County Clerk's candidate filing list.
Buchanan County Circuit Clerk
1 candidate
County ▾
AT
Ashley Thrasher
REP
Biography
Ashley Thrasher, a Missouri Western State University marketing graduate, worked in marketing, management and human-resources roles at Hallmark Cards, Boehringer Ingelheim and Mosaic Life Care before her 2018 election as circuit clerk, where she now oversees a staff of 28, per News-Press Now. 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
Ashley Thrasher filed unopposed for reelection as circuit clerk and faced no primary or general-election opponent after the March 31, 2026 filing deadline, per News-Press Now's report on the Buchanan County Clerk's candidate filing list.
Buchanan County Auditor
1 candidate
County ▾
TH
Tara Horn
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Tara Horn started in real estate as an escrow officer in 2001 and became a licensed real estate agent with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Stein and Summers Real Estate in 2011; she and her husband also own Norty's Bar and Grill, per the Buchanan County Auditor's office. 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
Tara Horn filed unopposed for reelection as auditor and faced no primary or general-election opponent after the March 31, 2026 filing deadline, per News-Press Now's report on the Buchanan County Clerk's candidate filing list.
Buchanan County Collector
1 candidate
County ▾
PC
Peggy Campbell
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Peggy Campbell has served as Buchanan County Collector since winning election in 2010 and was reelected in 2018, per KQ2. 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
Peggy Campbell filed unopposed for reelection as collector and faced no primary or general-election opponent after the March 31, 2026 filing deadline, per News-Press Now's report on the Buchanan County Clerk's candidate filing list.
Buchanan County Prosecuting Attorney
1 candidate
County ▾
MD
Michelle Davidson
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Michelle Davidson holds a law degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and has practiced criminal law in Buchanan County for more than 20 years, joining the county Public Defender's Office in 2001, leading it from 2005-2008, then working at the Fourth Circuit Public Defender's Office before joining the Prosecuting Attorney's Office in 2018, per the Buchanan County Prosecuting Attorney's office. 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
Michelle Davidson filed unopposed for reelection as prosecuting attorney and faced no primary or general-election opponent after the March 31, 2026 filing deadline, per News-Press Now's report on the Buchanan County Clerk's candidate filing list.
Buchanan County Recorder of Deeds
1 candidate
County ▾
BD
Becky Dunlap
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Becky Dunlap has worked in the Buchanan County License Bureau since 1984 and has served as Recorder of Deeds since 2018, per the Buchanan County Recorder of Deeds' office. 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
Becky Dunlap filed unopposed for reelection as recorder of deeds and faced no primary or general-election opponent after the March 31, 2026 filing deadline, per News-Press Now's report on the Buchanan County Clerk's candidate filing list.

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