Absentee Voting Begins Today for August 2nd Primary

Absentee voting for the Missouri’s August 2nd primary begins today. Since the St. Louis region has too many units of government to list all races/candidates, I’m focusing on the ballot voters in the City of St. Louis will face.

My list here differs slightly from the sample ballot:

1. I’ve omitted races with only a single candidate
2. Races listed here are in reverse order, though candidates are still in ballot order for their respective race.

If you read this in the order presented you’ll see smaller parties/races first.

At this point I’m endorsing in only three races, all on the Democratic Ballot:

• Megan Betts for Committeewoman 5th Ward
• Rasheen Aldridge for Committeeman 5th Ward
• Bruce Franks for State Rep. District 78

All three are challenging Rodney or Penny Hubbard. I know all three personally and have donated a small amount to each campaign. We recently hosted a meet & greet for them.

Below are challenged races in the August 2nd partisan primary:

GREEN PARTY

FOR TREASURER

• JEROME BAUER
• DON DE VIVO

LIBERTARIAN PARTY

FOR U.S. SENATOR

REPUBLICAN PARTY

FOR U.S. REP. DISTRICT 1

• STEVEN G. BAILEY
• PAUL BERRY III

FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL

• JOSH HAWLEY
• KURT SCHAEFER

FOR SECRETARY OF STATE

• WILL KRAUS
• JOHN (JAY) ASHCROFT
• ROI CHINN

FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:

• ARNIE C. – AC DIENOFF
• BEV RANDLES
• MIKE PARSON

FOR GOVERNOR

• CATHERINE HANAWAY
• ERIC GREITENS
• JOHN BRUNNER
• PETER D. KINDER

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

FOR COMMITTEEWOMAN WARD 27

• PAMELA BOYD
• RACHEL JOHNS

FOR COMMITTEEMAN WARD 27

• NATHAN BOYD
• CHRIS CARTER
• JIMMIE MATTHEWS

FOR COMMITTEEWOMAN WARD 26

• TISHAURA O, JONES
• KARLA MAY

FOR COMMITTEEMAN WARD 26

• JOSEPH (JOE) PALM
• DONALD L. GAGE II

FOR COMMITTEEWOMAN WARD 22

• NORMA J. WALKER
• ANNIE MILDRED COOPER

FOR COMMITTEEMAN WARD 21

• ABDUL-KABA ABDULLAH
• JAMES A. KEYS

FOR COMMITTEEWOMAN WARD 20

• KEMATA K. MCCLINE
• WENDY CAMPBELL

FOR COMMITTEEMAN WARD 20

• GLENN BURLEIGH
• DALE SWEET

FOR COMMITTEEMAN WARD 19

• CLINT HARRIS
• RICHARD R. WILSON

FOR COMMITTEEWOMAN WARD 14

• MADALINE BUTHOD
• LAURA OWENS

FOR COMMITTEEMAN WARD 11

• ADAM KUSTRA
• JACOB W. HUMMEL

FOR COMMITTEEWOMAN WARD 10

FOR COMMITTEEMAN WARD 10

• ROB STELZER
• MAX ROBERT CASSILLY

FOR COMMITTEEWOMAN WARD 9

• PAT ORTMANN
• SARA JOHNSON

FOR COMMITTEEWOMAN WARD 8

• ANNIE RICE
• NORAH J. RYAN

FOR COMMITTEEMAN WARD 8

• TONY ZEBROWSKI
• PAUL F. FEHLER

FOR COMMITTEEMAN WARD 7

• MARTY (JOE) MURRAY, JR
• BRIAN ANTHONY WAHBY

FOR COMMITTEEWOMAN WARD 6

• MARY ENTRUP
• ALISON DREITH

FOR COMMITTEEMAN WARD 6

• MATTHEW CARROLL-SCHMIDT
• MICHAEK BUTLER

FOR COMMITTEEWOMAN WARD 5

• PENNY V. HUBBARD
• MEGAN BETTS (endorsed)

FOR COMMITTEEMAN WARD 5

• RODNEY HUBBARD
• RASHEEN ALDRIDGE (endorsed)

FOR COMMITTEEMAN WARD 4

FOR COMMITTEEWOMAN WARD 3

• LUCINDA FRAZIER
• MARGUERITE DILLWORTH
• SHEILA RENDON

FOR COMMITTEEMAN WARD 3

• ANTHONY BELL
• BRANDON BOSLEY

FOR COMMITTEEWOMAN WARD 2

• JOYCE M. HALL
• LISA MIDDLEBROOK

FOR COMMITTEEMAN WARD 2

• LARRY MIDDLEBROOK
• DAVID [DA] MOSLEY

FOR COMMITTEEWOMAN WARD 1

• MANDA DAVIS
• RAQUEL GANT
• YOLANDA [GLASS] BROWN

FOR COMMITTEEMAN WARD 1

• AZIM AZIZ
• STERLING SAMUEL MILLER

FOR SHERIFF

• JOSEPH [JOE] VACCARO
• VERNON BETTS
• JOHNNIE CHESTER, SR.
• CHARLEY [BIG WILL] WILLIAMS
• JIMMIE MATTHEWS

FOR CIRCUIT ATTORNEY

• KIMBERLY M. GARDNER
• PATRICK HAMMACHER
• STEVE HARMON
• MARY PAT CARL

STATE REP. DISTRICT 81

• ALFRED J. (FRED) WESSELS
• STEVE BUTZ
• ADAM KUNSTRA

STATE REP. DISTRICT 80

• BEN MURRAY
• PETER MERIDETH

FOR STATE REP. DISTRICT 78

• BRUCE FRANKS (endorsed)
• PENNY V, HUBBARD

FOR STATE REP. DISTRICT 77

• JESSE TODD
• STEVE ROBERTS
• JOHN COLLINS-MUHAMMAD
• BRIAN ELSESSER

FOR STATE REP. DISTRICT 66

• TOMMIE PIERSON, JR.
• KHALIL ABDUL MUMIN
• MARLENE TERRY

FOR STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 5

• JAMILAH NASHEED
• DYLAN HASSINGER

FOR U.S. REP. DISTRICT 1

• (WILLIAM) BILL HASS
• LACY CLAY
• MARIA N. CHAPPELLE-NADAL

FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL:

• JAKE ZIMMERMAN
• TERESA HENSLEY

FOR STATE TREASURER

• PAT CONTRERAS
• JUDY BAKER

FOR SECRETARY OF STATE

• BILL CLINTON YOUNG
• ROBIN SMITH
• MD RABBI ALAM

FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

• WINSTON APPLE
• RUSS CARNAHAN
• TOMMIE PIERSON, SR.

FOR GOVERNOR

• LEONARD JOSEPH STEINMAN II
• CHRIS KOSTER
• ERIC MORRISON
• CHARLES B. WHEELER

FOR U.S. SENATOR

• CHIEF WANA DUBIE
• CORI BUSH
• JASON KANDER
• ROBERT MACK

Whether you vote at the polls or via absentee ballot, please research the races/candidates in your ward/district.

Not registered yet? You’ve got until July 6th.

— Steve Patterson