The votes are in; Republicans take the unofficial wins
A total of 13,166, or 70 percent of Vernon County’s voters Tuesday to cast their ballots in the general election.
Locally, the incumbent candidates for county commission seats were reelected, as well as the sheriff, who ran unopposed.
Vernon County voters also said yes to two state amendments on the ballot:
No. 1, Do you want to amend the Missouri Constitution to extend the two term restriction that currently applies to the governor and treasurer to the Lt. Governor, secretary of State, auditor and the attorney general?
No. 3, Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to ban gifts from paid lobbyists to legislators an their employees, reduce legislative campaign contribution limits and change the redistricting process voters approved in 2018 by transferring responsibility from state legislative districts from the non partisan state demographer to governor appointed bipartisan commissioner; modify and reordering the redistricting criteria?
The following are the unofficial results:
U.S. president and vice president
Donald J. Trump (Rep), 7,135
Joseph R. Biden (Dem), 1,902
Jo Jorgensen (Lib), 110
Howie Hawkins (Gre), 12
Don Blankenship (CST), 5
Write-in, 9
Governor
Mike Parson (Rep), 7,001
Nicole Galloway (Dem), 1,888
Rik Combs (Lib), 168
Jerome Howard Bauer (Gre), 39
Write-in, 5
Lieutenant Governor
Mike Kehoe (Rep), 7,013
Alissia Canady (Dem), 1,775
Bill Slantz (Lib), 121
Kelley Dragoo (Gre), 60
Write-in, 5
Secretary of State
John R. “Jay” Ashcroft (Rep), 7,255
Yinka Faleti (Dem), 1,504
Carl Herman Freese (Lib), 144
Paul Lehmann (Gre), 74
Paul Venable (CST), 37
Write-in, 1
State Treasurer
Scott Fitzpatrick (Rep), 6,990
Vicki Lorenz Englund (Dem), 1,774
Nicholas “Nick” Kasoff (Lib), 148
Joseph Civettini (Gre), 42
Write-in, 1
Attorney General
Eric Schmitt (Rep), 7,081
Rich Finneran (Dem), 1,676
Kevin C. Babcock (Lib), 196
Write-in, 2
U.S. Representative
Vicky Hartzler (Rep), 7,126
Lindsey Simmons (Dem), 1,749
Steven K. Koonse (Lib), 163
Write-in, 4
State Senator
Rick Brattin (Rep), 6,972
Raymond Kinney (Dem), 1,966
Write-in, 3
State Represenative Dist. 126
Patricia Pike (Rep), 7,427
Jim Hogan (Dem), 1,600
Write-in, 4
County
Northern Commissioner
Cindy Thompson (Rep), 2,564
Neal F. Geerster (Dem), 1,355
Write-in, 5
Southern Commissioner
Everett L. Wolfe (Rep), 4,704
Write-in, 48
Sheriff
Jason Mosher (Rep), 7,695
Write-in, 548
Assessor
Lena Kleeman (Rep), 8,017
Write-in, 63.
Coroner
David Ferry (Dem), 7,837
Write-in, 83
Public Administrator
Kelsey Westerhold (Rep), 8,106
Write-in, 62
Collector/Treasurer
Brent Banes (Rep), 8,174
Write-in, 55
Missouri Supreme Court Judges
Yes, 7,236
No, 1,277
Missouri Court of Appeals judge, Western District
Yes, 6,827
No, 1,385
Amendment No. 1
Yes, 4,592
No, 4,100
Amendment No. 3
Yes, 5,082
No, 3,550