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Melissa Price Smith

Democratic · Missouri · 2026 · Incumbent

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.

Priorities

Focus prosecutions on violent crime, per STLPR
Pretrial support services as alternatives to incarceration, per STLPR
Managing the office through county budget cuts, per STLPR

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Prosecuting Attorney · Missouri · 2026

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