Butler County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for Missouri House and Circuit Judge, 36th Judicial Circuit and more, with bios, priorities and campaign sites.
Judges
Circuit Judge, 36th Judicial CircuitKacey L. Proctor (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Kacey L. Proctor (Republican) is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Circuit Judge, 36th Judicial Circuit.
Kacey L. Proctor
Kacey Proctor served as Butler County's elected prosecuting attorney beginning in 2018 before being appointed circuit judge for the 36th Judicial Circuit in 2023, per KFVS12. He holds a philosophy degree from Southeast Missouri State University and a law degree from Saint Louis University, per KBSI Fox 23. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Kacey L. Proctor (Republican) is the only certified candidate for this partisan circuit judgeship, which serves Butler, Ripley, Carter counties, per the Missouri Secretary of State's certified general election candidate list. Circuit judges in nonpartisan court plan circuits appear as retention questions instead.
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These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Butler County is split across 2 Missouri House districts.
Find your districts by addressMissouri House: 2 districtsDistricts 150, 152
Missouri House District 150Cameron Bunting Parker (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Cameron Bunting Parker
Cameron Bunting Parker represents District 150 in the Missouri House of Representatives, first elected in 2022, per the Missouri House member page. Parker is an attorney who has practiced law in southeast Missouri and northeast Arkansas for 24 years and now has a law practice in Malden, Missouri. She previously served on the Campbell School Board and the Women's Domestic Violence Shelter Board. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Cameron Bunting Parker (Republican) is the only nominee on the November 3 ballot; Cameron Bunting Parker is the sitting member per the House roster. Missouri has no runoffs; the August 4 primary winner of each party is the nominee, and unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Missouri Secretary of State's certified general election candidate list (certified August 25, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageMissouri House District 152Jeff Shawan (R) · Corretta Bishop (D)
Jeff Shawan
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Limiting and shrinking state government
- Pro-life without ambiguity
- Second Amendment: shall not be infringed
About Jeff Shawan
Per the campaign site, Jeff Shawan owned and operated a small business for more than two decades, served as Butler County Emergency Management Director beginning in 2012 and served in the Missouri House from 2019 to 2021. Jeff Shawan is a Poplar Bluff resident who spent more than two decades as a small business owner and has served as Butler County Emergency Management Director since 2012, per The Missouri Times. He previously served one term in the Missouri House, representing the district (then numbered District 153) from 2019 to 2020.
Corretta Bishop
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Increasing funding for public schools and teacher compensation
- Expanding local shelter capacity for families
- Preserving the paid sick leave provisions voters approved in Proposition A
About Corretta Bishop
Corretta Bishop is the founder and team lead of the Days for Girls Poplar Bluff, MO team, per her campaign site. She describes community work with youth, elderly residents, homeless individuals and veterans, including providing health and hygiene resources and literacy and math tutoring.
Jeff Shawan (Republican), Corretta Bishop (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot. Missouri has no runoffs; the August 4 primary winner of each party is the nominee, and unopposed nominees still print. The field is the Missouri Secretary of State's certified general election candidate list (certified August 25, 2026). This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
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Missouri nominees were set by the August 4 primary (plurality, no runoffs) and meet on the November 3 ballot; unopposed nominees still print. All 163 state House seats, the even-numbered state Senate districts, partisan circuit judgeships in non-plan circuits and the county offices on the four-year off-presidential cycle (presiding commissioner, clerk, circuit clerk, auditor, recorder, collector, prosecuting attorney) are up; sheriff, assessor, treasurer and the associate commissioners were elected in 2024, per the Secretary of State.
Who is on the ballot in Butler County, Missouri on November 3, 2026?
Butler County sample ballot 2026: who is running for circuit judge and missouri house, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
When is the 2026 general election in Missouri?
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