7 candidates are tracked across 4 Callaway County races for the 2026 election, led by the Missouri House District 43 contest. Preview your Callaway County, Missouri sample ballot for 2026: browse tracked local races, then enter your ZIP code to confirm which districts and offices appear on your exact ballot.
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Election DayNov. 3, 2026
StateMissouri
Races Listed4
Profiles7
Callaway County Sample Ballot 2026: Races We’re Tracking
Local races are address-specific. This guide previews tracked contests, while the lookup tool narrows the list to a voter’s exact address. Tap any name to see the race, full candidate profiles, and everything else on your exact ballot. 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.
Brendan Webber (Republican), Rich Gold (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.
Brendan Webber · Republican▾
Brendan Webber is the Republican nominee for Missouri House District 43 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Missouri Secretary of State's certified general election candidate list.
Rich Gold is the Democratic nominee for Missouri House District 43 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Missouri Secretary of State's certified general election candidate list.
Jim Schulte (Republican), Jessica O’Neal-Slisz (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot; Jim Schulte 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.
Jim Schulte · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Jim Schulte is the Republican nominee for Missouri House District 49 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Missouri Secretary of State's certified general election candidate list.
Jessica O’Neal-Slisz is the Democratic nominee for Missouri House District 49 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Missouri Secretary of State's certified general election candidate list.
Mike Deering (Republican), John Wells (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.
Mike Deering · Republican▾
Mike Deering is a Missouri farmer and small business owner who has served as Executive Vice President of the Missouri Cattlemen's Association since 2012, per his campaign website and the Missouri Independent. He and his wife live in Montgomery City, where they raise cattle and sheep and, in 2024, opened a storefront selling farm-fresh meats and Missouri-made products. He is the Republican nominee for Missouri Senate District 10.
Priorities: Limiting government growth and demanding accountability for how tax dollars are spent · Strengthening protections for landowners and property rights · Supporting school choice while protecting rural public schools (per the campaign site)
John Wells has nearly 30 years of experience as a Missouri state employee and holds a Master's in Public Administration from the Truman School at the University of Missouri, per his campaign website. KOMU reports he is a retired communications official and public school aide from Holts Summit. He is the Democratic nominee for Missouri Senate District 10.
Priorities: Government accountability in the Missouri Legislature, per the campaign site
Josh Devine (Republican) is the only certified candidate for this partisan circuit judgeship, which serves Boone, Callaway 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.
Josh Devine · RepublicanIncumbent▾
Josh Devine is the Republican nominee for Circuit Judge, 13th Judicial Circuit, Division 4 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Missouri Secretary of State's certified general election candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
Note: Use address lookup for your exact ballot; local pages preview tracked races.Profiles: Hand-verified profiles are added race by race; always confirm with the official election office linked above.
