Camden County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for Missouri House, Missouri Senate and Circuit Judge, 26th Judicial Circuit, and more, with bios, priorities and campaign sites.
Judges
Circuit Judge, 26th Judicial Circuit, Division 3Aaron Koeppen (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Aaron Koeppen (Republican) is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Circuit Judge, 26th Judicial Circuit, Division 3.
Aaron Koeppen
Aaron Koeppen is a judge of Missouri's 26th Judicial Circuit, listed as Judge Aaron Koeppen on the Laclede County Clerk's elected officials page. Per a 2020 Lake Expo candidate profile, he had been an associate circuit judge for nearly ten years, helped set up a Veterans Treatment Court serving the circuit's five counties, and taught evening college courses at Columbia College and OTC Lebanon. No campaign website was found as of October 4, 2026.
Aaron Koeppen (Republican) is the only certified candidate for this partisan circuit judgeship, which serves Camden, Laclede, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan 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.
Camden County is split across 2 Missouri House districts.
Find your districts by addressMissouri House: 2 districtsDistricts 123, 142
Missouri House District 123Jeff Vernetti (R) · Cody Hutcheson (D)
Jeff Vernetti
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Supports eliminating the personal property tax and limiting state spending
- Supports banning foreign ownership of farmland
- Supports common-sense initiatives to increase boating safety on the Lake of the Ozarks
About Jeff Vernetti
Jeff Vernetti has represented Camden County and Missouri House District 123 since his election in November 2024, per his campaign site. Vernetti is a local business owner and real estate developer who co-founded Ballparks National, a youth baseball and softball facility, per his campaign site. Vernetti previously worked in sports broadcasting in St. Louis for ten years as a talk show host, per his campaign site.
Cody Hutcheson
Cody Hutcheson is a 20-year Air Force veteran who lives in Camdenton, inside House District 123, per her own campaign Substack. She served on active duty from 2003 to 2024, finishing as assistant superintendent of operations with the 225th Air Defense Squadron in the Western Air Defense Sector.
Jeff Vernetti (Republican), Cody Hutcheson (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot; Jeff Vernetti 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 142Jeff Brown (R) · Josh Ray (D)
Jeff Brown
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Protecting life
- Standing with law enforcement
- Defending the Second Amendment
About Jeff Brown
Jeff Brown is a Lebanon small business owner, psychologist and published author running for Missouri State Representative, per the campaign site. Brown grew up working in the family business Quality Drycleaners and graduated from Lebanon High School, per the campaign site.
Josh Ray
No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Jeff Brown (Republican), Josh Ray (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.
Full race pageMissouri Senate District 6Jake Vogel (R) · J. Don Salcedo (D)
Jake Vogel
Jake Vogel is a candidate for Missouri Senate District 6, per his campaign site. No campaign website detail on his career or community background was found as of September 27, 2026.
J. Don Salcedo
Top priorities
From other published sources
- Addressing what he calls decades of underfunding in Missouri's public schools, per Jefferson City News Tribune interview
About J. Don Salcedo
J. Don Salcedo is a retired Missouri educator who has run for state government multiple times in the past, per the Jefferson City News Tribune, and is campaigning on education and quality-of-life improvement. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Jake Vogel (Republican), J. Don Salcedo (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 Camden County, Missouri on November 3, 2026?
Camden County sample ballot 2026: who is running for circuit judge, missouri house and missouri senate, 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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