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One candidate is tracked for Cape Girardeau County Presiding Commissioner on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Charlie Herbst. Candidate information follows official Cape Girardeau County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
August 4 primary result: Charlie Herbst won the Republican nomination with about 56.2 percent of the vote over Joe Hobbs (about 25.4 percent) and J.W. Strack (about 18.4 percent), per the county's official August 4 results. The county's official live results tracker (livevoterturnout.com) returned inconsistent vote totals on repeated checks and was not used for the exact count.
Republican
Charlie Herbst has served as Cape Girardeau County's District 2 associate commissioner since 2012, per the Southeast Missourian. He is a former Cape Girardeau police officer who served on the force from 1989 to 1999 and later served two terms on the Cape Girardeau City Council from 2002 to 2010, per the Southeast Missourian. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.