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3 candidates are tracked for Franklin County Presiding Commissioner on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Dave Schatz, Richele Landa and Thomas Krausch. Candidate information follows official Franklin County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Republican Dave Schatz won a three-way August 4 primary with 2,354 votes (41.19 percent) over Shawn Noel (1,851 votes, 32.39 percent) and Ed Hillhouse (1,508 votes, 26.38 percent), per the Franklin County election authority's results portal (unofficial results, 100 percent of precincts reporting as of August 7, 2026; St. Louis Public Radio also called the race for Schatz). Schatz meets Democrat Richele Landa (2,103 votes, unopposed in her primary) and Libertarian Thomas Krausch (45 votes, unopposed in his primary) on the November 3 ballot.
Republican · Incumbent
Dave Schatz was appointed Presiding Commissioner of Franklin County in March 2025, after previously serving in the Missouri House and Senate, per St. Louis Public Radio. His campaign has focused on reducing the county's personal, property, and real estate taxes, per the same source. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
Democratic
Richele Landa is a business analyst and ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt with more than 20 years of experience in continuous improvement work, per her campaign site. She lives in Pacific, Missouri, per the same source.
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-06.
Campaign site →Libertarian
Thomas Krausch appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Franklin County Presiding Commissioner, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026; the official election filing is the only verifiable source for Thomas Krausch.