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2 candidates are tracked for Missouri Senate District 6 on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Jake Vogel and J. Don Salcedo. Candidate information follows official Moniteau County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
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.
Jake Vogel is the head of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Jefferson City and a former U.S. Army Ranger who completed four overseas tours, per local news coverage. He is the son of the late state Sen. Carl Vogel, who previously held the Senate District 6 seat. No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
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 or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
2026 priorities
- Addressing what he calls decades of underfunding in Missouri's public schools, per Jefferson City News Tribune interview