Ray County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for Missouri House and more, with bios, priorities and campaign sites.
Local races not included. We have not yet gathered Ray County's county, city and school board races, so they are not shown here. Your ballot may carry them. See the Missouri Secretary of State elections page.
By address
These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Ray County is split across 2 Missouri House districts.
Find your districts by addressMissouri House: 2 districtsDistricts 7, 53
Missouri House District 7Jeremy Clevenger (R) · Adrian Cooper (D)
Jeremy Clevenger
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Defending First and Second Amendment rights
- Supporting family farms and businesses
- Reducing government spending and keeping taxes low
About Jeremy Clevenger
Jeremy Clevenger is a Certified Public Accountant with an MBA who resides in Chillicothe, Missouri, with his wife Heather and their two children, per his campaign site. He is an Eagle Scout who serves on the Boy Scouts council board and as a local Rotary chapter president, per the same source.
Adrian Cooper
Adrian Cooper is a Democratic candidate for Missouri House District 7 from Carrollton, Missouri, per a KQ2 voter guide. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Jeremy Clevenger (Republican), Adrian Cooper (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 House District 53Terry Thompson (R) · Beth Grubb (D)
Terry Thompson
Terry Thompson represents parts of Ray and Lafayette counties as the District 53 state representative, first elected in November 2020, per the Missouri House of Representatives. He was a banking executive for 40 years in Lafayette County and is a former Lexington R-V School Board member, per the same source. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Beth Grubb
No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Terry Thompson (Republican), Beth Grubb (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot; Terry Thompson 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.
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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 Ray County, Missouri on November 3, 2026?
Ray County sample ballot 2026: who is running for missouri house, 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?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Missouri are listed on the Missouri election hub. Missouri election hub →
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