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2 candidates are tracked for St. Francois County Presiding Commissioner on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Kent Scism and Bill Young. Candidate information follows official St Francois County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Republican Kent Scism ran unopposed in the August 4 primary (5,212 votes) and Democrat Bill Young ran unopposed in the Democratic primary (2,608 votes); the two meet on the November 3 ballot for this open seat; incumbent Harold Gallaher did not file, per the St. Francois County Clerk's official August 4, 2026 election results.
Kent Scism is a lifelong St. Francois County resident from Farmington who has worked for decades in his family's dealership, Sam Scism Ford, and chairs the St. Francois County Republican Central Committee, per his campaign site.
2026 priorities (per the campaign site)
- Open, transparent county government meetings and clear, easy-to-understand budgets
- Responsible spending focused on core county services and eliminating waste
- Shrinking the role of government and putting local citizens first
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-09-06.
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Bill Young is an ironworker project manager and former Desloge alderman who now lives in Bonne Terre, and says his experience overseeing large-scale construction projects, including budgets and stakeholder communication, prepared him for the commissioner role, per the Daily Journal (Park Hills). No campaign website or questionnaire response was found as of September 6, 2026.
