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5 candidates are tracked for County Executive on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Brian Williams, Jake Zimmerman, Angela Walton Mosley, Dennis Hancock and J D McFarland. Candidate information follows official St Louis County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Open seat: incumbent Sam Page is not seeking another term. Three Democrats meet on the August 4 ballot; Dennis Hancock is unopposed on the Republican side, and J D McFarland is the Green nominee. Winners advance to November 3, per the county Board of Election Commissioners' certified ballot content report.
A state senator from University City, term-limited out of the Missouri Senate, who in 2018 became the first Black man elected to that chamber in more than two decades, per STLPR. He points to criminal-justice bills passed from the superminority and says the county's budget problems call for an audit rather than a tax increase, per STLPR.
2026 priorities
- Audit county finances rather than raise taxes, per STLPR
- Invest in workforce development and youth employment, per STLPR
- A more collaborative relationship between the executive and council, per STLPR
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-08-29.
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St. Louis County's assessor since 2011 and a former state representative who worked for Gov. Bob Holden and Attorney General Jay Nixon, per STLPR. He calls himself a fixer who wants detail-oriented governing and says he would end the county's reliance on one-time funds to plug budget gaps, per STLPR.
2026 priorities
- End reliance on one-time funds to balance the budget, per STLPR
- Require large developers, including data centers, to bring their own clean energy, per STLPR
- Protect core services like public safety, health, and parks, per STLPR
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-08-29.
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A state senator from Florissant, first elected in 2020 and Senate Democratic caucus chair since 2023, from a family with deep St. Louis political roots, per STLPR. She has proposed a county call line to help residents with Radiation Exposure Compensation Act claims tied to Manhattan Project era waste, per STLPR.
2026 priorities
- An experienced budget hire and an audit of county spending, per STLPR
- A county call line for radiation compensation claims, per STLPR
- Listening sessions with front-line county staff, per STLPR
The county's District 3 councilman since 2022 and a former 12-year mayor of Fenton with a 27-year career at Verizon, per STLPR and Spectrum News. He says he would balance the county budget without raising taxes, per Spectrum News.
2026 priorities
- Balance the county budget without raising taxes, per Spectrum News
- A change in county government's direction, per Spectrum News
- Private-sector budget discipline, per Spectrum News
J D McFarland is on the county's certified candidate list for the County Executive, per the county election authority.
