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63943

Who is on the ballot in 63943?

Carter County, MO

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Fields below reflect the November 3, 2026 general election ballot as races are certified.

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5 races and 7 ballot questions in your ZIP preview.

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U.S. House, Missouri District 8
3 candidates
Federal ▾
Jason T. Smith portrait
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Jason T. Smith
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Jason T. Smith describes himself as a farm kid from Salem, a rancher, and a small business owner, per his campaign materials, and is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district. He is the Republican nominee for MO-8 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Missouri Secretary of State.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Curbing federal spending
  • Tax policy for working families
Key voting record
Voted yes on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
Voted yes on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
Chris Reichard portrait
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Chris Reichard
DEM
Biography
Chris Reichard is a union electrician and disabled Army veteran running for Congress in Missouri's 8th District, per his campaign site. He was born in rural Tennessee and raised in High Ridge, Missouri, and served in the Army from 2004 to 2012 with three deployments, including service in Iraq, per the campaign site. He now works as a communications technician with IBEW Local 1 in Arnold, Missouri, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Healthcare & Education
  • Support Working Families
  • Bringing Real Accountability
Campaign siteFull profile
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Rebecca Sharpe Lombard
Biography
Rebecca Sharpe Lombard, of St. Louis, is the Libertarian nominee for MO-8 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Missouri Secretary of State. No campaign website was found as of September 6, 2026.
Full profile
About this race
Candidate list from the Missouri Secretary of State, as certified for the August 4, 2026 primary; the candidates shown are the party nominees on the November 3 general ballot. Missouri primaries were open: voters chose any one party ballot regardless of registration. Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian candidates were on August 4 party ballots, and each party's winner advanced to the November 3 general ballot. Missouri's congressional map was redrawn in 2025, so confirm your current district before voting.
Auditor
3 candidates
Statewide ▾
SF
Scott Fitzpatrick
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Scott Fitzpatrick is Missouri's incumbent state auditor and a Republican candidate for re-election. A former state treasurer and state House budget chair, he has built his statewide record around audits, government spending oversight, local-government accountability, fiscal controls, and conservative management of public dollars.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Audit state and local government spending
  • Strengthen fiscal controls and public accountability
  • Use treasurer and budget-chair experience in statewide oversight
Campaign siteFull profile
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Quentin Wilson
DEM
Biography
Quentin Wilson is a Democratic candidate for Missouri state auditor and a former director of the Missouri Department of Revenue. His campaign emphasizes fair accounting, transparent audits, taxpayer service, public trust, and using state finance experience to scrutinize how Missouri spends public money.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Improve transparency around every public dollar
  • Use revenue-department experience for taxpayer accountability
  • Strengthen fair, independent state audits
Campaign siteFull profile
Dustin Coffell portrait
DC
Dustin Coffell
Biography
Per the campaign site, Dustin Coffell is an accountant with a master's degree in accounting and a background in corporate finance and financial analysis. Dustin Coffell is the Libertarian nominee for Missouri state auditor on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Secretary of State's certified candidate list, and chair of the Libertarian Party of Missouri. His campaign gives voters a non-major-party option for the office that audits state and local government finances.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Your taxpayer watchdog, completely independent
  • Modernizing cybersecurity and data privacy standards
  • Fiscal sanity before the reserve runs dry
Campaign siteFull profile
Missouri Judicial Retention
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
PC
Paul C. Wilson
INCUMBENT
Biography
Judge Wilson was appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court by Gov. Jay Nixon in December 2012 and was retained by voters in November 2014 for a 12-year term; he served as Chief Justice from July 2021 to June 2023. He previously was a circuit judge in Cole County and worked in the Missouri Attorney General's office; he holds a law degree from the University of Missouri.
About this race
Retention vote: each judge appears alone with a yes-or-no question on keeping the seat. 49 more district or county retention judges depend on your address: see /judges/missouri.

Countywide races in Carter County

ZIP 63943 sits in Carter County, per the Census crosswalk. These seats are voted countywide; district seats, city races and school boards need a street address. All Carter County races (2).

Circuit Judge, 36th Judicial Circuit
1 candidate
County ▾
KL
Kacey L. Proctor
REP
Biography
Kacey Proctor served as Butler County's elected prosecuting attorney beginning in 2018 before being appointed circuit judge for the 36th Judicial Circuit in 2023, per KFVS12. He holds a philosophy degree from Southeast Missouri State University and a law degree from Saint Louis University, per KBSI Fox 23. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
About this race
Kacey L. Proctor (Republican) is the only certified candidate for this partisan circuit judgeship, which serves Butler, Ripley, Carter counties, per the Missouri Secretary of State's certified general election candidate list. Circuit judges in nonpartisan court plan circuits appear as retention questions instead.
Missouri House District 153
2 candidates
County ▾
KW
Keith Wayne Elliott
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Keith Wayne Elliott represents District 153 in the Missouri House of Representatives, first elected in 2024, per the Missouri House member page. Elliott is a cattle rancher who worked nearly 30 years with the Missouri Department of Transportation. He is an active member of His Place Church in Doniphan. No campaign website was found as of September 20, 2026.
Full profile
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Les Majors
DEM
Biography
Per the campaign site, Les Majors is a retired tool and die maker who spent 35 years on the factory floor.
Top Priorities
From the campaign site
  • Jobs
  • Roads
  • Schools
Campaign siteFull profile
About this race
Keith Wayne Elliott (Republican), Les Majors (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot; Keith Wayne Elliott 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. Every address in Carter County is in this district, per the certified district list.

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