Maplewood-Brentwood Election Guide

As we close in on the August primary and look ahead to November’s elections, Maplewood-Brentwood Patch is devoted to bringing you the information you need about every race in town. Here's our start on the candidates and issues we'll be covering as November draws near. 

In addition to our own coverage, we will be inviting candidates in every race to upload information about their campaigns directly to this site. You will definitely want to bookmark this page for updates.

U.S. Senate

Claire McCaskill's bid for re-election will be closely watched by the entire nation in part because of her close ties to President Obama's 2008 campaign. 

The fiercely-fought GOP primary will likely see U.S. Rep. Todd Akin (R-Wildwood), former State Treasurer Sarah Steelman or Frontenac businessman John Brunner emerge as McCaskill's opponent.

The "Tea Party" movement will also be a factor in the campaign, with one activist's comments about drawing added scrutiny and security for McCaskill. 

In the meantime, dueling .

Congress

First Congressional District (Maplewood)

Redistricting brought on by the latest Census results has eliminated one of Missouri's congressional districts, for the 1st Congressional Distric, to see who will represent the city of St. Louis and areas south, along with portions of St. Louis County, which includes .

Second Congressional District (Brentwood)

Missouri's new Second district is guaranteed to see someone new elected with Rep. Akin's decision to run for the Senate. come into the fold to support her, enough so that it helped push Ed Martin to change races. Former Webster Groves city councilman Dr. Randy Jotte has stayed in the primary.

Wagner would face one of a field of largely unknown Democrats, none of whom has attracted support from national party leaders.

The primary winner will be an overwhelming favorite against either Robyn Hamlin or Martin Baker in November.

Missouri Senate First District

In August, .

The winner will face incumbent Jim Lembke in November, who has no opposition for the primary. Lembke has represented the First District since 2009.

This race will be as redistricting put left-leaning areas such as Webster Groves and Maplewood in with South County. as it combined two senate districts into one.

Missouri State House, 83rd District

Richmond Heights council member and lawyer is facing off with Maplewood green building contractor and activist in the newly drawn 83rd District. The winner in the Aug. 7 primary will likely win in November. 

Also in Patch:

Issues

In August voters will be asked to decide on a measure proposing "a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a citizen's right to pray and worship on public property and reaffirming a citizen's right to choose any or no religion," according to the state law calling for the vote.  earlier this year.

The fate of statewide ballot issues will not be decided until later this summer.

Voters in the St. Louis County Public Library system will be asked to vote on a measure which to fund improvements at facilities system-wide.

residents will vote on .

The Candidates

As we mentioned above, candidates from every race impacting Maplewood and Brentwood voters have been invited to load their campaign's profile on Patch.

In some cases, campaigns did not respond and the information has been gathered by a Patch editor.  Campaigns have 24 hours to check their submissions before they are published on Patch.

U.S. Senate

Democrat

Republican

• Todd Akin
• Robert Poole
• Jerry Beck

Liberterian

U.S. Congress

District 1 (Maplewood is in District 1)

Democrat

• William Lacy Clay
• Candice Britton

Republican

• Martin Baker

Libertarian

• Robb E. Cunningham

District 2 (Brentwood is in District 2)

Democrat

• Marshall Works
• George Weber
• Harold Whitfield
• Glenn Koenen

Republican

• Ann Wagner
• John Morris
• James Baker

Libertarian

• Bill Slantz

Constitution

• Anatol Zorikova

Democrat 

Republican

Libertarian

Democrat

• Dennis Weisenburger
• Fred Kratky
• Jackie Townes McGee
• Becky Lee Plattner

Republican

• Brad Lager
• Charles Kullmann

Libertarian

• Matthew Copple

Constitution 

• Cynthia Davis

Democrat

• Jason Kander

Republican

Libertarian

• Cisse Spragins

Constitution

• Justin Harter

Democrat

Republican

Libertarian

• Sean O'Toole

Democrat 

• Chris Koster

Republican

• Ed Martin
• Adam Warren

Libertarian

• Dave Browning

Democrat

Democrat

• Nelson Mitten
  

Republican

• Daniel F. O'Sullivan, Jr.

Democrat

• Mondi L. Ghasedi

Republican

• Jackie Coleman
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