Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Lembke had defended his seat several times previously.
Democrat Scott Sifton, in a close race, succesfully challenged incumbent Missouri State Sen. Jim Lembke. Sifton said Lembke had defeated Democrats Joan Barry, Mike Allen, Jeff Wagner and Bob Burns, who ran against Lembke in previous races and won "by a handfull of votes." See more photos from the Democratic election night watch party on Maplewood-Brentwood Patch Facebook. Sifton was at the Genesis Banquet Center in South County Tuesday night to watch the returns with about a hundred supporters. He attributed his win to the makeup of the district changing as lines were redrawn last year. Missouri's 1st Senate district was redrawn to include some mid-county parts of St. Louis County, including Maplewood, Webster Groves and Rock Hill, as well…
Monday, November 5, 2012
Check back with us throughout Election Day for numbers, stories and photos from the race between Democrat Bob Burns and Republican Tony Leech.
Democrat, Scott Sifton represents the 96th District in the Missouri House of Representatives, which includes Lemay, and parts of south St. Louis County, He was elected to his first two-year term in November 2010. Republican Jim Lembke is the incumbent running in the 1st District of the Missouri Senate. He was elected to the senate in 2008, and served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008. The 1st District Senate map includes parts of Democratic-leaning Maplewood, Rock Hill and Webster Groves, as well as the Republican-leaning south St. Louis County areas of Affton, Mehville and Oakville. Endorsing Sifton, from his campaign website: Endorsing Lembke, from votesmart.org: Refresh this story throughout the day to see …
Friday, March 23, 2012
The senator filed on Tuesday. He'd represent Maplewood.
The Missouri State Senate race is officially underway as Sen. Jim Lembke (R-Lemay) filed to run for re-election in the First District Tuesday morning. A bipartisan committee finalized the new state senate districts earlier this month, placing Maplewood, Webster Groves, Mehlville, Oakville and Lemay in the same district. The 50-year-old senator previously said he would not run in the newly-configured districts, but further analysis changed his decision. “Originally, we were just more or less looking at the district not knowing the numbers and going with the very little information we had,” he said. “Now, after assessing the district, we believe that based on other races in the last couple of cycles that we can win.” Lembke said he was …
Donald Demsko
6:47 pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013
It is to bad Jim lost. I know him personally, and he would fight for you on an issue if he belived in it. D. Demsko more ›