Florissant Election Guide

As we close in on the August primary and look ahead to November’s elections, Florissant 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 see U.S. Rep. Todd Akin (R-Wildwood) 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. 

Congress

Redistricting brought on by the latest Census results has eliminated one of Missouri's congressional districts, to see who will represent the city of St. Louis and areas south, along with portions of St. Louis County stretching from the Florissant to Creve Coeur.

Clay own the primary and will face Robyn Hamlin in November.

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.

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

St. Louis County Council 

, but he will face Libertarian Jeff Coleman in November. 

Florissant State Representatives

The Florissant area has three state representative races to look toward for August and November. 

For District 69, Rep. Margo McNeil has to wait until November for her big challenge and that's where her focus lies. Republican Glen Lindemann challenges her seat.

State Senate (District 13)

With Sen. Tim Green being term limited this year, Sen. Tim Green has put his support behind Walsh and serves as her treasurer for her campaign. 

She will face Republican Jacquelyn Thomas in November.

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.

The Candidates

As we mentioned above, candidates from every race impacting Florissant 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.

Democrat

Republican

• Todd Akin

Liberterian

• Jonathan Dine

District 1

Democrat

• William Lacy Clay

Republican

Libertarian

• Robb E. Cunningham

Democrat 

Republican

Libertarian

Democrat

Republican

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

Libertarian

• Dave Browning

Democrat

• Rep. Steve Webb

No GOP candidate in Primary or General Election

Democrat

Republican

Democrat

Republican

• Glen Lindemann

Democrat 

• Sharon L. Pace

Democrat 

Republican

• Jacquelyn Thomas

District 4

Democrat

• Michael O'Mara

Libertarian

• Jeff Coleman