Filing Opens for Countywide Elections

Filing for St. Charles County elected positions opened Tuesday at the St. Charles County Election Authority in St. Peters with no surprises.

County Council seats for districts 2, 4 and 6 are on the ballot starting with the August primary and then the November election. Incumbent Joe Brazil, a Republican, filed in District 2 and Jerry Daugherty, the only incumbent Democrat on the council, filed in District 6.

No one filed on the first day for District 4, the seat held by Republican Paul Wynn. He currently is working in Afghanistan due to his job as a military contractor.

Wynn has participated in county council meetings via phone and has voted on emergency bills and voice votes. Elected officials are prohibited by Missouri law from voting in roll call votes unless they are physically present at the meeting.

There was some confusion in township boundaries, as the St. Charles County Council just approved the redrawn maps the night before. The maps weren’t available immediately Tuesday morning, and some candidates had to withdraw candidacy in one township to file in another area.

Those filing for county Republican and Democratic committees were:

Democratic Party

Committeeman

Committeewoman

Township 3

Charles Landry, St. Charles

Carolyn Landry, St. Charles

Township 7

John Callahan, O'Fallon

Mary K. Laughlin, O'Fallon

Republican Party

Township 2

Dave Gosh, St. Charles

Township 3

Raymond E. Stone, St. Charles

Kyle Albert, St. Charles

Township 4

Burton Biermann, St. Peters

Township 6

Frederick G. Henke, St. Charles

Penny L. Henke, St. Charles

Cheryl C. Bates, St. Charles

Township 9

Jim Pepper, O'Fallon

Kyle Schereth, St. Peters

Township 10

Terry Herring, St. Peters

Anita Herring, St. Peters

Joan M. Gettemeyer, St. Peters

Township 11

AC Dienoff, O'Fallon

Township 12

Joe Cronin, O'Fallon

Township 13

Frank Eggering, Lake Saint Louis

Township 14

Joe Brazil, Defiance

Dave Evans, O'Fallon

Cindy Evans, O'Fallon