Aldergeddon: New 5th Ward

The new St. Louis City 5th Ward includes parts of current 8th, 10th, 14th, 16th, and 23rd Wards and is the result of Census Redistricting and Ward Reduction.

All 14 New Ward Profiles here.

2023 Alder Primary Results

18+ Population: 19,560
Registered Voters: 16,296 (83.31% Registered)
Total Ballots Cast: 2,387 (14.65% Turnout)
Total Votes Cast, Approval Voting: 2,523 – In St. Louis City Municipal Primary Elections, voters may vote for as many candidates as they want with top two advancing to General Election.
Board President
Megan Green: 1,457
Alder Candidates
Helen Petty: 990
Joe Vollmer: 1,533

2023 Alder General Election

Candidate for 5th Ward Alder Helen Petty
Neighborhood: Southwest Garden
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of The Chop Shop, stylist
2023 Alder Primary: 2nd place of 2 candidates, 990 Votes of 2,523
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $7,930.02 raised ($1,000 UAW, $500 Pro Choice Missouri PAC, $402.29 Eighth Ward Independent Democratic Association, $200 former State Senator Jill Schupp, $100 former Mo Supreme Court Justice Mike Wolff, $100 former State Rep. Jeanette Mott Oxford); $16,751.49 spent ($13,087.17 MO Political Consulting); $7,140.87 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report Amended: to fix expense error. New totals $23,023 raised; 10,313.18 spent; $15,962.34 on hand
February 2023 Report: $23,023 raised ($7,500 David Boger + 2 biz, $1,500 SEIU State, $1,500 SEIU HCII, $250 Sierra Club, $100 12th Ward Alder Bill Stephens, $100 16th Ward Committeeman Steve Lenivy, $25 former 15th Ward Committeewoman Torrey Park, $25 former State Senator Harry Kennedy); $10,250.18 spent ($5,192.60 MO Political Consulting); $16,025.34 on hand; $0 debt
January 2023 Report #2 Amended, updated prior report totals: $3,252.52 on hand instead of $3,125.52
January 2023 Report #2: $2,705 raised, $7,229.17 spent ($6,676.63 to MO Political Consulting), $3,152.52 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report #1 Amended, added contribution from candidate: $10,465 raised instead of $10,365
January 2023 Report #1: $10,365 raised (Alders Christine Ingrassia and Dan Guenther), $2,188.31 spent, $7,676.69 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Michele Landeau (chief operating officer for Hope Clinic; former Board President of Missouri Abortion Fund) January 2023 Report: $0 raised, $1,276.13 spent, $19,265.57 on hand, $0 debt

Current 10th Ward Alder Joe Vollmer
Neighborhood: The Hill
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of Milo’s Bocce Garden; co-owner TLJ Investments (funeral home); owner of TLSJ (commercial real estate); landlord
Other Political: interim Board of Alders President upon Lewis Reed’s resignation
2023 Alder Primary: 1st place of 2 candidates, 1,533 Votes of 2,523
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $27,645 raised ($2,600 Carpenters, $2,600 21st Century St. Louis PAC/Civic Progress, $2,600 LIUNA, $1,000 lobbyist Jeff Rainford, $500 Sheetmetal Workers, $500 Realtors PAC, $500 IAFF 73, $250 former State Rep. Derio Gambaro, $300 former Alder Joe and Lisa Roddy, $150 Elevator Constructors, $150 Teamsters, $100 former SLDC director Otis Williams, $100 political operative & Recorder of Deeds HR Tim Person- occupation/employer ID’d as “sales,” $100 former Alder Sarah Martin); $55,707.45 spent ($26,906.45 Blue Ridge Print, $28,675 Kelley Group/Show Me Victories); $31,330.87 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report Amended: New raised total $46,460. Additional donors: $2,600 21st Century St. Louis PAC/Civic Progress, $2,600 Draper & Kramer/Hampton Garden’s James Elsman in Chicago; $1,000 lobbyist Jeff Rainford, $1,000 St. Louis Realtors, $1,000 LIUNA 110, $1,000 LIUNA 42, $500 St. Louis Police Officers, $500 Alder Tom Oldenburg, $500 former Alder Fred Wessels, $500 Operating Engineers 513, $500 Ironworkers, $250 Machinists, $250 former Mayor Lyda Krewson, $250 former Mayor Vince Schoemehl, $150 Collector of Revenue Gregg Daly, $150 former Alder Dan McGuire, $100 Alder Carol Howard, $100 former Alder Steve Conway, $100 former Alder Matt Villa, $100 former Alder Jim Sondermann, $100 former CEO Centerre Bank Clarence Barksdale. New on hand: $59.393.32.
February 2023 Report: $10,010 ($5,200 from Powerball winners Tom and Cathy Ruggeri-Rea, $1,000 Plumbers & Pipefitters 562, $500 Ironworkers 396, $500 STL Building Trades, $300 from former 17th Ward Alder Joe and Lisa Roddy, $250 Glaziers 513, $50 former 8th Ward Committeeman Jack Stelzer); $6,332.25 spent $3,350 Kelley Group/Show Me Victories, $195.65 Nancy Rice postage reimbursement); $22,943.32 on hand; $0 debt
January 2023 Report: $0 raised; $1,276.13 spent; $19,265.57 on hand; $0 debt
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
July 2022 Report: $0 raised, $600 spent, $19,560.85 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Charlie Oldani (retired from AT&T; former police officer)

Ward Committees (PACs)

New 5th Ward Democratic organization: None

New 5th Ward Republican organization: None

Former 10th Ward Democratic Club
Campaign Finance
Terminated committee 1/16/2020
Treasurer: Carolyn Stelzer (10th Ward Committeeman’s mother)
Deputy Treasurer: Rob Stelzer (10th Ward Committeeman)

Former 10th Ward Republican Organization
Campaign Finance
Terminated committee 1/20/2011
Treasurer: Judy Zakibe (former chair of St. Louis City Republican Central Committee; briefly member of Election Board, resigned before confirmation due to objection by Missouri Republican Party)

Political Party Committeepeople

Current 10th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Debbie Hildebrand
Neighborhood: The Hill
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: works at St. Ambrose Catholic School
Campaign Finance:
*No party committeewoman account filed at MEC

Current 10th Ward Democratic Committeeman Rob Stelzer
Neighborhood: The Hill
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of Amsterdan Tavern; attorney
Other Elected Office: former State Rep. candidate2, former State Rep. candidate1
Genealogy: father Jack Stelzer is former 8th Ward Committeeman and former Airport Commissioner during Rex Sinquefield’s privatization scam
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: $400 raised, $493.32 spent, $240.98, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $0 raised, $0 spent, $334.30 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Barb Beck (retired from Recorder of Deeds)
Deputy Treasurer: Caroline Stelzer (Committeeman’s mother, lives in current 8th Ward Southwest Garden)

Current 10th Ward Republican Committeewoman Angela Ong
Neighborhood: Tower Grove South, New 6th Ward
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: realtor
Campaign Finance
*No party committeewoman account filed at MEC

Current 10th Ward Republican Committeeman Kirk Hilzinger
Neighborhood: Kingshighway Hills/Northampton
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: network architect at Dover Corp.
Other Elected Office: former candidate for State Rep. 2022
Campaign Finance
Terminated state representative candidate committee 2/27/2023
January 2023 Report Amended: $0 raised, $1,112.90 spent (digital advertising), $180.99 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
November 2022 Report #2: Limited Activity
November 2022 Report #1: $50 raised, $551.11 spent, $1,293.89 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Mary Theresa McLean (chair of St. Louis City Republican Party; also treasurer for 2nd Ward Alder candidate Phill Menendez)
*No party committeeman account filed at MEC

Aldergeddon: New 4th Ward

The new St. Louis City 4th Ward includes parts of current 17th, 23rd, 24th, and other Wards and is the result of Census Redistricting and Ward Reduction.

All 14 New Ward Profiles here.

Candidate Forum: January 18, 2023 4th Ward Alder Candidate Forum (YouTube) sponsored by 4th Ward Democrats

2023 Alder Primary Results

18+ Population: 18,868
Registered Voters: 16,237 (86.05% Registered
Total Ballots Cast: 2,597 (15.99% Turnout)
Total Votes Cast, Approval Voting: 2,967 – In St. Louis City Municipal Primary Elections, voters may vote for as many candidates as they want with top two advancing to General Election.
Board President
Megan Green: 1,696
Alder Candidates
Casey Otto: 222
Brett Narayan: 1,356
Joe Vaccaro: 1,391

2023 Alder General Election

Current 24th Ward Alder Bret Narayan
Neighborhood: Clayton Tamm
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: attorney
2023 Alder Primary: 2nd place of 3 candidates, 1,356 Votes of 2,967
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $17,520 raised ($2,600 Carpenters, $1,500 SEIU Mo-Ks, $1,300 LIUNA 110, $1,000 SEIU Healthcare, $1,000 IAFF 73, $1,000 UAW, $750 Pro Choice Mo, $750 attorney Jerry Schlichter, $500 Protect Missouri Workers PAC,$500 Teamsters 688, $500 Plumbers & Pipefitters, $100 St. Louis Building Trades, $25 Alder Annie Rice); $15,304.45 spent ($12,854.71 MO Political Consulting ); $10,429.20 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report: $14,885 raised ($1,500 SEIU State PAC, $1,500 SEIU HCII Missouri, $500 Sheet Metal Workers, $1,000 LIUNA 110, $1,000 LIUNA 42, $1,000 Plumbers & Pipefitters, $500 Teamsters 688, $500 Ironworkers, $450 Sierra Club, $250 Heat and Frost Insulators, $150 IUEC 3, $100 City Assessor Michael Dauphin, $100 former 24th Ward Committeeman John Corbett, $50 State Senator Doug Beck, $50 15th Ward Committeewoman Karisa Gilman-Hernandez, $25 24th Ward Committeewoman Carolyn McMahon, $25 8th Ward Committeewoman Josie Grillas, $25 former 28th Ward Alder Heather Navarro); $13,568.83 spent ($8,583.33 MO Political Consulting); $9,213.65 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report #2: $1,935 raised ($200 16th Ward Dem Committeeman Steve Lenivy), $67.57 spent, $7,897.48 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report #1: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report Amended: $4,125 raised, $0 spent, $6,030.05 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $3,952.84 raised, $0 spent, $5,857.89 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Thomas Madden

Current 23rd Ward Alder Joseph A Vaccaro Jr
Neighborhood: Tilles Park/Lindenwood
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: former car wash owner
Other Elected Office: former candidate for Sheriff, former Independent candidate for 23rd Ward Alder
2023 Alder Primary: 1st place of 3 candidates, 1,391 Votes of 2,967
Campaign Finance
March 2023 Report: $22,590 raised ($2,600 Phoebe Mackenzie Smith- wife of Lawrence Group’s Steve Smith, $2,500 former CEO Emerson Electric David Farr, $2,500 Boilermakers 27, $1,300 LIUNA 110, $1,000 IAFF 73, $1,000 attorney Jerry Schlichter, $500 Lawyers Of TIF David Sweeney, $500 Labor Tribune publisher Ed Finkelstein, $500 former Judge/Alder Jack Garvey, $100 former Alder Matt Villa, $40 former State Senator Harry Kennedy); $12,614.65 spent ($18,418.36 Kelley Group/Show Me Victories); $12,614.65 on hand; $822.18 debt
February 2023 Report: $6,400 raised ($1,000 St. Louis Realtors, $1,000 LIUNA 110, $1,000 LIUNA 42, $50 former 23rd Ward Alder Kathy Hanrahan); $5,930.17 spent; $9,784.19 on hand; $0 debt
January 2023 Report #2: $0 raised, $212.76 spent, $9,314.36 on hand, $43.06 debt
January 2023 Report #1: $785 raised ($100 former 23rd Ward Alder Kathleen Hanrahan), $4,824.53 (mostly loan repayment; he declared $50 to a nonprofit as a campaign contribution), $9,527.12 on hand, $212.76 debt
October 2022 Report: $8,035 raised, $1,404.60 spent, $13,566.65 on hand, $540.39 debt; $9,784.19 on hand; $0 debt
Treasurer: Crystal Vaccaro (works or did work at Collector of Revenue and before that Recorder of Deeds; wife of Alder Joe Vaccaro)

2023 Primary- Other Alder Candidates

4th Ward Candidate Casey Otto
Neighborhood: Clifton Heights
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of photography studio
Other Elected Office: former member of Old Orchard School Board, St. Charles
Genealogy: son of former State Rep. Bill Otto (D-St. Charles County)
2023 Alder Primary: 3rd place of 3 candidates, 222 Votes of 2,967
Campaign Finance
No MEC committee filed

Ward Committees (PACs)

New 4th Ward Democratic organization: 4th Ward Democrats
name change from 24WPD a.k.a. 24th Ward Progressive Democrats
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: $617.67 raised, $34.83 spent, $834.81 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $68.40 raised, $415.98 spent, $251.97 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Blain McVey
New SOS registration: Kate Lovelady filed 4th Ward Democrats as fictitious name registration by 24WPD.

New SOS registration 4th Ward Regular Democratic Organization non profit
Treasurer: Greg Meyer, also Treasurer for 23rd Ward Regular Democratic Organization (aligned with 23rd Ward Alder Joe Vaccaro) and St. Louis Labor Legislature Club. The October 2022 Report for 23rd Ward Regular Democratic Organization shows the club paid Ted Dearing $300 in August for legal services.

New 4th Ward Republican organization: None

Current 23rd Ward Regular Democratic Organization
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: $1,400 raised ($1,000 from Randy Brown, husband of Democratic Committeewoman Patty Ellison-Brown), $571.75 spent (donations to Epiphany Friends Forever and Communities First-3rd Ward Committeewoman Lucinda Frazier’s non profit, she’s 23rd Ward Committeewoman’s supervisor at Recorder of Deeds Office), $1,143.88 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $0 raised, $368 spent ($300 to Ted Dearing for legal services, $315 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Greg Meyer, also Treasurer for St. Louis Labor Legislature Club

Current 23rd Ward Republican organization: None

Current 24th Ward Democratic Organization– None. 24WPD a.k.a. 24th Ward Progressive Democrats changed name to 4th Ward Democrats and 24th Ward Regular Democratic Organization Terminated August 2018

Current 24th Ward Republican organization: None

Political Party Committeepeople

Current 23rd Ward Democratic Committeewoman Patty Ellison Brown
Neighborhood: Lindenwood Park
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: works at Recorder of Deeds
Campaign Finance
*No party committeewoman account filed at MEC

Current 23rd Ward Democratic Committeeman Patrick Moynihan
Neighborhood: Tilles Park/North Hampton
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation:
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: None filed
April 2022 Report: None filed
January 2022 Report: Limited Activity.
Last report with activity- April 2021 Report: $197.81, $0 debt
Treasurer: self/Patrick Moynihan

Current 23rd Ward Republican Committeewoman Mary Colombo
Neighborhood: Lindenwood Park
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: hair salon owner
Campaign Finance
*No party committeewoman account filed at MEC

Current 23rd Ward Republican Committeeman Robert Crump
Neighborhood: Lindenwood Park
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: retired
Other Elected Office: candidate for State Rep. 2022
Campaign Finance
State Representative campaign committee
Terminated committee 2/27/2023
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
November 2022 Report #2: $0 raised, $1,116 spent, $25.25 on hand, $0 debt
November 2022 Report #1: $1000 raised (from himself), $297.07 spent, $1,141.25 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $2,100 raised ($2,000 from himself), $3,211.68 spent ($2,100 to NewsTalkSTL), $438.32 on hand, $0 debt
*No party committeeman account filed at MEC

Current 24th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Carolyn McMahon
Neighborhood: Clifton Heights
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: senior art director at Ansira Partners
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
Last report with activity- January 2022 Report: $0 raised, $0 spent, $238.75 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Lori Cavin (former 24th Ward Alder candidate; president of new 4th Ward Democrats)

Current 24th Ward Democratic Committeeman: Vacant

Current 24th Ward Republican Committeewoman: Vacant

Current 24th Ward Republican Committeeman: Vacant

Former Political Party Committeepeople

Former 24th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Teri Powers
Neighborhood: Clifton Heights
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation:
Campaign Finance
Terminated committee 10/11/2020 (fails to mention how previous report’s $1,163.50 on hand was disbursed
September 2020 Report: $1,242.0 raised ($200 wife of Board President Lewis Reed & attorney Mary Entrup, $202 former 20th Ward Committeeman Dale Sweet, $150 former 13th Ward Alder Fred Wessels, $100 8th Ward Committeeman Paul Fehler) + $1,267.50 in-kind from Roberts Brothers Properties; $428.50 spent ($813.50 Media Magic); $1,163.50 (on hand); $0 debt. Numbers do not add up. More expenditures than funds spent but no debt reported.
Also see 314 Forward Together PAC
This political action committee was created shortly after 314 Forward, Mayor Tishaura Jones’ PAC, filed with MEC
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: $0 raised, $0 spent, $16.86 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Teri Powers (former 24th Ward Democratic Committeewoman, former candidate for 24th Ward Alder 2019)

Aldergeddon: New 3rd Ward

The new St. Louis City 3rd Ward includes parts of current 11th, 20th, 25th and other Wards and is the result of Census Redistricting and Ward Reduction.

All 14 New Ward Profiles here.

2023 General Election Results

18+ Population: 16,174
Registered Voters: 10,733 (66.35% Registered)
Total Ballots Cast: 970 (9.04% Turnout)
Board President

Megan Green: 777 (92.1%)
Alder Candidates
Shane Cohn: 827 (93.98%)

2023 Primary Results

18+ Population: 16,174
Registered Voters: 10,741 (66.4% Registered)
Total Ballots Cast: 515 (4.79% Turnout)
Total Votes Cast, Approval Voting: 445 – In St. Louis City Municipal Primary Elections, voters may vote for as many candidates as they want with top two advancing to General Election.
Board President
Megan Green: 445
Alder Candidates
Shane Cohn: 410

Public Officials Residing In Ward

City Treasurer Adam Layne
Neighborhood: Carondelet
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: City Treasurer; executive director of Young Griot Society (administrative dissolution 10/19/2022)
Other Elected Office: former member of St. Louis School Board
Campaign Finance
January 2023 Report: $7,392.00 raised, $7,320.53 spent (mostly to MO Political Consulting), $24,085.64 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $5,348.67 raised, $5,525.86 spent (mostly to MO Political Consulting), $24,014.17 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: self/Adam Lane

School Board Member Emily Hubbard
Neighborhood: Carondelet
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: adjunct professor of sociology
Other Elected Office: candidate for School Board 2021
Genealogy: not related to the Hubbard Family of Democratic Party politics
Campaign Finance
December 2022 Report: $160 raised, $1,087.74 spent, $2,546.93 on hand, $0 debt
November 2022 Report Amended: $60 raised, $325.45 spent, $3,474.67 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report Amended: $3,095 raised, $1,448.88 spent, $3,740.12 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: John Devon Tressler

Current 25th Ward Alder Shane Cohn
Neighborhood: Dutchtown
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of 4664 Tennessee LLC investment and redevelopment of real estate
2023 Alder Primary: 1st of 1 candidate, 410 Votes of 515
Campaign Finance
April 2023 Report #3: $$4,350 raised ($2,600 UNITE Here, $500 LIUNA 42, #500 Associated General Contractors, $500 Commerce Bank); $19,594.42 spent ($14,540.73 Fourth City Strategies, $1,081.45 MEC fines); $9,512.24 on hand; $0 debt
April 2023 Report #2: $1,000 raised ($500 Plumbers & Pipefitters #562); $1975 spent; $24,756.66 on hand; $0 debt
April 2023 Report #1: $16,100 raised ($5,200 21st Century St. Louis/Civic Progress, $2,500 Carpenters, $1,000 LIUNA 110, $500 Realtors PAC, $500 Operating Engineers, $500 IBEW, $500 SEIU State, $250 Building Trades, $250 Heating & Frost Insulators #1, $250 Gary Bess- former City then County Parks Director Director$100 former Fire Chief Sherman George, $100 Alder Jimmy Lappe); $1,261.70 spent; $23,776.41 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report #2: $2,200 raised ($1,000 KC Catalyst’s Greg Porter, $500 lobbyist Jeff Rainford, $500 State Rep Steve Butz); $79.99 spent; $8,938.11 on hand
February 2023 Report #1: $225 raised; 28.64 spent; $6,918.10 on hand; $0 debt
January 2023 Report Late: $3,550 raised ($500 Lawyers of TIF David Sweeney, $100 former Mayor Vince Schoemehl) $311.35 spent, $6,721.74, $0 debt)
October 2022 Report: $1,525 raised, $787.85 spent, $3,483.09 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Lori Lamprich (former 25th Ward Committeewoman; treasurer for 25th Ward Regular Democratic Organization; treasurer for Pro-Choice Missouri and Missouri Anti-Corruption Task Force PACs; former treasurer for Murray for Missouri candidate committee and Missouri Values PAC)

Current 11th Ward Alder Jimmy Lappe
Neighborhood: Carondelet
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: Director of Data & Research, Missouri Jobs With Justice
Other Politics: treasurer of Jobs With Justice Ballot Fund; Deputy Treasurer for MOVE Ballot Fund PAC, Healthy Missouri Families campaign committee; and former Deputy Treasurer for Give Missourians a Raise campaign committee, Give Missourians a Raise PAC, Missouri Healthy Working Families PAC, Raise Up Missouri campaign committee
Campaign Finance
Terminated committee 03/23/2023: remaining funds donated: $900 Coalition for Black Trade Unionists, $376.16 Carondelet Community Betterment Foundation
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
July 2022 Report: $1,575 raised, $1,096.21 spent, $1,478.79 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Thom Gross

Ward Committees (PACs)

New 3rd Ward Democratic Organization: None

New 3rd Ward Republican Organization: None

Current 11th Ward Democratic Organization
Campaign Finance
January 2022 Report: $400 raised, $549.42 spent, $2,594.80 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $0 raised, $1,308.32 spent (including $1,070 for “damages”), $2,744.22 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Robert Dieckhaus, husband of 11th Ward Committeewoman Kathy Gamache

Former SOS filings: 11th Ward Democratic Political Party Committee fictious name registration and 11th Ward Democratic Political Party nonprofit registration, both by by Robert Dieckhaus, cancelled in 2020

Current 11th Ward Republican organization: None

Current 25th Ward Regular Democratic Club
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
April 2021 Report: $890.93 on hand, $0 debt.
Treasurer: Lori Lamprich (former 25th Ward Committeewoman; treasurer for Pro-Choice Missouri and Missouri Anti-Corruption Task Force PACs; former treasurer for Murray for Missouri candidate committee and Missouri Values PAC)

Current 25th Ward Republican organizations: None

Political Party Committeepeople

Current 11th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Kathy Gamache
Neighborhood: Mount Pleasant
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: human resources director at Collector of Revenue
Other Politics: deputy treasurer for Collector of Revenue Gregory F.X. Daly; treasurer for former Alder Sarah Martin
Other Party Office: former longtime Secretary of St. Louis Democratic City Central Committee
Campaign Finance
* No party committeewoman account filed with MEC

Current 11th Ward Democratic Committeeman Jacob Hummel
Neighborhood: Holly Hills
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: President of Missouri AFL-CIO; IBEW Local 1; former State Senator; former State Rep.
Genealogy: husband of former 11th Ward Alder Sarah Martin
Campaign Finance
April 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
April 2022 Report: $0 raised, $10,000 spent (to Missouri Works Initiative), $50,888.91 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: self/Jake Hummel

Current 11th Ward Republican Committeewoman: Vacant

Current 11th Ward Republican Committeeman: Vacant

Current 25th Ward Democratic Committeewoman: Vacant

Current 25th Ward Democratic Committeeman Greg Brown
Neighborhood:
Residence Tax Abated:
Occupation:
Campaign Finance
*No party committeeman account filed at MEC

Current 25th Ward Republican Committeewoman: Vacant

Current 25th Ward Republican Committeeman Francis Wildhaber
Neighborhood: Dutchtown
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of Wildhaber Technical Services
Other Elected Office: former candidate for 25th Ward Alder 2004; former candidate for Mayor 2001
Campaign Finance
*No party committeeman account filed at MEC

Former Public Officials Residing In Ward

Former 11th Ward Alder Sarah Martin
Neighborhood: Holly Hills
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: lobbyist
Genealogy: wife of former State Senator and current 11th Ward Committeeman Jake Hummel
Campaign Finance
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
April 2019 Report: $4,574 on hand, $150.76 debt
Treasurer: Kathy Gamache (11th Ward Committeewoman, Human Resources Director at Collector of Revenue)

* Political Party County Central Committee ward and township committeepeople have the option to file their campaign finance reports with their county election authority- Board of Election Commissioners in the case of St. Louis City- or online with Missouri Ethics Commission. The St. Louis City Board of Election once posted pdfs of ward committeepeople campaign finance reports to the Board’s website. That is no longer the case. To inspect records, you must visit the Board in person.

** A committeeperson who is also an elected official is not required to have a separate campaign finance account for committeeperson contributions and expenses.

Aldergeddon: New 1st Ward

Map of New 1st Ward, St. Louis City (2023)

Last Updated: 04/27/2023

New St. Louis City 1st Ward includes all or parts of Bevo, Carondelet, Boulevard Heights, Holly Hills, Patch Neighborhoods, parts of old 11th, 12th, 13th Wards, other Wards, and is the result of Census Redistricting and Ward Reduction.

All 14 New Ward Profiles here.

2023 General Election Results

18+ Population: 17,986
Registered Voters: 13,793 (76.68% Registered)
Total Ballots Cast: 3,121 (22.63% Turnout)
Board President
Megan Green: 1,954 (84.9%)
Alder
Anne Schweitzer: 1,614 (52.02%)
Tony Kirchner: 1,472 (47.4%)
Prop C (Charter Commission): Yes 1,543 (52.70%), No 1,385 (47.30%). Passed Citywide.
Prop No Letter/Number (Recreational Cannabis Tax): Yes 1,950 (63.13%), No 1,139 (36.8%). Passed Citywide.
School Board (citywide at-large election, top two elected- Sadie Weiss and Tracy Hykes)
Sadie Weiss: 1,625 (40.21%)
Tracy Hykes: 1,331 (32.94%)
J.L. Quinones: 980 (24.25%)
St. Louis Community College Board of Trustees (numerous wards participating- Nicole Robinson won)
Nicole Robinson: 299 (49.75%)
Pam Ross: 289 (48.09%)
Citywide and Subdistrict Election Results

2023 Primary Results

18+ Population: 17,986
Registered Voters: 13,774 (76.58% Registered)
Total Ballots Cast: 2,188 (15.89% Turnout)
Total Votes Cast, Approval Voting: 2,670 – In St. Louis City Municipal Primary Elections, voters may vote for as many candidates as they want with top two advancing to General Election.
Board President
Megan Green: 1,307
Alder (top two advance to General Election)
Matt Kotraba: 409
Tony Kirchner: 1,088
Anne Schweitzer: 1,173

Public Officials Residing in New 1st Ward

New 1st Ward Alder Anne Schweitzer
Neighborhood: Boulevard Heights
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: campaign consultant at Public Eye
Other Elected Office: former 13th Ward Alder
Other Politics: treasurer for Reinvest StL 2016 Prop E & F and Reinvest StL 2015 Prop 1
Genealogy: daughter of Jane Schweitzer, former/last elected City Circuit Clerk; daughter of Gordon Schweitzer, former municipal judge; granddaughter of Gordon Schweitzer, former Sheriff
2023 Alder Primary: 1st of 3 candidates, 1,173 Votes of 2,670
2023 Alder General Election: 1,614 (52.02%)
Campaign Finance
April 2023 Report #2: $1,860 raised ($500 Board President Megan Green’s Progress PAC, $500 Associated General Contractors Mo, $500 Iron Workers, $250 Glaziers, $50 former Fire Chief Sherman George); $630.02 spent; $14,101.61 on hand; $0 debt
April 2023 Report #2: Limited Activity
April 2023 Report #1: $1,330 raised ($500 Plumbers & Pipefitters 562); $12,857.80 spent ($11,807.76 Bouchard Gold Communications, Austin); $12,871.63 on hand; $0 debt
March 2023 Report #1 Amended: Added 7 contributions ($1,000 SEIU Healthcare, $500 Pro Choice Mo, $500 Sheetmetal Workers, $300 IBEW, $200 Operating Engineers, $200 Bricklayers. New Totals- $17,760 raised; $13,255.11 spent; $24,399.43 on hand; $0 debt
March 2023 Report #1: $15,035 raised ($6,150 from Labor, $500 former 13th Ward Alder Fred Wessels, $500 Realtors Association, $200 former 11th Ward Alder Matt Villa, $100 former Police Chief Sam Dotson, $100 City Assessor Michael Dauphin, $50 former City Health Director Pam Walker); $13,255.11 spent (Bouchard Gold Communications, Austin); $21,674.43 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report: $6,705 raised ($1,500 SEIU MO/KS, $1,500 SEIU Healthcare, $1000 LIUNA, $450 Sierra Club PAC), $23,689.55 spent ($22,474.56 Bouchard Gold Communications, Austin), $19,894.54 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report #2: $2,284 raised ($500 Building Trades PAC, $500 IAFF Local 73, $75 City Treasurer Adam Layne), $777.97 spent, $38,385.12 on hand, $0 debt
January 2023 Report #1: $3,760 raised ($1,000 from dad- Gordon Schweitzer), $2,848.80 spent, $36,879.09 on hand, $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $2,624.46 raised, $84.43 spent, $35,967.89 on hand, $0 debt
Treasurer: Jane Schweitzer (Alder’s mother, former/last elected City Circuit Court Clerk)

City Collector of Revenue Gregory F.X. Daly (county office)
Neighborhood: Boulevard Heights
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: Collector of Revenue
Other Elected Office: former License Collector; briefly candidate for Mayor
Party Office: 12th Ward Democratic Committeeman**
Other Political: treasurer of 12th Ward Regular Democratic Organization; treasurer of 2021 Yes on Prop E Earnings Tax STL
Genealogy: sister of Geraldine Kraemer, St. Louis City Election Board Commissioner
Campaign Finance
April 2023 Report: $718.38 raised (interest earned); $6,605.63 spent ($3,065.26 on food including $1,096.83 Bartolino’s South and $879.43 at four restaurants in Florida, $294.56 Sam’s Club, $250 Prop C Charter Commission campaign); $446,845.03 on hand; $2,153.88 debt
January 2023 Report: $247.18 raised, $5,566.34 spent, $452,732.28 on hand, $879.06 debt
December 2022 Report: $985.98 raised, $6,257.81 spent, $458,051.44 on hand, $1,112.99 debt
November 2022 Report Amended: $4,200 raised, $4,661.76 spent, $463,323.27 on hand, $4,913.98
October Report Amended: $5,609.75 raised, $2,739.11 spent, $463,785.03 on hand, $1,435.15 debt.
Treasurer: Dana Gamache (works at Collector of Revenue)
Deputy Treasurer: Kathy Gamache (12th Ward Committeewoman, works at Collector of Revenue)

State Rep. Steve Butz
Neighborhood: Holly Hills
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of Crawford-Butz Insurance Agency, managing partner for Eagle Hurst Ranch in Steelville
Other Elected Office: former candidate for State Rep. 2016 (Ben Borgmeyer was listed on MEC filing as a member of the campaign committee. He’s now Democratic Director of Elections at St. Louis City Election Board)
Campaign Finance
April 2023 Report: $0 raised; $210 spent; $66,332.22 on hand; $32,500 debt
January 2023 Report: $1,000 raised; $0 spent; $66,542.22 on hand; $32,500 debt
November 2022 Report: $500 raised; $2,783.66 spent; $65,542.22 on hand; $32,500 debt
October 2022 Report #2: $5000 raised; $11,896.67 spent; $67,825.88 on hand; $32,500 debt
October 2022 Report #1: $11,400 raised; $1,260 spent; $74,722.55 on hand; $32,500 debt
Treasurer: Ted Hartzler

St. Louis City Assessor*** Michael Dauphin
Neighborhood: Holly Hills
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: attorney, Assessor
Party Office: former 13th Ward Democratic Committeeman

Ward Committee (PACs)

New 1st Ward Democratic organization: None

New 1st Ward Republican organization: None

Old 12th Ward Regular Democratic Organization
Campaign Finance
April 2023 Report: Limited Activity
February 2023 Report: $650 ($250 AFT 420, $400 Dem Central Committee, both 2022 checks); $1,040.40 spent (printing in January); $833.47 on hand; $0 debt
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
December 2022 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report #2: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report #1: Limited Activity.
July 2022 Report: $38.79 raised, $1,205.10 spent, $1,455.74 on hand, $0 debt.
Treasurer: Gregory F.X. Daly (12th Ward Committeeman, Collector of Revenue)

Old SOS filings: 12th Ward Democratic Political Party Committee (nonprofit)
Officers: 12th Ward Committeeman & Collector of Revenue Gregory F.X. Daly is President, Secretary, and all three Board members. He also owns 12th Ward Democratic Political Party Committee as a fictious name registration.

Old 12th Ward Trivia: former Circuit Clerk Mariano Favazza (also former State Rep candidate , former Alder candidate) registered 12th Ward Pro Life Democrats as a d.b.a. in 2004. It expired in 2009. Circuit Clerk is now appointed by Circuit Court Judges via legislation from Missouri General Assembly.

Old 12th Ward Republican organization: None

Old 13th Ward Regular Democratic Club
Campaign Finance
April 2023 Report: $100 raised ($100 AFT 420); $0 spent; $4,109.37 on hand; $0 debt
January 2023 Report: $30 raised; $560.89; $4,009.37 on hand; $0 debt
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
July 2022 Report: $0 raised; $0 spent; $4,540.26 on hand; $0 debt
Treasurer: Paul Sager (realtor, former president of Holly Hills Improvement Association)

Old 13th Ward Republican organization: None

Political Party Committeepeople

Old 12th Ward Democratic Committeewoman Krissy Sullivan
Neighborhood:
Residence Tax Abated:
Occupation: physical therapist
Genealogy: daughter of John Temporiti, former chair of Missouri Democratic Party; former chief of staff to Mayor Vince Schoemehl; wife of Brian Sullivan, deputy Democratic director at St. Louis City Election Board
*No party committeewoman account filed at MEC

Old 12th Ward Democratic Committeeman Gregory F.X. Daly
Collector of Revenue (see above)

Old 12th Ward Republican Committeewoman Mary Therese McLean
Neighborhood: Princeton Heights
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: owner of Morning to Midnight Media; owner of Totally Renewed (using Farmington Mo address)
Other Elected Office: former candidate for State Senate 2022
Other Party Office: chair of St. Louis City Republican Party
Other Political: treasurer for 2nd Ward Alder candidate Phill Menendez
Campaign Finance
Termination 12/09/2022: Transferring $870.81 to new committee not identified
November 2022 Report #2: $500 raised; $1,511.60 spent; $870.81 on hand; $0 debt
November 2022 Report #1: $0 raised; $0 spent; $1,882.41on hand; $0 debt
Treasurer: Chris Clark (former treasurer for former candidate for State Senator 2018; former treasurer for former candidate for 23rd Ward Alder Robert Crump 2013; former treasurer for former candidate for Sheriff Robert Vroman Sternberg 2012)
*No party committeewoman account filed at MEC

Old 12th Ward Republican Committeeman Joe Carretero
Neighborhood: Boulevard Heights, New 2nd Ward
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: currently at Campbell Security; retired sergeant at St. Louis Police Dept, “Kettle” lawsuit; was security manager for Pulitzer Arts Foundation while a policer officer; retired sergeant major from U.S. Army
Campaign Finance
*No party committeeman account filed at MEC

Old 13th Ward Democratic Committeewoman– Vacant

Old 13th Ward Democratic Committeeman Fred Wessels Jr.
Neighborhood: Holly Hills
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: co-owner of Poderosa Properties; former Community Development Agency Director; former executive director of St. Louis Peregrine Society
Other Elected Office: former State Rep, former 13th Ward Alder, former candidate for City Treasurer
Campaign Finance
April 2023 Report: $0 raised; $0 spent; $1,477.45 on hand; $0 debt
January 2023 Report: $0 raised; $0 spent; $1,477.45 on hand; $0 debt
October 2022 Report: $0 raised; $0 spent; $1,477.45 on hand; $0 debt
Treasurer: Gloria Wessels (owner of Cruises & Tours by Gloria; wife of Committeeman Wessels; treasurer of Leadership Committee PAC 2014-2016)

Old 13th Ward Republican Committeewoman Diane Dailey
Neighborhood:
Residence Tax Abated:
Occupation: realtor, retired sergeant at St. Louis Police Dept
Campaign Finance
*No party committeeman account filed at MEC

Current 13th Ward Republican Committeeman Matt Kotraba
See former Alder candidates below

Former Public Officials

Former 12th Ward Alder William ‘Bill’ Stephens
Neighborhood: Boulevard Heights
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: former librarian
Other Elected Office: candidate for State Rep. 2022
Other Political: Chair of LGBTQ Caucus, Missouri Democratic Party
Campaign Finance
Account says it is a candidate committee for State Rep 81st District in 8/6/2024 Primary
January 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
September 2022 Report: $500 raised; $2,515.84 spent; $2,686.15 on hand; $5,108.16 debt
Treasurer: Madeline Buthod (14th Ward Committeewoman)

Former 12th Ward Alder Larry Arnowitz (deceased)
Campaign Finance
April 2023 Report: Limited Activity
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity (late)
July 2022 Report: Limited Activity (late)
April 2022 Report: Limited Activity (late)
January 2022 Report: Limited Activity (late)
October 2021 Report: Limited Activity (late)
July 2021 Report: Limited Activity (late)
April 2021 Report: Limited Activity (late)
October 2020 Report: Limited Activity (late)
July 2020 Report: $0 raised, $0 spent, $21,745.06 on hand, $0 debt
Deputy Treasurer: Philomena Arnowitz (wife/widow Of Alder Arnowitz)

Former Alder Candidates

Tony Kirchner
Neighborhood: Bevo Mill
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: deputy sheriff
2023 Alder General Election: 1,472 (47.4%)
2023 Alder Primary: 2nd of 3 candidates, 1,088 of Votes of 2,670
Campaign Finance
April 2023 Report: $5,200 raised ($2,600 Todd Schnuck- Schnuck Markets, $2,600 Husch Blackwell- Lawyers of TIF); $12,152.86 spent ($3,000 G3 Strategies- Greg Christian, PIO @ City Sheriff); $10,912.53 on hand; $2,000 debt
March 2023 Report: $14,890 raised ($2,600 Commerce Bank, $2,600 attorney Jerry Schlichter, $2,500 former Emerson Electric CEO David Farr, $1000 Leadership Counts- a legal money laundry for Steve Stone + STL Cardinals + LIUNA 42 + Kevin Short, $250 former Mayor Vince Schoemehl, $150 former 17th Ward Alder Joe Roddy); $14,577.74 spent; $17,865.39 on hand; $2,000 debt
February 2023 Report #2: $7,785 ($1,000 LIUNA 42, $250 Alder Jack Coatar, $100 former Sheriff Jim Murphy, $100 Alder Carol Howard); $0 spent; $17,553.13 on hand; $2,000 debt
February 2023 Report #1: $3,715 raised ($500 St. Louis Police Officers Assn, $300 former 8th Ward Alder Steve Conway, $250 Lobbyist/Lawyers of TIF David Sweeney), $3,183.20 spent (mostly on mailing), $9,768.13 on hand, $2,000 debt
January 2023 Report #2: $1,682 raised, $2,529.17 spent, $9,236.33 on hand, $2,000 debt
January 2023 Report #1: $11,368 raised ($1,000 from accused rapist Steve Roberts, $250 from Terence Niehoff- Alder Coatar’s PAC treasurer, $2,000 loan from the candidate), $1,284.50 spent, $10,083.50 on hand, $2,000 debt
Treasurer: Jen Graves

Matthew E. Kotraba
Note: There is a Matthew T. “Toby” Kotraba who is a St. Louis City firefighter and insurance agent
Neighborhood: Boulevard Heights
Residence Tax Abated: No
Occupation: infrastructure manager at BJC HealthCare
Party Office: 13th Ward Republican Committeeman
2023 Alder Primary: 3rd place of 3 candidates, 409 Votes of 2,670
Campaign Finance
Terminated committee 04/05/2023: $85 raised; $1,008.24 spent ($835.94 returned to donors); $0 on hand; $0 debt
February 2023 Report: $410 raised; $523.13 spent; $923.24 on hand; $0 debt
January 2023 Report #2: $550 raised ($500 St. Louis City GOP); $2,733.63 spent ($975 Newstalk STL radio); $1,036.37 on hand; $0 debt
January 2023 Report #1: $3,220 raised; $0 spent; $3,220 on hand; $0 debt
October 2022 Report: Limited Activity
Treasurer: Deb Bennett
* No party committeeman account filed at MEC

Ward Consolidation Wars

The Bosley Family’s matriarch has laid political claim to St. Louis City’s new 14th Ward, the combined 3rd Ward and 5th Ward under ward reduction and redistricting. This month, 3rd Ward Committeewoman Lucinda Frazier and three others incorporated 14th Ward Regular Democratic Organization as a nonprofit.

The club has not yet filed as a political action committee (all ward committees are pacs not party committees under Missouri law). No one residing in the current 5th Ward is an incorporator. It does not look like 5th Ward Committeeman and State Representative Rasheen Aldridge and 5th Ward Committeewoman and former State Representative Penny Hubbard are involved.

Frazier is the wife of former 3rd Ward Alder Freeman Bosley, mother to current 3rd Ward Alder Brandon Bosley and State Representative LaKeysha Bosley, and Chief of Staff for part-time Recorder of Deeds, bar owner, and Missouri State Party Chair Michael Butler.

Registered agent for the new 14th Ward registration is Limda Primer, who is also Treasurer for MEC registered 3rd Ward Regular Democratic Organization and Civil PAC, and Deputy Treasurer for Citizens for Brandon Bosley (3rd Ward Alder) and Citizens for LaKeysha Bosley (State Representative and sometimes employee of the Recorder of Deed’s bar).

Then there’s the new 4th Ward, the combined 23rd and 24th Wards.

In March of this year, Kate Lovelady filed a Fictitious Name Registration for 24WPD to own 4th Ward Democrats. Lovelady is Treasurer for 4th Ward Democrats registered (previously known as 24th Ward Progressive Democrats) with MEC.

In September, Greg Meyer incorporated 4th Ward Regular Democratic Organization as a non profit with the help of attorney Ted Dearing. Meyer is also Treasurer for MEC registered 23rd Ward Regular Democratic Organization (aligned with 23rd Ward Alder Joe Vaccaro) and St. Louis Labor Legislature Club. The October 2022 Report for 23rd Ward Regular Democratic Organization shows the club paid Ted Dearing $300 in August for legal services.

In St. Louis County, you can visit the St. Louis County Democratic Central Committee website to find your township political club.

There are two online sources for anyone (a lot of us do not have book of faces) to look for St. Louis City ward organization information and neither are the St. Louis Democratic City Central Committee website. Instead, you have to search Missouri Ethics Commission and/or Missouri Secretary of State’s Business Entity database for ward committees.

St. Louis City political clubs often incorporate as nonprofits or file fictious name registrations (d.b.a.). It was thought that by incorporating, the name was owned and could not be used by a rival. They’ve been doing it for over a century. Some of the earliest ones were recorded in the Corporation Books of the City’s Recorder of Deeds. Campaign finance records began in St. Louis City in the late 20th Century via Missouri’s Corrupt Practices Act and were also recorded with the Recorder of Deeds. I did a lot of research and preservation work with these records when I worked as an archivist under the two previous Recorder of Deeds.

It’s been a long tradition for status quo ward clubs to use “Regular Democratic” or “Original” in the name to distinguish themselves from rump organizations who use “Independent.” The Independent organizations were often started by a noncommitteeperson, election competitor, or a committeeperson who did not see eye to eye with their ward colleague. Unfortunately, I was overruled by ward members when I was a committeewoman and had to file 7th Ward Independent Democrats instead of 7th Ward Irregular Democrats with MEC.

No on Con Con

How much will it cost to run a Constitutional Convention in Missouri?

68 senatorial district delegates- two from each of 34 districts– and 15 statewide delegates would be elected to the Constitutional Convention, a total of 73 delegates. The Missouri Senate has 34 senators and a Budget of $14,406,261.

Cost of the Constitutional Convention depends, in part, on how long they are in session. Unlike General Assembly, there’s no fixed adjournment date for Convention. Delegates will decide when they’re finished.

In 1943, Constitutional Convention delegates were in session 215 days between September 21, 1943 and September 29, 1944.
Constitutional Convention of 1861 lasted three years.

In addition to the $10 a day per diem*, Constitutional Convention delegates could set salaries and benefits for themselves. There’s nothing that says they cannot.

What the Constitution is very clear on is delegates decide their own budget, whatever they want for “employees and assistants” and “printing of its documents,” they get. There’s no appropriations process involved.

The Constitution says the Convention will take over General Assembly offices, meeting rooms, chambers. Where does the Missouri General Assembly do business during the Constitutional Convention?

Don’t forget to factor in hiring special counsel for lawsuits and consultants.

How much will a Constitutional Convention cost? A LOT, millions and millions and millions of dollars.

Do lobbyist, campaign finance, and conflict of interest laws apply to Constitutional Convention delegates?

Thinking about lobbyists rewriting the Missouri Constitution free of any regulation or transparency should scare you plenty. In Missouri, lobbyist registration and reports are required for lobbying the legislative branch, but that’s defined as Missouri House and Missouri Senate. There’s no requirement relating to lobbying Constitutional Convention delegates.

Are candidates for delegate and delegate at large subject to campaign finance laws? What about conflict of interest laws? It depends on definitions, such as definition of public official and public office. The Missouri Attorney General would have some say over it. That would be Eric Schmitt, one of the worst lawyers ever, the guy who looks to be turning loser frivolous lawsuits into a successful campaign for U.S. Senate, or his replacement appointed by Governor Mike Parson to fill vacancy.

It’s highly likely Christofascists will be in the majority at the Constitutional Convention

In the best case scenario, 34 Democrats and 34 Republicans would be elected by senatorial district and at least 8 of the 15 delegates at large elected statewide would be Democrats. That’s wishful thinking.

Delegate vacancies are going to happen and those vacancies will be filled by Governor Parson. The Constitution requires the political party of the delegate resigning to be matched in replacement. But, come on, we know how this will go. Any delicate balance of power would eventually dissolve in favor of Republicans.

A Constitution Party delegate could get elected instead of a Democrat in a heavily Republican senatorial district with a little coordination between Constitution Party and Republican Party.

Regardless of campaign finance laws, Rex Sinquefield, David Humphreys, and right wing PACs will run slates for the statewide delegate at large seats. Who are the big money Democrats in Missouri that are going to match that? There aren’t any.

District delegate nomination will be for political party insiders

Each political party– Democratic Party**, Republican Party, Constitution Party, Libertarian Party- has senatorial district committeepeople who serve on their state committee. These are the people who may (or choose not to) nominate someone for a district level Constitutional Convention delegate seat.

Each senatorial district party committee gets one nominee. At the delegate election, each voter may pick one political party ballot and vote for their party’s nominee. The delegate candidates with the two highest votes become delegates. No Independent candidates or Write Ins.

Who do you know that can afford to run for a Constitutional Convention delegate position without knowing if there’s a salary that goes with it, how many days a week is required, or how long service will last?

The Governor can set the delegate election for the lowest possible turnout

Constitutional Convention delegates will be chosen in a special election held between February and May of 2023 (three to six months after November 8th election). According to the Secretary of State, there are three elections in that period. February 7th may be used for bond issues and only bond issues. March 7th may be used for municipal elections in only charter cities. April 4th is a general municipal elections day.

Governor Parson gets to pick the day of the election and it doesn’t have to be one of the already scheduled election days. With the delegates at large elected statewide in mind, do you think Parson would pick an election with a heavier turnout in St. Louis City and Kansas City than rest of the State? Of course not.

Young people will have no voice at a Constitutional Convention

Delegates to the Convention must meet the same qualifications as state senators: 30 years of age, state voters for at least 3 years, resident of the senatorial district for at least 1 year.

They will vote for the word “Constitutional”

It’s true that the every twenty years Constitutional Convention ballot question has a history of failing at the polls. But that was before January 6th 2021 and a defeated President claiming victory to this day. It was before the bizarre anti-science response to COVID. It was before Missouri elected officials decided racing to the bottom was a virtue and their voters applauded them. I hope that I’m wrong, but I think people are going to vote for the word “Constitutional” on November 8th and not care about the details.