Election Results
Of the 13,163 registered voters in McDonald County, 6,612 (more than 50 percent) showed up at their polling location to cast their votes in the 2018 General Election. That number indicates more than twice the participation of this year’s Primary Election.
These results are unofficial until official certification on Friday, Nov. 9. If any changes in election results occur, they will be published in an upcoming issue.
* indicates the majority winner in each position
Senator
* Josh Hawley: 5,061 Claire McCaskill: 1,217 Japheth Campbell: 100 Jo Crain: 40 Craig O’Dear: 153
State Auditor
* Saundra McDowell: 4,898 Nicole Galloway: 1,300 Sean O’Toole: 121
Don Fitz: 58
Jacob Luetkemeyer: 112
U.S. Representative in Congress for 7th District
* Billy Long: 5,135
James Daniel Schoolcraft: 1,209 Benjamin T. Brixey: 171
State Representative
for 159th District
* Dirk Deaton: 5,250 Jerry Sparks: 1,212
Circuit Judge for 40th
District
* Gregory Stremel: 5,662
Associate Circuit
Judge
* John LePage: 5,693
Presiding Commissioner
* Bill Lant: 5,709
Circuit Court Clerk
* Tanya Lewis: 5,766
Clerk of the County
Commission
* Kimberly Bell: 5,761
Recorder of Deeds
* Kenny Underwood: 5,806
Prosecuting
Attorney
* William “Bill” Dobbs: 5,641
Collector of Revenue
* Jennifer Weber: 5,794
Treasurer
* Sheila Gideon Foreman: 5,699
Missouri Supreme Court
Judge W. Brent Powell * Yes: 3,933
No: 1,848
Judge Mary Rhodes Russell
* Yes: 3,629
No: 2,133
Missouri Court Appeals Southern
District
Jeffrey Bates * Yes: 3,655 No: 2,109
Constitutional Amendment 1
To amend the Missouri Constitution to change the process and criteria for redrawing state legislative district boundaries during reapportionment (redistricting).
Yes: 3,140
* No: 3,273
Constitutional Amendment 2
To amend the Missouri Constitution to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes under state laws. This amendment creates regulations and licensing procedures for medical marijuana and medical marijuana facilities.
If passed, this measure will impose a 4 percent retail sales tax on marijuana for medical purposes.
* Yes: 3,571
No: 2,936
Constitutional Amendment 3
To amend the Missouri Constitution to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes under state laws. This amendment makes Brad Bradshaw the research chairperson of a newly created research institute that is funded by fees and taxes on medical marijuana.
If passed, this measure will impose a 15 percent retail sales tax on marijuana for medical uses and wholesale sales tax on marijuana sold by medical marijuana cultivation facilities. Yes: 2,235
* No: 4,171
Constitutional Amendment 4
To amend the Missouri Constitution to remove language limiting bingo game advertising that a court ruled was unconstitutional and not enforceable. This amendment would also allow a member of a licensed organization conducting bingo games to participate in the management of bingo games after being a member of the organization for six months.
If passed, this measure will have no impact on taxes.
Yes: 2,327
* No: 3,827
Statutory Measure
Proposition B
To amend Missouri statutes to increase the state minimum wage rate as follows:
$8.60 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2019;
$9.45 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2020;
$10.30 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2021;
$11.15 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2022; and
$12.00 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2023.
This amendment will exempt government employers from the above increases and will increase the penalty for paying employees less than the minimum wage.
If passed, this measure will have no impact on taxes. Yes: 3,169
* No: 3,225
Statutory Measure
Proposition C
To amend Missouri statutes to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes under state laws. This amendment creates regulations and licensing procedures for medical marijuana and medical marijuana facilities.
If passed, this measure will impose a 2 percent retail sales tax on marijuana for medical purposes.
Yes: 2,807
* No: 3,532
Statutory Measure
Proposition D
To amend Missouri statutes to fund the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s enforcement and administration of motor vehicle laws and traffic regulations. The source of the funding will be revenue from an increased state tax on motor fuel (including gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene and blended fuel). The current state motor fuel tax rate is 17 cents per gallon.
The amendment will increase the rate as follows:
19.5 cents per gallon beginning July 1, 2019;
22 cents per gallon beginning July 1, 2020;
24.5 cents per gallon beginning July 1, 2021;
27 cents per gallon beginning July 1, 2022.
The amendment will also increase the tax on alternative fuels used for motor vehicles (including compressed natural gas, liquid natural gas and propane gas). The amendment will increase the rate from 17 cents to 27 cents per unit equivalent to a gallon of gasoline or diesel beginning Jan. 1, 2026.
The amendment will require the state auditor to audit the state’s use of the revenue generated by these taxes every two years.
Additionally, the amendment will allow a state income tax deduction for the value of any prize or award won in the Olympics, Paralympics or Special Olympics; and it will create an “Emergency State Freight Bottleneck Fund,” which will be dedicated to financing road improvement projects in the state.
If passed, this measure will increase taxes on motor fuel.
Yes: 2,004
* No: 4,392