August 2012 Election Guide

As we close in on the August primary and look ahead to November’s elections, Mehlville-Oakville 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 . You'll definitely want to bookmark this page for updates. See below for each candidate's profiles. 

LOCAL

St. Louis County Council 6th District (Mehlville, Oakville, Affton, Lemay): Democratic incumbent Steve Stenger will run for re-election against Republican Anthony (Tony) Pousosa in November.

Stenger has represented the area since 2009. The Affton attorney was chairman of the council in 2011 and led the charge against County Executive Charlie Dooley when he announced 23 parks would close due to a budget crisis. The council and executive after Stenger created a special budget committee. 

Pousosa is the Ward 1 Green Park alderman and is serving in his third term since being elected in 2007.

Missouri House of Representatives

95th District (Oakville): With no primary, Republican incumbent will take on in November. Haefner has represented Oakville for the last two years. 

94th District (Mehlville and parts of Green Park and Concord): Republican incumbent faces Tim Hotop in the August primary. Brown has represented Mehlville since 2010, when she defeated Democrat . Lorenz-Englund, a member of the Lindbergh School Board, is running again and will see either Brown or Hotop in November.

93rd District (Lemay and parts of Affton): The primary might be more exciting than the November race with Democrats and running against each other. Burns  as filing for that seat stayed open a little longer after state 

Burns was  in the effort . He has served on the Affton School Board, worked as a staffer for Claire McCaskill and previously ran for the state House in the 2000s, losing narrowly to then-state Rep. Jim Lembke (R-Lemay). 

Montecillo—ex-husband of state Rep. Genise Montecillo (D-Affton)—is an attorney and running for his first political office. 

The winner of the primary will face Republican Tony Leech in November. 

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Missouri Senate First District

In August, will take on for the .

(100th District) in the Missouri House for eight years, while Sifton was elected to the house in 2010 to represent Lemay and Affton in the former 96th District.

The winner will face incumbent in November, who has no opposition for the primary. Lembke has represented the First District since 2009.

This race will be as redistricting put left-leaning areas such as Webster Groves and Maplewood in with South County. as it combined two senate districts into one. 

STATEWIDE 

U.S. Senate

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 likely see U.S. Rep. Todd Akin (R-Wildwood), former or Frontenac businessman emerge 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. 

In the meantime, dueling .

Congress

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.

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

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.

TOWNSHIPS

OAKVILLE TOWNSHIP:
Republican Committeeman

• Kurt Witzel

Republican Committewoman

• Celeste Witzel

Democratic Committeeman

• Bob Ford

Democratic Committeewoman

• Joan Barry

LEMAY TOWNSHIP:
Republican Committeeman

• Alan D. Leaderbrand
• Randy Howard

Republican Committeewoman

• Jacqueline (Jackie) Simon)

Democratic Committeeman

• Mike Koeller

Democratic Committeewoman

• Sally Hodges

STATE PROFILES

Democrat

Republican

• Todd Akin
• Robert Poole
• Jerry Beck 

Liberterian

District 1

Democrat

• William Lacy Clay

Republican

Libertarian

• Robb E. Cunningham 

District 2

Democrat

• Marshall Works
• George Weber
• Harold Whitfield
• Glenn Koenen 

Republican

• Ann Wagner
• John Morris
• James Baker

Libertarian

• Bill Slantz

Constitution

• Anatol Zorikova

Democrat 

Republican

Libertarian

Democrat

• Dennis Weisenburger
• Fred Kratky
• Jackie Townes McGee
• Becky Lee Plattner

Republican

• Brad Lager
• Mike Carter
• Charles Kullmann

Libertarian

• Matthew Copple

Constitution 

• Cynthia Davis

Democrat

• Jason Kander
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Republican

Libertarian

• Cisse Spragins

Constitution

• Justin Harter

Democrat

Republican

Libertarian

• Sean O'Toole

Democrat 

• Chris Koster

Republican

Libertarian

• Dave Browning