Reminders for election day in Pettis County

Published 1:54 am Tuesday, November 3, 2026

By Joe Andrews

Voters will head to the booth Tuesday, Nov. 3, for the midterm General Election.

Pettis County voters will decide on either the District 52 or District 57 Missouri House of Representatives seat, the District 28 Missouri Senate seat, the United States Congressional District 4 seat, the Pettis Corder Recorder of Deeds seat and five statewide ballot measures.

There is also the state auditor seat, two unopposed local circuit judge seats, two statewide judge renewals and six unopposed county-wide seats.

Election day voting begins at 6 a.m. and runs through 7 p.m. Those waiting in line at poll closure will be able to cast their ballots.

Voters should bring photo identification and weather appropriate clothing. Conditions are anticipated to be wet early, though temperatures are expected to reach the mid to high 60s. Voters are reminded that clothing or material related to candidates or ballot issues are prohibited.

Unofficial results will be published online at sedaliademocrat.com as they become available from the Pettis County Election Authority.

Voters can find their specific sample ballot and polling location before heading to the booth online at https://voteroutreach.sos.mo.gov/portal/.

WHERE DO I VOTE

Sedalia First Ward – Convention Hall – 3rd & Park

Sedalia Second Ward/Cedar – First Baptist Church – 200 E. 6th Street

Sedalia Third Ward/Sedalia East – Parkview Christian Church – 1405 E. 16th St.

Sedalia Fourth Ward/Sedalia West/Flat Creek – Celebration Center – 1701 W. 32nd Street

Blackwater/La Monte/Dresden – La Monte United Methodist Church – 400 N. Main St.

Bowling Green – Maplewood Church – 25396 Highway O

Green Ridge/Elk Fork/Wash – Green Ridge Community Building – 114 N. Main

Heath Creek/Longwood – Presbyterian Church – 12340 Longwood RD

Hughesville/Houstonia – Hughesville Community Center – 204 Cravens St.

Lake Creek/Smithton/Brooking Park – Smithton Community Center – 200 S. Chestnut

Prairie – Cornerstone Baptist Church – 19856 Highway Y

BALLOT ITEMS

For State Auditor

Scott Fitzpatrick (Republican)

Quentin Wilson (Democratic)

Dustin Coffell (Libertarian)

For U.S. Representative – District 4

Mark Alford (Republican)

Jordan Herrera (Democratic)

Thomas Holbrook (Libertarian)

For State Senator – District 28

Sam Alexander (Republican)

Mike McCaffree (Democratic)

For State Representative – District 52

Israel Baeza (Republican)

Rene Vance (Democratic)

For State Representative – District 57

Matt Sergent (Republican)
Michael D. Walbom (Democratic)

For Associate Circuit Judge – Division 5

Sean Pilliard (Republican)

For Associate Circuit Judge – Division 6

Phillip T. Sawyer (Republican)

For Presiding Commissioner

Bill Taylor (Republican)

For County Auditor

Beverly Dillon (Republican)

For County Clerk

Dena Klein Perkins (Republican)

For County Clerk

Sherry Jo Painter-Torres (Republican)

For County Collector

Penny Taylor (Republican)

For Prosecuting Attorney

Scott E. Fox (Republican)

For Recorder of Deeds

Diana Schroeder (Republican)

Christina Chancellor (Independent)

Missouri Supreme Court Judges

Shall Judge PAUL C. WILSON of the Missouri Supreme Court be retained in office?

Missouri Court of Appeals Judge, Western District

Shall Judge LISA WHITE HARDWICK of the Western District Court of Appeals be retained in office?

Constitutional Amendment No. 3

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:

-Repeal the 2024 voter-approved Amendment providing reproductive healthcare rights, including abortion through fetal viability;

-Allow abortions for rape and incest (under twelve-weeks’ gestation), emergencies, and fetal anomalies;

-Allow legislation regulating abortion;

-Ensure parental consent for minors’ abortions;

-Prohibit gender transition procedures for minors?

State governmental entities estimate no costs or savings. Greene County estimates it may experience an unknown increase in tax revenue. Other local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

Constitutional Amendment No. 6

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to:

-expand the initiative and referendum petition process by making it a fundamental right;

-allow courts to revise ballot summaries through lawsuits;

-prohibit the legislature from weakening initiative or referendum powers;

-prohibit the legislature from changing or repealing laws enacted through the initiative process, or passing laws similar to those rejected by referendum, without approval from at least 80% of both chambers; and

-preserve existing majority vote and signature requirements for initiative and referendum petitions?

State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

Constitutional Amendment No. 7

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to establish a permanent public endowment fund to support state government instead of taxing Missouri residents, prohibit the General Assembly from appropriating or diverting the fund, and eliminate state-imposed taxes once the fund generates sufficient revenue to replace them?

State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

Constitutional Amendment No. 8

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to support law enforcement by preserving the right of citizens to elect a county sheriff, prohibiting the removal of a county sheriff except by a writ of quo warranto, and recognizing the office of sheriff as part of the administration of justice?

State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

Proposition A

Do the people of the state of Missouri approve the act of the General Assembly entitled “House Bill No. 1 (2025 Second Extraordinary Session),” which repeals Missouri’s existing congressional plan, and replaces it with new congressional boundaries that keep more counties intact?

State and local governmental entities estimate no costs or savings.

Joe Andrews can be reached at 660-530-0138.