Learn about candidates for Missouri Senate, House
On Nov. 8, Missouri voters will head to the polls to elect representatives to the Missouri General Assembly and other seats.
To help Southwest Missouri voters find out where candidates stand, a coalition of community organizations led by the League of Women Voters has organized a series of nonpartisan interviews with candidates in select races. Questions were developed by the candidate forum coalition and were not provided beforehand.
View the video version of the interviews on YouTube at the links listed below:
MO State Rep. district 132 (Stephanos Freeman-R, Crystal Quade-D)
MO State Rep. district 133 (Melanie Stennitt-R, Amy Blansit-D)
MO State Rep. district 134 (Alex Riley-R, Samantha Deaton-D)
MO State Rep. district 135 (AJ Exner-R, Betsy Fogle-D)
MO State Rep. district 136 (Craig Fishel-R, Stephanie Hein-D)
MO State Senate district 30 (Lincoln Hough-R, Raymond Lampert-D)
A link to the interview with candidates for U.S. Congress, 7th District, will be available soon. Become informed before election day so your vote is cast for candidates that align with your beliefs and standards.
Candidate Forum Coalition: Always nonpartisan
The nonpartisan candidate forum coalition was launched in 2019 with the shared goal of educating voters and engaging candidates with citizens. Members of the coalition are:
- Be Civil Be Heard
- Drury University’s L.E. Meador Center for Politics & Citizenship
- Junior League of Springfield
- KSMU Ozarks Public Radio
- Leadership Springfield Alumni
- League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri
- Missouri State University’s Office of Public Affairs
- NAACP Springfield
- Ozarks Technical Community College’s Social Sciences Department
- Springfield-Greene County Library District
For more information, contact the League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri, 417.501.6067.