Before the Aug. 2 primary election, voters can view interviews with candidates in four important races for U.S. Congress District 7 and Missouri Senate and House.
The brief videos are available on demand on YouTube and on ksmu.org, website of KSMU Ozarks Public Radio and websites of other partners in a coalition of nonpartisan organizations. The groups organized and hosted the interviews with the shared goal of informing voters.
Watch the videos here:
U.S. Representative, District 7
Republicans: Audrey Richards, Camile Lombardi-Olive, Sam Alexander, Alex Bryant, Paul Walker, Mike Moon (Jay Wasson and Eric Burlison were invited but did not respond to repeated requests.)
Democrats: John Woodman, Kristen Badaker-Sheafer, Bryce Lockwood
State Senate
District 20 – Republicans Curtis Trent, Brian Gelner (No Democrat candidate)
District 30 – Republicans Angela Romine, Lincoln Hough (Democrat Raymond Lampert is unopposed.)
State House of Representatives
District 137 – Republicans Tom Barr, Darrin Chappel (No Democrat candidate)
The nonpartisan Candidate Forum Coalition includes these community organizations:
- 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
- Springfield News-Leader