Candidates for mayor, city council, school board featured in nonpartisan YouTube interviews
Springfield voters, here’s your opportunity to discover which candidates match your views and values before Election Day April 4. Watch and listen to brief interviews as candidates field questions on important topics facing Springfield R-12 school board, Springfield city council and mayor.
If you missed the audio broadcasts on KSMU Radio 91.1, click on the video links below to watch individual conversations with candidates in five contested races.
The interviews are hosted by the Informed Voter Coalition, a nonpartisan group of community organizations led by the League of Women Voters. They share the goals of educating voters and engaging candidates with citizens. The coalition has been hosting similar programs since 2020. Coalition members 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
- 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
YouTube links to candidate interviews
Springfield R-12 School Board: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBiriYLOt34
Springfield City Council — General Seat C and General Seat D
- General Seat C: https://youtu.be/0Mh5Tqv-xko
- General Seat D: https://youtu.be/3yNtF8LMPiw
Springfield City Council — Zone 3 and Springfield Mayor
- Zone 3: https://youtu.be/t_x8gT6oPmc
- Mayor: https://youtu.be/cxfseOT6Jjk