Filing for Butler County and statewide offices for the Aug. 4 primary election ended at 5 p.m. Tuesday, and 12 of them include multiple candidates.
Races for three county offices from Butler County will be contested, according to county clerk Tonyi Deffendall, as will three township primaries and one Poplar Bluff position.
Three state senate districts and two state house districts will be contested.
In Butler County, incumbent Butch Anderson will face Ross DeGaris for eastern district commissioner, incumbent Andy Moore will face his predecessor Jim Akers for coroner, and incumbent Sharron Payne will face Cheryl Baker, Marjorie Shipman and Jeffrey Darnell for public administrator. All six candidates are Republicans. No Democrats filed for any county office.
Among Butler County townships, Republicans Chad Parks and Sharron Payne will meet in Epps, Republicans Joe Leahy and Cindi Bowman will meet in Beaver and Republicans Debby Lundstrom and Scott Lundstrom will meet in Oak Grove.
In Poplar Bluff’s Ward 5, Democrats Robert Smith and Diane Smith will square off for the seat.
Each county office holder serves four-year terms. All county winners will take office Jan. 1, except for the assessor who will be sworn in Sept. 1, 2021.
In state senate races, three Republicans — Kent Scism of Farmington, Joshua Barrett of Fredericktown and Elaine Freeman Gannon of DeSoto — have filed in District 3.
Four Republicans — Jason Bean of Holcomb, Eddy Justice of Poplar Bluff, Jeff Shawan of Poplar Bluff and Stephen Carroll Cookson of Poplar Bluff — are running for the District 25 seat. Two Republicans — Holly Rehder of Scott City and Kathy Swan of Cape Girardeau — will vie for the Republican nomination in District 27.
In District 33, Karla Eslinger of Wasola, Van Kelly of Norwood and Robert Ross of Eunice are facing each other in the Republican primary.
In the state house, Andrew McDaniel of Deering, and Jeff McCormick of Kennett, have filed for District 150. Three Republicans — Jack “Skip” Johnson of Gatewood; Darrell Atchison of Williamsville, and Larry Kimbrow of Poplar Bluff — have filed for District 153.
Winners in the August primary advance to the general election scheduled for Nov. 3.
Three people have filed for the U.S. House of Representative race in District 8, including incumbent Republican Jason Smith of Cape Girardeau, Democrat Kathy Ellis of Festus and Libertarian Tom Schmitz of Rolla.
All house seats have two-year terms and state senate positions are for four years.
BUTLER COUNTY
• Assessor
Republican
Chris Rickman of Poplar Bluff
• Eastern District Commissioner
Republican
Ross DeGaris of Poplar Bluff
Butch Anderson of Poplar Bluff
• Western District Commissioner
Republican
Dennis “Boots” Legrand of Poplar Bluff
• Coroner
Andy Moore of Poplar Bluff
Jim Akers of Harviell
Sheriff
• Mark Dobbs of Poplar Bluff
Public Administrator
Republican
Sharron Payne of Poplar Bluff
Cheryl Baker of Poplar Bluff
Marjorie Shipman of Poplar Bluff
Jeffery Darnell of Poplar Bluff
• Ash Hill Township
Democrat
Barbara Snider of Broseley
• Epps Township
Republican
Chad Parks of Poplar Bluff
Sharron Payne of Poplar Bluff
Democrat
Mescal West of Poplar Bluff
• Beaver Dam Township
Republican
Joe Leahy of Poplar Bluff
Cindi Bowman of Poplar Bluff
• Poplar Bluff Ward I
Democrat
Thelma Brannum of Poplar Bluff
• Poplar Bluff Ward 2
Republican
Cynthia Fuller of Poplar Bluff
Poplar Bluff Ward 4
Republican
June Rigby of Poplar Bluff
• Poplar Bluff Ward 5
Democrat
Robert Smith of Poplar Bluff
Dianne Smith of Poplar Bluff
• Poplar Bluff At-large
Libertarian
Paul Colvin of Poplar Bluff
• St. Francis Township
Republican
Natasha Sentell of Poplar Bluff
• Oak Grove Township
Republican
Debby Lundstrom
Scott Lundstrom
U.S. representative
• District 8
(Includes Southeast Missouri counties)
Republican
Jason Smith of Cape Girardeau
Democrat
Kathy Ellis of Festus
Libertarian
Tom Schmitz of Rolla
State senate
• District 3
(Contains all or portions of six counties, including Reynolds)
Republican
Kent Scism of Farmington
Joshua Barrett of Fredericktown
Elaine Freeman Gannon of DeSoto
• District 25
(Includes all or portions of eight counties, including Carter, Butler, Stoddard and Dunklin)
Republican
Jason Bean of Holcomb
Eddy Justice of Poplar Bluff
Jeff Shawan of Poplar Bluff
Stephen Carroll Cookson of Poplar Bluff
• District 27
(Includes all or portions of six counties, including Wayne)
Republican
Holly Rehder of Scott City
Kathy Swan of Cape Girardeau
Democrat
Donnie Owens of Marquand
• District 33
(Includes all or portions of eight counties, including Ripley)
Republicans
Karla Eslinger of Wasola
Van Kelly of Norwood
Robert Ross of Eunice
Democrat
Tammy Harty of Grandin
State representative
*All current candidates filed as Republicans
• District 150
(Includes portions of Dunklin and Pemiscot counties)
Andrew McDaniel of Deering
Jeff McCormick of Kennett
• District 151
(Includes Stoddard County and a portion of Scott County)
Herman Morse of Dexter
• District 152
(Includes portions of Butler and Dunklin counties)
Hardy Billington of Poplar Bluff
• District 153
(Includes Carter and Ripley counties and portions of Butler and Wayne counties)
Jack “Skip” Johnson of Gatewood
Darrell Atchison of Williamsville
Larry Kimbrow of Poplar Bluff
• District 144
Includes portions of Wayne, Reynolds, Iron and Washington counties)
Chris Dinkins of Annapolis