By DONNA FARLEY
Editor
Contested races have developed at the state level for six local offices.
Filing opened Tuesday for the Aug. 4 primary election of U.S. representative, state senator, state representative and other state offices. The winners of the primary election will move on to the Nov. 3 election.
Offices currently contested include: U.S. representative for District 8; state senators for districts 3, 25, 27 and 33; and state representative for District 153. Information was reported as of 4 p.m. by the Missouri Secretary of State office.
Filing for the primary will remain open until March 31 for state and county offices.
Candidates who had filed as of 4 p.m. for the following offices are:
U.S. representative
• District 8
(Includes Southeast Missouri counties)
Republican
Jason Smith of Cape Girardeau
Democrat
Kathy Ellis of Festus
State senate
*All current candidates filed as Republicans
• District 3
(Contains all or portions of six counties, including Reynolds)
Kent Scism of Farmington
Joshua Barrett of Fredericktown
• District 25
(Includes all or portions of eight counties, including Carter, Butler, Stoddard and Dunklin)
Jason Bean of Holcomb
Eddy Justice of Poplar Bluff
Jeff Shawan of Poplar Bluff
• District 27
(Includes all or portions of six counties, including Wayne)
Holly Rehder of Scott City
Kathy Swan of Cape Girardeau
• District 33
(Includes all or portions of eight counties, including Ripley)
Karla Eslinger of Wasola
Van Kelly of Norwood
State representative
*All current candidates filed as Republicans
• District 150
(Includes portions of Dunklin and Pemiscot counties)
Andrew McDaniel of Deering
• 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