ST. LOUIS —
April 2 is General Municipal Election Day in Missouri. Jefferson County voters are considering candidates and ballot measures for their county, city or town.
Many cities are electing mayors, aldermen, school board members and more. Learn more about the candidates in their own words via survey results compiled by the League of Women Voters of Metro St. Louis and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
5 On Your Side is highlighting some of the ballot measures and the larger races with more than one candidate below. Look up your ballot at Vote411.org.
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Jefferson County races
Cities, fire districts and school districts are holding elections on municipal offices and proposals for tax changes. This list is alphabetical by municipality and focuses on races with more than one candidate. If this list is missing a race you're interested in, look it up at Vote411.org.
Fox School Board
Voters choose two candidates.
Age: 46
Occupation: Not provided by candidate
Public elected offices held: Fox School Board, 2021-present
What are your top three priorities?
Continuing to increase student achievement is my number one goal. Working towards a safer and more secure learning environment for our students and staff is of the utmost importance. Now that the long-term plans for building upgrades have started, seeing these through while being fiscally responsible would be a meaningful accomplishment for our community.
Michael Myers
Age: 57
Occupation: Electrical instructor, IBEW Local 1
Public elected offices held: None
What are your top three priorities?
Safety for students and faculty. Respect for teachers and bus drivers. Math, science and reading comprehension.
Jim Osia
Age: 49
Occupation: True Manufacturing-Quality Control
Public elected offices held: University of Missouri Extension Council-Jefferson County (2019-2023) Chair 2022-2023, re-elected 2024
What are your top three priorities?
Not provided by the candidate
Hillsboro School Board
Voters choose two candidates.
Age: 45
Occupation: Director, Jefferson College Early Childhood Center
Public elected offices held: Hillsboro School Board, 2023-present
What are your top three priorities?
1) Continue working with the district to move forward with the implementation of an early childhood program. 2) Continue to ensure the district provides a safe, inclusive and nurturing environment in which students can learn and grow. 3) Continue to use my background in early childhood education to assist the Hillsboro district in moving their vision forward.
Age: 42
Occupation: Vice president of finance and administration, Jefferson College
Public elected offices held: Hillsboro School Board, 2021-present
What are your top three priorities?
Continuing to grow the outreach and community connection the district has undergone in recent years, maintaining a strong fiscal position while balancing the needs of the district including teacher pay and ensuring that curricular and extracurricular opportunities provide students with the proper skills to excel after high school.
Age: 41
Occupation: Veterans nonprofit
Public elected offices held: None
What are your top three priorities?
Child safety, commonsense administration, conservative values.
Will Scott
Age: 40
Occupation: Sheriff's deputy, school resource officer
Public elected offices held: None
What are your top three priorities?
First and foremost, I would like to help improve school safety and security within the district. I would like to work closely with Superintendent Isaacson and the other board members to help improve district employee retention and raise salaries districtwide through a reduction in excess spending.
Derek Scott Shashek
Age: 35
Occupation: DevOps
Public elected offices held: None
What are your top three priorities?
I would like to see the school board work to improve transparency and communication, both with the community and with school employees, and the administration of special education services in the district to ensure that students receive effective intervention as early as possible.
Josh Williams
Age: Not provided by candidate
Occupation: Not provided by candidate
Public elected offices held: Not provided by candidate
What are your top three priorities?
Not provided by candidate
Jefferson County Proposition 1 (Marijuana)
Simple majority required.
Ballot wording: Shall Jefferson County, Missouri, impose an additional sales tax of three percent (3%) on all retail sales of adult use marijuana sold in Jefferson County, Missouri? This would tax only recreational marijuana and would not allow the taxation of medical marijuana.
Summary: The proposition would authorize the county to impose an extra sales tax of 3% on the retail sales of recreational marijuana across the county. The revenue collected will be used to partially fund county services. There are pending lawsuits that may resolve the question of whether a county marijuana tax can be imposed inside a city if the city also has its own marijuana tax.
Jefferson County Proposition 2 (Peaceful Village)
Simple majority required.
Ballot wording: Shall the village of Peaceful Village be dissolved?
Summary: Registered voters in Peaceful Village are the only ones who will get to vote on whether to dissolve the 17-year-old municipality. The village was created by the old Jefferson County Commission after the Missouri Legislature passed a controversial law allowing normal regulations to be bypassed for small villages to be created. The county's current legislative body, the County Council, put the dissolution measure on the ballot at the request of a petition submitted by some current village residents.
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