List of Candidate for November 7

List of Candidates and Issues

for the November 7, 2006

General Election

PARTY ABBREVIATIONS:

Rep = Republican Party

Dem = Democratic Party

Lib = Libertarian Party

Prg = Progressive Party

United States Senator:

(Vote for One)

Jim Talent Rep

Claire McCaskill Dem

Frank Gilmour Lib

Lydia Lewis Prg

State Auditor:

(Vote for One)

Sandra Thomas Rep

Susan Montee Dem

Charles W. Baum Lib

Terry Bunker Prg

United States Representative in Congress – 8^th District:

(Vote for One)

Jo Ann Emerson Rep

Veronica J. Hambacker Dem

Branden C. McCullough Lib

State Senator – 16^th District:

(Vote for One)

Susie Snyders Rep

Frank A. Barnitz Dem

State Representative – 147^th District:

(Vote for One)

Don Wells Rep

Larry W. Baker Dem

State Representative – 149^th District:

(Vote for One)

Bob May Rep

Wayne Bledsoe Dem

State Representative – 150^th District:

(Vote for One)

Jason T. Smith Rep

Jim O’Donnell Dem

Chief Wana Dubie Lib

Circuit Judge – Circuit 25, Division 1:

(Vote for One)

Tracy L. Storie Dem

Associate Circuit Judge - Division 1 and Probate

(Vote for One)

Ronald D. White Dem

Associate Circuit Judge – Division 2

(Vote for One)

Ralph J. Haslag Rep

Presiding Commissioner of the County Commission

(Vote for One)

Randy Verkamp Dem

Clerk of the Circuit Court

(Vote for One)

Sue Brown Rep

Joyce(Hudgens)Williams Dem

Clerk of the County Commission

(Vote for One)

Carol Bennett Dem

Recorder of Deeds

(Vote for One)

Robin Kordes Rep

Prosecuting Attorney

(Vote for One)

Courtney M. George Rep

Kenneth Clayton Dem

Collector of Revenue

(Vote for One)

Davis R. Haas Dem

Treasurer

(Vote for One)

Carol Green Rep

Constitutional Amendment No. 2

Proposed by Initiative Petition

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to allow and set limitations on stem cell research, therapies, and cures which will:

Ensure Missouri patients have access to any therapies and cures, and allow Missouri researchers to conduct any research, permitted under federal law;
Ban human cloning or attempted cloning;
Require expert medical and public oversight and annual reports on the nature and purpose of stem cell research;
Impose criminal and civil penalties for any violations; and
Prohibit state or local governments from preventing or discouraging lawful stem cell research, therapies and cures?

The proposed constitutional amendment would have an estimated annual fiscal impact on state and local governments of $0-$68,916

Yes

Constitutional Amendment No. 3

Proposed by Initiative Petition

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to create a Healthy Future Trust Fund which will:

be used to reduce and prevent tobacco use, to increase funding for healthcare access and treatment for eligible low-income individuals and Medicaid recipients, and to cover administrative costs;
be funded by a tax of four cents per cigarette and twenty percent on other tobacco products; and
be kept separate from general revenue and annually audited?

Additional taxes of four cents per cigarette and twenty percent of the manufacturer’s invoice price on other tobacco products generates an estimated $351-$499 million annually for tobacco control programs, healthcare for low income Missourians, and payments for services provided to Missouri Medicaid beneficiaries and uninsured Missourians. Local governmental fiscal impact is unknown.

Yes

Constitutional Amendment No. 6

Proposed by 93^rd General Assembly

(Second Regular Session) SJR 26

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to include a tax exemption for real and personal property that is used or held exclusively for nonprofit purposes or activities of veterans’ organizations?

It is estimated this proposal will have a minimal cost to state government. The estimated costs to local governmental entities range from zero to approximately $45,000.

Yes

Constitutional Amendment No. 7

Proposed by 93^rd General Assembly

(Second Regular Session) HJR 55

Shall Article XIII, Section 3 of the Constitution be amended to require that legislators, statewide elected officials, and judges forfeit state pensions upon felony conviction, removal from office following impeachment or for misconduct, and to require that compensation for such persons be set by a citizens’ commission subject to voter referendum?

It is estimated this proposal will have no costs to state or local governments.

Yes

Statutory Measure Proposition B

Proposed by Initiative Petition

Shall Missouri Statutes be amended to increase the state minimum wage rate to $6.50 per hour, or to the level of the federal minimum wage if that is higher, and thereafter adjust the state minimum wage annually based on changes in the Consumer Price Index?

The proposed revisions to Missouri’s wage rate laws generates an estimated $3.3 million to $4.3 million annually in state revenue. The impact on local government is unknown.

Yes

Judicial Ballot – Submitting to the voters whether the Judges named below, whose terms expire December 31, 2006, shall be retained in office for new terms.

Vote on Each Judge

Missouri Supreme Court Judges

Shall Judge WILLIAM RAY PRICE of the Missouri Supreme Court be retained in office?

Yes

Shall Judge MARY RHODES RUSSELL of the Missouri Supreme Court be retained in office?

Yes

Shall Judge STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, JR. of the Missouri Supreme Court be retained in office?

Yes

Missouri Court of Appeals Judges Southern District

Shall Judge PHILLIP R. GARRISON of the Southern District Court of Appeals be retained in office?

Yes

Shall Judge JEFFREY W. BATES of the Southern District Court of Appeals be retained in office?

Yes

R-2 Newburg School District Question

Shall the Newburg R-11 School District of Phelps County, Missouri, issue its general obligation bonds in the amount of $400,000 for the purpose of improving, remodeling, furnishing and equipping existing school facilities within said District, including acquiring school buses for said District?

Yes