![[SeMissourian.com]](http://www.semissourian.com/images/nameplate.png)
|
|
Overcast ~ River stage: 22.23 ft. Falling Monday, May 21, 2012 |
|
|
April 2012 election Election night numbers
The totals below are for contested races only in Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott and Perry counties. Jackson bond issue vote Should the Jackson School District borrow $16 million to build and furnish a new elementary school on North Lacey Street?
Yes: 2,536 No: 1,084 Oak Ridge bond issue Should the Oak Ridge School District borrow $1.5 million for various improvements and repairs to district facilities?
Yes: 237 No: 27 Advance School Board Linda Eggimann: 170
Charles Mayo: 154 Tom Schmidt: 108 Steve Simmons: 67 Hiram Jones: 128 Top two vote getters win. Allenville village board Michael C. Sweet: 1
Mia Kaye Anglin: 9 Jason Deckard: 22 Top two vote getters win. Cape Girardeau School Board Kyle McDonald: 684
Deneke Murphy: 463 Lynn Ware: 549 Top two vote getters win. Jackson School Board Brent Wills: 2,515
Paul Stoner: 1,558 Pat Wissman: 1,444 Top two vote getters win. Meadow Heights School Board Stephen W. Garland: 89
Robert P. Wilson: 77 Cynthia Mungle: 48 Top two vote getters win. Oak Ridge School Board Rob Grayhek: 181
Mike Light: 122 Matt Puchbauer: 167 Top two vote getters win. Leopold School Board Edward Vandeven: 34
Sherry Duckworth: 28 Barbara Bucher: 40 Top two vote getters win. Sedgewickvile village board Debbie Hahs: 15
Merri Mungle: 13 Jason Sharrock: 18 Ryan Sharrock: 16 Top three vote getters win. Zalma school board Dale G. Fish: 47
Scott Cato: 43 Susan Stepp: 33 Top two vote getters win. *Stoddard County totals not included. Altenburg school board Julie Scholl: 130
Jennifer L. France: 99 Mary L. Hunt: 158 Sarah Stueve: 175
Top two vote getters win. Perry County school board Kevin Bachmann: 547
Mark Gremaud: 568 Linda Reinwald-Pickup: 364 Janette Call: 310 Jim Johnson: 323
Top two vote getters win. Kelly School Board Dwight C. White: 24
Bobby Sides: 43 Mark Householder: 155 Erica Christian Carmack: 21 Tina Cork: 63 David Collier: 193
Top two vote getters win. Kelso school board Patrick O'Brien: 79
Alexander Heath Burger: 64 Darrin Hinkebein: 18
Top two vote getters win. |
 About 100 people came out Saturday to help Rep. Wayne Wallingford, R-Cape Girardeau, kick off his campaign for the Republican nomination for the Missouri Senate's 27th District seat. Wallingford, who provided attendees with...
Election headlines 
Cape Girardeau County Commission candidates talk issues at GOP forum
(05/18/12)
The three Republican rivals for one Cape Girardeau County seat faced off for the first time publicly Thursday night, answering questions on a new courthouse, ways to boost the economy and how they would apply their GOP principles to county government if elected in the Aug. 7 primary... 
Wallingford to host campaign kickoff event Saturday
(05/18/12)
State Rep. Wayne Wallingford will host a kickoff event for his state Senate campaign in Cape Girardeau on Saturday. Wallingford, a Republican seeking the 27th Senate District seat, will officially kick off his campaign at 2 p.m. at 518 Helena Ave. in Cape Girardeau, just behind the Broadway McDonald's...
Tilley critical of Spence gifts to lawmakers
(05/18/12)
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Missouri House Speaker Steven Tilley is accusing fellow Republican Dave Spence of hypocrisy for his habit of doling out sports tickets to lawmakers in his bid to become governor. Spence is seeking the GOP nomination to run against incumbent Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon in November. Though a political novice, Spence is a successful businessman who sold his container business for more than $200 million...
County Commissioner candidate forum is tonight
(05/17/12)
The SEMO Pachyderm Club will host a public forum for Cape Girardeau County Commission candidates at 7 p.m. tonight. The event takes place at Dexter Bar-B-Que, 236 S. Broadview St., in Cape Girardeau. The three Republican candidates pursuing the seat -- Moe Sandfort, Charlie Herbst and incumbent Jay Purcell -- will each take part, and incumbent 1st District Commissioner Paul Koeper will also be in attendance, though he is unopposed in the upcoming election, according to a Pachyderm Club news release.. ...
Cape County Commission candidates to take part in Thursday forum
(05/16/12)
Republican candidates to be the next Cape Girardeau County 2nd District commissioner will get a chance to make their case to voters at a forum Thursday. The event, sponsored by the Southeast Missouri Pachyderm Club, starts at 7 p.m. at Dexter Bar-B-Que, 236 S. Broadview St., in Cape Girardeau... 
New generation challenges some blacks in Congress
(05/15/12)
DALLAS -- For two decades, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has been an outspoken voice for Democrats in her signature bright blazer and multicolored scarf. Now the first black woman to represent North Texas in Congress faces serious opposition in the May 29 primary election, and the effort to unseat her is just one of several challenges against some of the longest-serving black members of Congress... 
Obama voices his support for gay marriage
(05/10/12)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama declared unequivocal support for gay marriage on Wednesday, becoming the first president to endorse the politically explosive idea and injecting a polarizing issue into the 2012 race for the White House. Obama's announcement, after refusing to take a clear stand for months, cheered gay rights groups who have long urged him to support gay marriage. ... 
Indiana's Lugar loses; Romney wins 3 primaries
(05/09/12)
WASHINGTON -- Six-term veteran Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar lost a bitter challenge from the right flank of his own Republican Party on Tuesday night, his nearly four-decade career in the Senate ended by a tea party-backed GOP foe. "I have no regrets about running for re-election. Even if doing so can be a very daunting task," the 80-year-old Lugar said as he conceded to state Treasurer Richard Mourdock... 
Kinder speaks to Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club
(05/06/12)
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder's message to Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club members and several Republican officeholders and candidates Friday centered on his opposition to the Affordable Healthcare Act, but he also took the opportunity to endorse efforts of the tea party and Mitt Romney for president. He also encouraged his party's representatives to connect with minorities for votes and find ways to unify for the benefit of the GOP come November...
Mo. gov. candidate backs limits on lobbyist gifts
(05/04/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri gubernatorial candidate Dave Spence says he wants to limit lobbyist gifts to public officials as part of an ethics proposal. A plan released Thursday by the Republican businessman would also require elected officials to wait after leaving office to become lobbyists, although it does not say for how long...
Sen. Blunt declines to endorse in Mo. Senate race
(05/04/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt has declined to choose a favorite among the Missouri Republicans seeking to join him in Congress. Blunt told reporters the three best-known Republican Senate candidates each have helped him in the past and that he would assist whoever wins the August primary. U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, St. Louis businessman John Brunner and former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman are campaigning to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill... 
Gingrich ends presidential campaign
(05/03/12)
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Newt Gingrich, the colorful former House speaker and fiery partisan, formally exited the Republican presidential contest Wednesday and vowed to help Mitt Romney's bid to defeat President Barack Obama.
Kinder to speak at GOP club meeting Friday
(05/02/12)
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder has been announced as the speaker at the monthly meeting of the Cape Girardeau County Republican Women's Club. The meeting is on noon Friday at Dexter Bar-B-Que. Kinder is seeking re-election to a third term. He was elected the state's 46th lieutenant governor in 2004...
Mo. marijuana measure striving to make ballot
(05/01/12)
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A leader of the Missouri legal marijuana movement says the campaign faces an uphill fight to gather enough voter signatures to make the November statewide ballot. A group called Show-Me Cannabis must turn in about 144,000 signatures by early May to get its proposals on the ballot.
Mo. judge upholds minimum wage ballot summary
(04/27/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- An initiative seeking to raise Missouri's minimum wage is a step closer to making the ballot after a state judge upheld the summary that voters would see. 
Gingrich to end presidential campaign next week
(04/25/12)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Newt Gingrich began taking steps Wednesday to shut down his debt-laden White House bid, setting the stage to endorse one-time rival Mitt Romney next week and rally Republicans behind their apparent nominee. Gingrich had a friendly telephone conversation Wednesday with Romney and had started planning an event where he would throw his support behind the likely nominee, Gingrich spokesman R.C Hammond said. ... 
Romney gets more wins, promises ‘better America'
(04/25/12)
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney laid claim to a fiercely contested Republican presidential nomination Tuesday night with a fistful of primary triumphs, then urged all who struggle in a shaky U.S. economy to "hold on a little longer, a better America begins tonight."...
Swing-state unemployment down, Obama's chances up
(04/23/12)
WASHINGTON -- The improving economy is swinging the pendulum in President Barack Obama's favor in the 14 states where the presidential election will likely be decided. Recent polls have shown Obama gaining an edge over his likely Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, in several so-called swing states -- those that are considered up for grabs... 
Mo. attorney general candidate makes campaign stop in Cape
(04/22/12)
Republican candidate for Missouri attorney general Ed Martin visited Cape Girardeau on Saturday for a meet-and-greet campaign stop hosted by U.S. Rep. JoAnn Emerson. Martin expressed distaste for government-run health insurance and the job being done by current attorney general Chris Koster, a Democrat, during the event held in Emerson's local office on Broadway...
8th District Republicans support mixed slate of presidential delegates
(04/22/12)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- Three delegates and three alternates who pledged to support Mitt Romney on the first ballot during the National Republican Convention were elected Saturday during the Republican 8th Congressional District convention in Poplar Bluff...
Mo. GOP backs mixture of presidential delegates
(04/22/12)
SEDALIA, Mo. -- Missouri Republicans will be sending a mixed slate of presidential delegates to the Republican National Convention. Republicans were meeting in eight district conventions around the state Saturday to pledge 24 of the state's 52 delegates to particular presidential candidates... 
Club hears from GOP candidates for public administrator
(04/20/12)
They're a group of "good listeners." The job requires being available "24-7" and making "tough decisions." Several said they would be a "strong voice" for a segment of the community that largely goes unheard. The words used by the Republican candidates for Cape Girardeau County public administrator were strikingly similar Thursday night at a meeting of the Southeast Missouri Pachyderm Club. ...
Mo. auditor halts fiscal estimates for initiatives
(04/20/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich has instructed his staff to stop preparing estimates about the financial effect of proposed ballot initiatives, citing recent court rulings that have clouded the authority of his office to carry out the task...
Poplar Bluff businessman leads in fundraising for 25th Senate race
(04/20/12)
Poplar Bluff businessman Doug Libla, a republican candidate for the 25th Senate District seat, led candidates in campaign contributions for the first quarter of 2012 with contributions of $117,750. Current District 162 Rep. Terry Swinger of Caruthersville, a Democrat, was second with $93,154. District 159 Rep. Billy Pat Wright of Dexter, a Republican, reported $22,840 in donations for the quarter... 
State AG candidate to be in Cape again Saturday
(04/19/12)
Ed Martin, a Republican candidate for Missouri attorney general, will be in Cape Girardeau at 3 p.m. Saturday for a campaign stop. Hosted by U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson of Cape Girardeau, the event is being described as a meet-and-eat. The event will be held at Emerson's campaign headquarters at 616 Broadway. ...
SEMO Pachyderms hold public administrator candidate forum
(04/18/12)
The Southeast Missouri Pachyderms recently announced they will hold the Public Administrators forum and celebrate Pachyderm Founder's Day on Thursday. The forum will provide the public an opportunity to hear from candidates. The Founder's Day celebration includes cake, recognition of past club leaders and an award. ...
Wallingford outraises Brandom in Senate race but still lags overall
(04/18/12)
Bolstered by three individual contributions of $10,000 apiece, Rep. Wayne Wallingford, R-Cape Girardeau, outpaced opponent Rep. Ellen Brandom, R-Sikeston, by nearly $25,000 in their hunt for the Missouri Senate's 27th District, according to the year's first quarterly campaign finance reports filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission...
Sen. Marco Rubio's immigration push a potential lift for GOP
(04/18/12)
WASHINGTON -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio's push for a Republican version of immigration legislation looks like the answer to the election-year prayers of the GOP -- and Mitt Romney. Rubio -- telegenic son of Cuban exiles and potential vice presidential pick -- is pulling together a bill that would allow young illegal immigrants to remain in the United States but denies them citizenship, an initial step in the drawn-out, divisive fight over immigration policy and the fate of the 11 million people here illegally.. ...
Mo. rep. seeks change for hunting ballot measures
(04/18/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri House member wants to make it harder for voters to change the state's hunting, fishing and forestry laws. Proposals that go on a statewide ballot through initiative petitions only need a simple majority to pass. But House Republican Don Ruzicka, of Mount Vernon, wants to raise the threshold to two-thirds for ballot questions affecting hunting and fishing...
Mo. auditor to appeal ruling on tax initiative
(04/17/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A group backing an initiative to replace Missouri's income tax with an expanded sales tax conceded Monday that "the odds are against it" appearing on the November ballot, even though the state auditor plans to appeal a court ruling against the initiative... 
Mo. Gov. Nixon raises $1.7M to start 2012
(04/17/12)
JFEFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says he raised $1.7 million this past quarter, helping build a campaign account of more than $6 million for his re-election bid. Nixon, a Democrat, said Monday his fundraising for the first three months of the year marked his best quarter so far in the 2012 campaign cycle...
Brunner ads $1.2M to his Mo. Senate campaign
(04/16/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- St. Louis businessman John Brunner says he poured an additional $1.2 million into his U.S. Senate campaign during the past three months. Brunner is one of several Republican competing to challenge Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in the November election...
Mo. candidates face filing deadline on Monday
(04/16/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missourians will get a fresh look at how candidates are faring financially as the 2012 election season ramps up. Candidates for state offices face a 5 p.m. Monday deadline to file quarterly finance reports with the Missouri Ethics Commission. Those reports list how much a candidate has raised and spent from January through the end of March. They also detail how much a candidate still has in the bank... 
Congressional candidate Bob Parker, others speak at Cape tea party rally
(04/15/12)
Those who attended a Cape County Tea Party rally Saturday at Capaha Park said they came to learn more about solutions to the problems facing the country. The economy, property rights, education and overreaching government regulation were among the topics discussed by speakers throughout the day...
Mo. House rewrites voter ID ballot summary
(04/12/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri House members have rewritten the ballot language for a proposed constitutional amendment clearing the way for someday requiring voters to show photo identification. Lawmakers approved the photo ID measure last year and wrote a summary that would go on a statewide ballot this year...
Mo. AG Koster reports raising more than $890,000
(04/12/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Democratic Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster reports raising more than $890,000 for his re-election campaign during the past three months. Koster's campaign reported Wednesday that it now has $2 million in his campaign bank account. Campaigns must report their fundraising activities since January by Monday... 
Santorum's announcement forces choice for local delegates
(04/11/12)
When Rick Santorum spoke in Cape Girardeau last month, he told local Republicans that he intended to take his "different visions for our country" all the way to the White House. It turns out the former Pennsylvania senator and staunch conservative won't even make it to his home state's primary that's just two weeks away...
Incumbents will face challengers in Perry, Scott, Bollinger sheriff races
(04/11/12)
John Jordan doesn't know how good he's got it. While the Cape Girardeau County sheriff will coast into a fifth term without drawing an opponent, other Southeast Missouri sheriffs have seen candidates -- some familiar, some not -- line up this election year with intentions of taking over... 
Santorum announces he'll suspend presidential campaign
(04/10/12)
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Rick Santorum is suspending his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination, clearing a path for Mitt Romney to become the nominee. A Republican close to the campaign says the former Pennsylvania senator was to make the announcement Tuesday in his home state of Pennsylvania, two weeks before the GOP presidential primary there. Santorum faced a tough fight in his home state against Romney... 
Sin tax: November ballot issue would ask voters to raise Missouri's cigarette tax to 90 cents per pack
(04/10/12)
It's not the country's two largest tobacco producers, Kentucky and North Carolina, states that account for two-thirds of the tobacco grown in the U.S. It's not Alaska, which doesn't tax income or sales, and only 25 municipalities even levy a property tax. It's not even New Hampshire, where several factors make the average income tax in the Granite State a whopping $89 per person...
Texting offers promise, peril to political campaigns
(04/10/12)
NEW YORK -- Text messaging is posing both new opportunities and dangers for America's political campaigns. The most widely used form of mobile communication, it has become one of the most effective ways for campaigns to reach supporters, using 160-character messages to encourage last-minute donations or provide information such as where to vote. And strict federal rules prohibit such texts from going to anyone who does not "opt in" to receive them...
Mo. House endorses initiative petition proposal
(04/10/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri House members have endorsed a measure requiring supporters of initiative petitions to collect signatures in all of the state's congressional districts to get their proposals on a statewide ballot. Initiative petition campaigns currently must gather signatures from two-thirds of Missouri's congressional districts. ...
Akin touts conservative record at local GOP meeting
(04/08/12)
If voters elect U.S. Rep. Todd Akin as Missouri's next senator this fall, he promises to reduce the size of government, repeal President Barack Obama's health care reform, rebuild a powerful military and cut what he called "job-killing red tape." Akin brought his conservative message to Cape Girardeau on Friday in the hopes of setting himself apart from his Republican rivals who all are hoping for the same thing -- the chance to knock off Democratic incumbent U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill... 
Trent Summers sworn in to Cape City Council
(04/08/12)
Mo. judge strikes down payday loan initiative
(04/06/12)
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A Missouri judge has dealt a setback to supporters of a ballot proposal that would limit interest rates on payday loans. Cole County Circuit Judge Dan Green ruled Thursday that the ballot summary and financial estimate for the initiative are "inadequate" and "unfair" and "likely to deceive petition signers."... 
Renovation, repair projects underway at Jackson, Oak Ridge schools
(04/05/12)
Bond issues for two local school districts passed by voters Tuesday will keep repair and renovation activity bustling now through the summer in Oak Ridge and prompt more extensive planning in Jackson. The projects differ greatly in size, scope and price, but both won overwhelming approval in this week's municipal elections...
Republicans try to shut down talk of becoming VP
(04/05/12)
WASHINGTON -- Tag. I'm not it. Republicans considered to be up-and-comers are scrambling to declare a lack of interest in becoming Mitt Romney's running mate, taking themselves off the still-forming shortlist of would-be vice presidents. With Romney poised to win the GOP nomination in June, if not earlier, some of the focus has shifted to his pick for the No. ... 
Summers defeats Dillon for Cape council seat
(04/04/12)
Candidate Trent Summers is now Councilman Trent Summers. Capturing nearly 64 percent of the vote, Summers easily defeated opponent Ellen Dillon Tuesday for the open Cape Girardeau City Council seat being vacated by Debra Tracy. Summers won with 205 votes to Dillon's 116, a paltry showing from Ward 3's roughly 5,000 registered voters. Summers, an account executive with Red Letter Communication, won every precinct in the central-city ward except one, which he only lost by one vote... 
Jackson, Oak Ridge voters give resounding approval to school bond issues
(04/04/12)
Voters gave the go-ahead Tuesday for the Jackson school district to add a seventh elementary school and boosted the ability of the Oak Ridge school district to deal with aging elementary buildings. Seventy percent of voters in 20 Jackson school district precincts in Cape Girardeau County gave their support to borrowing $16 million for the new school, which will be built on North Lacey Street...
Two Chaffee City Council incumbents defeated
(04/04/12)
Two members of the Chaffee City Council were unseated in Tuesday's election. |
Resources
Cape Girardeau polling locationsPolling locations have changed for Cape Girardeau precincts. Click on the headline to download a PDF that shows where the new polling locations are located for each precinct.
Cape Girardeau ward map
Click on the headline to download a map showing Cape Giradeau's city council wards.
Missouri Secretary of State elections page
Click on the headline to get information on statewide races and other election information from the Missouri Secretary of State. Paid election letters
Paid Election Letter: Growing support for Parker
(05/14/12)
Republican pro-life conservative Bob Parker's primary challenge of 16-year incumbent Jo Ann Emerson is gaining steam. As Bob expresses his goals of protecting the unborn and reducing spending to keep Social Security funding solvent, he is gaining support throughout the 8th District. ...
Paid Election Letter: Why I support Bob Parker
(04/12/12)
In sports and business, when circumstances go the wrong way for an organization, stakeholders dismiss their leaders outright. Curiously, when it comes to incumbent congressmen, with an 8 percent approval rating, Americans repeatedly send the same poor performers back to Washington...
Paid Election Letter: Purcell files as a Republican
(03/15/12)
Dear Editor, Like Ronald Reagan used to say, "Well, there you go again." Jay Purcell, the man of a thousand faces. The man who publicly announced on his blogs, and in the public media, that he would run as an independent, has now filed as a Republican. Could he not decide which side of the fence he was on? Did he conveniently forget what he had said? He publicly wanted a divorce from the Republican Party, and it was granted to him!... 
Paid Election Letter: Cutting office budget
(02/20/12)
In a time of ever-tightening state budgets, it's important that Missouri's elected officials make every effort to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars. Last week as part of my 2013 budget request, which calls for no increase in funding, I decided to return my official state vehicle in an effort to continue to cuts costs...
Paid Election Letter: A time for ‘plain speaking'
(02/06/12)
I've just read your article about Dr. Dobbins' testimony on additional funding cuts to Southeast Missouri State University. He, of course, was professional and polite. The time, however, has come for "plain speaking." 1) In a state with unlimited campaign contributions coming overwhelmingly from Clayton, LaDue, Town and Country and University City (Forsyth Avenue);... Discussions
|
489