With days to go before the Tuesday, Nov. 8, general election, the Southeast Missourian reached out Thursday, Nov. 3, to state House District 147 candidates before voters decide who will fill the open seat representing the City of Cape Girardeau.
Elected officials in the General Assembly, House and Senate, earn the same official salary of $36,813 annually, according to Missouri Citizens Commission on Compensation for Elected Officials — known colloquially as the state salary commission.
Three men seek the District 147 seat, which has been vacant since the Dec. 29 resignation of Republican Wayne Wallingford, who became director of the state Department of Revenue.
Tlapek did not respond by presstime to an inquiry for his thoughts.
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