Politics & Government
Filing Opens for Countywide Elections
Incumbents Joe Brazil, Jerry Daugherty file to run for re-election, and township races begin to take shape around St. Charles County.
Filing for St. Charles County elected positions opened Tuesday at the St. Charles County Election Authority in St. Peters with no surprises.
County Council seats for districts 2, 4 and 6 are on the ballot starting with the August primary and then the November election. Incumbent Joe Brazil, a Republican, filed in District 2 and Jerry Daugherty, the only incumbent Democrat on the council, filed in District 6.
No one filed on the first day for District 4, the seat held by Republican Paul Wynn. He currently is working in Afghanistan due to his job as a military contractor.
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Wynn has participated in county council meetings via phone and has voted on emergency bills and voice votes. Elected officials are prohibited by Missouri law from voting in roll call votes unless they are physically present at the meeting.
There was some confusion in township boundaries, as the St. Charles County Council just approved the redrawn maps the night before. The maps weren’t available immediately Tuesday morning, and some candidates had to withdraw candidacy in one township to file in another area.
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Those filing for county Republican and Democratic committees were:
Democratic Party
Committeeman
Committeewoman
Township 3
Charles Landry, St. Charles
Carolyn Landry, St. Charles
Township 7
John Callahan, O'Fallon
Mary K. Laughlin, O'Fallon
Republican Party
Township 2
Dave Gosh, St. Charles
Township 3
Raymond E. Stone, St. Charles
Kyle Albert, St. Charles
Township 4
Burton Biermann, St. Peters
Township 6
Frederick G. Henke, St. Charles
Penny L. Henke, St. Charles
Cheryl C. Bates, St. Charles
Township 9
Jim Pepper, O'Fallon
Kyle Schereth, St. Peters
Township 10
Terry Herring, St. Peters
Anita Herring, St. Peters
Joan M. Gettemeyer, St. Peters
Township 11
AC Dienoff, O'Fallon
Township 12
Joe Cronin, O'Fallon
Township 13
Frank Eggering, Lake Saint Louis
Township 14
Joe Brazil, Defiance
Dave Evans, O'Fallon
Cindy Evans, O'Fallon
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