August Primary Today; Vote for Your Candidate

The August primary is today and voters will select candidates to represent their parties at the state and local levels in November. They'll also select their township committeepersons.

Affton-Shrewsbury Patch is devoted to bringing you the information you need about every race in town. We'll have live coverage of the election as the results come in. 

Polling places are open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and here's where you can vote.

• See a Republican Sample Ballot
• See a Democratic Sample Ballot 

Missouri House of Representatives

94th District (Mehlville, Green Park and parts of Concord): Republican incumbent faces Tim Hotop in the August primary. The winner will face Democrat  in November. 

93rd District (Lemay and parts of Affton): Democrats and  are running against each other. The winner of the primary will face Republican Tony Leech in November.

Missouri Senate 

1st District:  will take on for the .

 (100th District) in the Missouri House for eight years, while Sifton was elected to the house in 2010 to represent Lemay and Affton in the former 96th District.

The winner will face incumbent Jim Lembke in November, who has no opposition for the primary. 

Gravois Township

Republican Committeeman

• David A Wissler
• John Winston

Republican Committeewoman

• Jennifer Bird

Democratic Committeeman

• Michael Vogt

Democratic Committeewoman

• No Candidate Filed

Tesson Ferry Township

Republican Committeeman

• John Judd

Republican Committeewoman

• Anita Zolman

Democratic Committeeman

• Jim Barrett

Democratic Committeewoman

• Jane Koeller

Issues

In August voters will be asked to decide on a measure proposing "a constitutional amendment guaranteeing a citizen's right to pray and worship on public property and reaffirming a citizen's right to choose any or no religion," according to the state law calling for the vote.  earlier this year.

The fate of statewide ballot issues will not be decided until later this summer.

Voters in the St. Louis County Public Library system will be asked to vote on a measure which to fund improvements at facilities system-wide.

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