Affton August and November Election Guide

As we close in on the August primary and look ahead to November’s elections, Affton-Shrewsbury Patch is devoted to bringing you the information you need about every race in town. Here's our start on the candidates and issues we'll be covering as November draws near. 

In addition to our own coverage, we will be inviting candidates in every race to upload information about their campaigns directly to this site. You will definitely want to bookmark this page for updates. 

LOCAL

St. Louis County Council 6th District (Mehlville, Oakville, Affton, Lemay): Democratic incumbent Steve Stenger will run for re-election against Republican Anthony (Tony) Pousosa in November.

Stenger has represented the area since 2009. The Affton attorney was chairman of the council in 2011 and led the charge against County Executive Charlie Dooley when he announced 23 parks would close due to a budget crisis. The council and executive  after Stenger created a special budget committee. 

Pousosa is the Ward 1 Green Park alderman and is serving in his third term since being elected in 2007.

Missouri House of Representatives

94th District (Mehlville and parts of Green Park and Concord): Republican incumbent Cloria Brown faces Tim Hotop in the August primary. Brown has represented Mehlville since 2010, when she defeated Democrat . Lorenz-Englund, a member of the Lindbergh School Board, is running again and will see either Brown or Hotop in November.

93rd District (Lemay and parts of Affton): The primary might be more exciting than the November race with Democrats Bob Burns and Joe Montecillo running against each other. Burns  as filing for that seat stayed open a little longer after state 

Burns was  in the effort . He has served on the Affton School Board, worked as a staffer for Claire McCaskill and previously ran for the state House in the 2000s, losing narrowly to then-state Rep. Jim Lembke (R-Lemay). 

Montecillo—ex-husband of state Rep. Genise Montecillo (D-Affton)—is an attorney and running for his first political office. 

The winner of the primary will face Republican Tony Leech in November. 

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Missouri Senate First District

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 (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. Lembke has represented the First District since 2009.

This race will be  as redistricting put left-leaning areas such as Webster Groves and Maplewood in with South County.  as it combined two senate districts into one. 

STATEWIDE

U.S. Senate

Claire McCaskill's bid for re-election will be closely watched by the entire nation in part because of her close ties to President Obama's 2008 campaign. 

The fiercely-fought GOP primary will likely see U.S. Rep. Todd Akin (R-Wildwood), former State Treasurer Sarah Steelman,  or Frontenac businessman John Brunner emerge as McCaskill's opponent for Missouri's 2nd Congressional District House seat. 

The "Tea Party" movement will also be a factor in the campaign, with one activist's comments about drawing added scrutiny and security for McCaskill. 

In the meantime, dueling .

Congress

Missouri's new Second district is guaranteed to see someone new elected with Rep. Akin's decision to run for the Senate.  come into the fold to support her, enough so that it helped push Ed Martin to change races. 

Wagner would face one of a field of largely unknown Democrats, none of whom has attracted support from national party leaders.

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.