Texas County differs with statewide vote on Amendments 3, 6, and Proposition A
Photo by Shari Harris
Over 900 people had passed through the Licking Fox Fire Station polling location by approximately 4 p.m., with the after work voters still to come. Poll workers were, from left, seated: Linda Garrett and Berna Dean Schultz; standing: Trish Knight, Linda Roberts and Brenda Bartleson.
The November General Election saw a good turnout in Texas County. Of the 17,506 registered voters in the county, 7,551 showed up at polling locations to vote, giving the county a 43.13% turnout.
Texas County results in the election were reported as follows:
State Auditor:
Scott Fitzpatrick (Rep) 5,886 (79.88%)
Quentin Wilson (Dem) 1,297 (17.60%)
Dustin Coffell (Lib) 186 (2.52%)
Statewide results saw Fitzpatrick winning with 1,062,203 votes (50.979%), followed by Wilson with 967,727 votes (46.445%), and Coffell had 53,671 votes (2.576%).
U.S. Representative District 8:
Jason T. Smith (Rep) 5,831 (78.63%)
Chris Reichard (Dem) 1,371 (18.49%)
Rebecca Sharpe Lombard (Lib) 214 (2.89%)
U.S. District 8 results saw Smith collecting 152,677 votes (67.729%), Reichard received 65,751 votes (29.168%), and Lombard got 6,996 votes (3.103%).
State Representative District 143:
Bennie Cook (Rep) 5,951 (80.23%)
Marsha Snodgrass (Dem) 1,466 (19.77%)
State District 143 results showed Cook with 8,308 votes (78.461%), and Snodgrass tallied 2,709 votes (21.539%).
Associate Circuit Judge:
Parke Stevens, Jr. (Rep) 6,312 (100.00%)
Presiding Commissioner:
Scott Long (Rep) 5,658 (77.34%)
Lee Kern (Dem) 1,658 (22.66%)
County Clerk:
Peggy Dixon Seyler (Rep) 6,464 (100.00%)
Clerk of the Circuit Court:
Erin Smith (Rep) 6,438 (100.00%)
Recorder of Deeds:
Lindsay Koch (Rep) 5,974 (81.43%)
Madeline Miller (Dem) 1,362 (18.57%)
Prosecuting Attorney:
Jacob P. Smith (Rep) 6,353 (100.00%)
Retain Supreme Court Judge Paul C. Wilson:
Yes 4,336 (63.69%)
No 2,472 (36.31%)
Statewide results were Yes 1,160,073 (62.832%), No 686,248 (37,168).
Retain Southern District Court of Appeals Judge Matthew P. Hamner:
Yes 4,944 (73.79%)
No 1,756 (26.21%)
Statewide results were Yes 293,214 (72.549%), No 110,948 (27.451%).
Constitutional Amendment No. 3:
Yes 5,359 (71.61%)
No 2,125 (28.39%)
Constitutional Amendment No. 3 failed in the statewide vote, with 1,174,335 No votes (55.435%) and 944,084 Yes votes (44.565%). This amendment would have repealed the 2024 voter-approved amendment providing reproductive healthcare rights, including abortion through viability; allowed abortions for rape and incest (under 12-weeks gestation), emergencies, and fetal anomalies; allowed legislation regulating abortion; ensured parental consent for minors’ abortions; and prohibited gender transition procedures for minors.
Constitutional Amendment No. 6:
Yes 2,686 (36.20%)
No 4,734 (63.80%)
This amendment had 1,253,075 Yes votes (59.920%) and 838,200 No votes (40.080%) statewide. This amendment will expand the initiative and referendum petition process by making it a fundamental right; allow courts to revise ballot summaries through lawsuits; prohibit the legislature from weakening initiative or referendum powers; prohibit the legislature from changing or repealing laws enacted through the initiative process, or passing laws similar to those rejected by referendum, without approval from at least 80% of both chambers; and preserve existing majority vote and signature requirements for initiative and referendum petitions.
Constitutional Amendment No. 7:
Yes 3,506 (47.71%)
No 3,843 (52.29%)
Texas County voted as the state did on this Amendment, with total Yes votes of 818,054 (39.486%), and No votes of 1,253,729 (60.514%). This amendment would have allowed the establishment of a permanent public endowment fund to support state government instead of taxing Missouri residents, prohibit the General Assembly from appropriating or diverting the fund, and eliminate state-imposed taxes once the fund generates sufficient revenue to replace them.
Constitutional Amendment No. 8:
Yes 4,952 (66.98%)
No 2,441 (33.02%)
The statewide vote also supported the amendment, with 1,056,289 Yes votes (51.028%) and 1,013,747 No votes (48.972%). This amendment supports law enforcement by preserving the right of citizens to elect a county sheriff, prohibiting the removal of a county sheriff except by a writ of quo warranto, and recognizing the office of sheriff as part of the administration of justice.
Proposition A:
Yes 4,022 (54.83%)
No 3,314 (45.17%)
Texas County did not vote with the state. Statewide Yes votes were 788,369 (38.198%), and No votes totaled 1,275,558 (61.802%). This proposition would have repealed Missouri’s existing congressional plan, and replaced it with new congressional boundaries that keep more counties intact.
Houston City Question:
Yes 357 (57.77%)
No 261 (42.23%)
Voters of the City of Houston, Missouri, chose to approve the question, allowing the City of Houston to issue its combined waterworks and sewerage system revenue bonds in the amount of $8 million for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, improving and extending its combined waterworks and sewerage system including all future extensions and improvements thereto.
