While there were no local races in Ozark County, a large number of voters there turned out to vote in the General Election. A total of 4,826 of the 7,673 registered voters, or 62.9%, cast ballots on Tuesday.
The State Representative District 155 race, which includes all of Ozark County along with most of Douglas and part of Taney County, was won by Republican Matthew Overcast over Democrat Courtney Sweeney-Legore. Overcast succeeds Travis Smith who had an unsuccessful run for a state senate seat.
In Ozark County, Overcast received 3,874 votes while Sweeney-Legore got 658 votes.
In the Presidential race, Republican Donald Trump received just under 85% of the vote in Ozark County while Democrat Kamala Harris got just under 15%.
For the U.S. Senate, Republican Josh Hawley garnered 81% of the Ozark County vote to Democrat Lucas Kunce’s 17%. Hawley won the statewide vote to win reelection.
In the race to become the new governor of Missouri, Ozark County voters gave 83% of their votes to Republican Mike Kehoe while 16% went to Democrat Crystal Quade. Kehoe won the statewide vote to succeed Mike Parson.
Ozark County voters followed the statewide voters in electing Republican Dave Wasinger as the new Missouri Attorney General to replace Kehoe. In Ozark County, Wasinger received 83% of the vote and Democrat Richard Brown got 14%.
In the Secretary of State’s race, Ozark County voters gave their nod to Republican Denny Hoskins with 83% of the vote while Democrat Barbara Phifer received 15% of the vote. Hoskins won the statewide vote to succeed John Ashcroft who had an unsuccessful attempt to run for governor.
For Missouri’s State Treasurer, Ozark County residents agreed with the rest of the state in keeping Vivek Malek in office. In Ozark County, the Republican got 83% of the vote while Democratic challenger Mark Osmack received 13%.
Attorney General Andrew Bailey won reelection and Ozark County voters agreed giving him 85% of the vote while Democrat Elad Jonathan Gross got 13%.
In the race for U.S. Representative District 8 which encompasses south central and south east Missouri including Ozark, Douglas and Howell counties; Republican Jason Smith won reelection. In Ozark County, Smith received 85% while Democrat got Randi McCallian got 13%.
On Constitutional Amendment 2, which legalizes sports gambling, Ozark County voters voted 65% against while 35% were for it. The measure was approved though in the statewide vote.
Ozark County voters were also against Constitutional Amendment 3, which creates a right to abortion, with 71% against and 29% for. The amendment passed statewide.
Constitutional Amendment 5, which would have established a casino near the Lake of the Ozarks, lost the statewide vote and was also defeated in Ozark County. Ozark County voters voted 64% against and 36% in favor.
Constitutional Amendment 6, which authorizes court fees for law enforcement retirement benefits, failed statewide and Ozark County voters agreed. Sixty-two percent of voters there were against the measure while 38% were in favor.
Constitutional Amendment 7, which prohibits ranked choice voting and noncitizen voting, passed and Ozark County voters were in favor as well. Voters there voted 68% for the amendment and 32% against.
For Proposition A, which raises the minimum wage in Missouri and requires paid sick leave, Ozark County voters were against the measure but it passed statewide. Ozark County voters voted against the proposal 58% while 42% were in favor.
In Douglas County, voters approved the use tax with 56% of voters voting in favor and 44% against.
In Howell County, there were two local races. For Northern District Commissioner, Republican Calvin Wood defeated Democrat Bill Echols 86% to 14%. For Howell County Coroner, Republican James “Jim” Cherry received 85% of the vote while Democrat Jeffery Collins got 15%.
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