2022 Midterm Elections

Missouri voters are taking to the polls in the 2022 Midterms, poised to vote on various issues and candidates including the state's next U.S. Senator, recreational adult cannabis use legalization and who will replace Lewis Reed as the next St. Louis Board of Alderman President.

Some have raised suspicions about the security of the election process nationwide. In Missouri, election materials and the certification of the vote are constantly managed by a bipartisan team of election judges.

Despite nationwide concerns of harassment and violence at the polls, St. Louis election officials express confidence that voters and election workers will be safe.

Missouri voters are being asked to decide whether the state’s National Guard should be its own department.

Sam Page and Mark Mantovani previously ran against each other in the Democratic primary for County Executive in 2020. They are now facing off in the general election for the same seat with Mantovani running as a Republican.

There are a total of five statewide measures that are on the ballot for Missouri voters, but the one earning the most attention is whether the state should legalize the adult use of marijuana for those 21 and older.

A county executive candidates debate Tuesday night was the only one of the campaign season between incumbent Democrat Sam Page and Republican challenger Mark Mantovani.

Under Amendment 3, known as Legal Missouri 2022, some state marijuana offenses could be expunged either automatically or through an appeal process. However, critics of the amendment say the provisions pick and choose who are forgiven.

Libertarian Jonathan Dine and Constitution Party candidate Paul Venable joined Democrat Trudy Busch Valentine for Friday’s debate in Lake Ozark.

The new state Senate district map, drawn by a panel of judges, has reshaped the 24th District to where it is now the most competitive Senate race this election cycle.