2026 Municipal Election
The April 2026 Municipal Election is on Tuesday, April 7. The sample ballot, as provided by the county clerk's office, is published in the April 1 edition of the St. Clair County Courier as well as can be found on the newspaper’s website at www.stclaircourier.com. Detailed information regarding questions that appear on the ballot is published in April 1 newspapers.
Official results of the Municipal Election, countywide, will be published in the April 15 edition of the Courier.
Newspaper staff provided optional candidate questionnaires (for those running opposed) in late-February, with completed forms to be returned by March 26 to ensure publishing in April 1 newspapers and online. Those received after the deadline, before the election, may be viewed on the newspaper website.
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2026 Primary Election
The last day to file for the August 2026 Primary Election is/was March 31. As published in editions of the Courier in previous months, the following positions in St. Clair County will be voted upon:
Associate Circuit Judge (Current office holder, M. Blane Baker)
Circuit Clerk (Current office holder, Karen Hubbard)
County Collector (Current office holder, Pamela Guffey)
Presiding Commissioner (Current office holder, Robert Salmon)
Prosecuting Attorney (Current office holder, Daniel Dysart)
Recorder of Deeds (Current office holder, Amanda Jackson)
Treasurer (Current office holder, Rhonda Shelby)
The names of those whom have filed for candidacy, plus additional information, will be published in the April 8 edition of newspapers. Courier staff will be mailing the optional candidate questionnaires (for those running opposed) in June, with completed/submitted questionnaires being published for public viewing the week prior to the August election.
For questions regarding elections, including ballot items and voting locations, contact the county clerk’s office at the courthouse on the downtown Osceola square by calling 417-646-2315.
As always, watch the St. Clair County Courier for continued coverage leading up to local elections.
