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STE. GENEVIEVE AND
STE. GENEVIEVE COUNTY
ELECTION 

NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Registered Voters: 12,264    Ballots Cast: 8919 (72.73%)

STATEWIDE

 
President and Vice President

John McCain/Sarah Palin (Rep)
Barack Obama/Joe Biden (Dem)
Bob Door/Wayne A. Root (Lib)
Chuck Baldwin/Darrell Castle (Cst)
Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez (Ind) 

Votes:3732
Votes:4979
Votes:31
Votes:26
Votes:57

Governor 

Kenny Hulshop (Rep)
Jeremiah (Jay) Nixon (Dem)
Andrew Finkenstadt (Lib)
Gregory Thompson (Cst)

Votes:2861
Votes:5699
Votes:79
Votes:63


Lieutenant Governor 

Peter Kinder (Rep)
Sam Page (Dem)
Teddy Fleck (Lib)
James Rensing (Cst)

Votes:3930
Votes:4368
Votes:109
Votes:85


Secretary of State 

Mitchell Hubbard (Rep)
Robin Carnahan (Dem)
Wes Upchurch (Lib)
Denise Neely (Cst)

Votes:2388
Votes:6005
Votes:88
Votes:97


State Treasurer 

Brad Lager (Rep)
Clint Zweifel (Dem)
Rodney Farthing (Cst)

Votes:3187
Votes:4904
Votes:182

Attorney General

Mike Gibbons (Rep)
Chris Koster (Dem)

Votes:3125
Votes:5236

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES


U.S. Representative
District 3

Chris Sander (Rep)
Russ Carnahan (Dem)
Kevin Babcock (Lib)
Cynthia Redburn (Cst)

Votes:2474
Votes:5836
Votes:110
Votes:117

STATE SENATE

U.S. Senate
District 3

Kevin Engler (Rep)
Dennis Riche (Dem)

Votes:5073
Votes:3495

STATE REPRESENTATIVE

District 104

Joseph Fallert (Dem)

Votes:6037

District 106

Steven Tilley (Rep)

Votes:1191

STE. GENEVIEVE
County Commissioner District 1 Garry Nelson (Dem) Votes:3703
County Commissioner District 2

Ray Gettinger (Dem)

Votes:3656
Sheriff

Gary Stolzer (Dem)

Votes:7453

Assessor

Linda Wagner (Dem)

Votes:7268

Public Administrator

Rob Huelskamp (Rep)
Mary Jo Ramer (Dem) 

Votes:3066
Votes:5387

Coroner

Leo "Chipper" Basler (Dem)

Votes:7585

Surveyor

Gerald "Duck" Bader (Dem)

Votes:7377

JUDICIAL BALLOT

 

Shall Judge Patricia Breckenridge of the Missouri Supreme Court be retained in office?

Yes:4862
No:2394

 

Shall Judge Robert G. Dowd, Jr. of the Easter District Court of Appeals be retained in office?

Yes:4627
No:2494

 

Shall Judge Kurt S. Odenwald of the Easter District Court of Appeals be retained in office?

Yes:4866
No:2248

 

Shall Judge Roy L. Richter of the Easter District Court of Appeals be retained in office?

Yes:4596
No:2464

AMENDMENTS

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 1
Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to add a statement that English shall be the language of all governmental meetings at which any public business is discussed, decided, or public policy is formulated whether conducted in person or by communication equipment including conference calls, video conferences, or Internet chat or message board?"
(It's estimated this proposal will have no costs or savings to state or local governmental entities.)
                          Yes:7512

No:843

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT NO. 4

Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to change provisions relating to the financing of stormwater control projects by:

  • limiting availability of grants and loans to public water and
    sewer districts only;
  • removing the cap on available funding and existing restrictions on
    disbursements;
  • requiring loan repayments to be used only for stormwater control projects?


It is estimated the cost to state governmental entities is $0 to $236,000 annually.
It is estimated state governmental entities will save approximately $7,500 for each bond issuance. It is estimated local governmental entities participating in this program may experience savings, however the amount is unknown.

 

                         Yes:4149

No:3447

STATUTORY MEASURES

PROPOSITION A

Shall Missouri law be amended to:

     * repeal the current individual maximum loss limit for gambling;

     * require identification to enter the gambling area only if necessary to establish that an individual is at least 21 years old;

     * restrict the number of casinos to those already built or being built;

     * increase the casino gambling tax from 20% to 21%;

     * create a new specific education fund from gambling tax proceeds generated as a result of this measure called the "Schools First
       Elementary and Secondary Education Improvement Fund"; and

     * require annual audits of this new fund?

State governmental entities will receive an estimated $105.1 to $130.0 million annually for elementary and secondary education, and $5.0 to $7.0 million annually for higher education, early childhood development, veterans, and other programs. Local governmental entities receiving gambling boat tax and fee revenues will receive an estimated $18.1 to $19.0 million annually.

 

                      Yes:4949

No:3506

PROPOSITION B

Shall Missouri law be amended to enable the elderly and Missourians with disabilities to continue living independently in their homes by creating the Missouri Quality Homecare Council to ensure the availability of quality home care services under the Medicaid program by recruiting, training, and stabilizing the home care workforce?

The exact cost of this proposal to state governmental entities is unknown, but is estimated to exceed $510,560 annually. Additional costs for training are possible. Matching federal funds, if available, could reduce state costs. It is estimated there would be no costs or savings to local governmental entities.

 

          Yes:6407

No:1781

PROPOSITION C

Shall Missouri law be amended to require investor-owned electric utilities to generate or purchase electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, biomass and hydropower with the renewable energy sources equaling at least 2% of retail sales by 2011 increasing incrementally to at least 15% by 2021, including at least 2% from solar energy; and restricting to no more than 1% any rate increase to consumers for this renewable energy?

The estimated direct cost to state governmental entities is $395,183. It is estimated there are no direct costs or savings to local governmental entities. However, indirect costs may be incurred by state and local governmental entities if the proposal results in increased electricity retail rates.

 

                     Yes:5166

No:2811

COUNTY OF STE. GENEVIEVE
PROPOSITION 1

Shall the county of Ste. Genevieve impose a countywide sales tax of one-half of one percent pursuant to Section 67.547, RSMo, for the purpose of paving, maintaining and replacing the county maintained roads and bridges, including, but not limited to purchase of materials or equipment?

         Yes:3985

No:4365

COUNTY OF STE. GENEVIEVE
PROPOSITION 2

Shall the office of prosecuting attorney be made a full-time position in Ste. Genevieve County? The funding for this position was included in the law Enforcement Sales tax previously approved by the voters in 2006.

           Yes:5487

No:2810