Learn about Candidates for Congress, State Legislature on KSMU
On Aug. 2, Missouri voters will head to the polls to narrow the field of candidates for U.S. Congress and Missouri General Assembly in advance of the November general election.
The lists of candidates are long – the U.S. representative race, alone, has eight Republicans and three Democrats. Become informed before election day so your vote is cast for the candidates that align with your beliefs and standards.
To help guide voters, a coalition of community organizations is again producing a series of nonpartisan interviews with candidates to air on KSMU Ozarks Public Radio (91.1 FM). A video version of the interviews will be posted afterward to the websites of all coalition members.
The coalition selected contested races that appear on Greene County ballots. Hear the interviews over the noon hour starting July 12 on KSMU Radio. View the video version on the KSMU website.
Candidates in selected contested races answered questions developed by the candidate forum coalition. Here’s the schedule:
- U.S. Representative, District 7, Democrats and Republicans: airs July 12, 13, and 14.
- State Senate, Republican candidates for District 20 and District 30, airs July 18 and 19.
- State Representative, Republican candidates for District 137, airs July 20.
This is a primary election so when heading to the polls, voters will request a ballot for their preferred political party, with candidates from that party only. Registration in a particular party is not required.
Candidate Forum Coalition: Always Nonpartisan
The nonpartisan candidate forum coalition was launched in 2019 with the shared goal of educating voters and engaging candidates with citizens.
In addition to the Springfield-Greene County Library, the other organizations are:
- Be Civil Be Heard
- Drury University’s L.E. Meador Center for Politics & Citizenship
- Junior League of Springfield
- KSMU Ozarks Public Radio
- Leadership Springfield Alumni
- League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri
- Missouri State University’s Office of Public Affairs
- NAACP Springfield
- Ozarks Technical Community College’s Social Sciences Department
- Springfield News-Leader
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