City of St. Louis

Open seat. Recorder Michael Butler did not seek a third term. Cohn won the August Democratic primary with 41% over Patty Ellison-Brown, Yolonda Yancie and Anthony Brandon Jr. The office keeps land records and birth, death and marriage records.

Two four-year at-large seats; incumbents Hubbard and Jones are running again. Goss and Davis are both experienced educators with similar platforms, so the second pick is a toss-up; we went with Goss for her years teaching in SLPS classrooms.

Collector of Revenue (Gregory F.X. Daly, Democrat, the incumbent) and License Collector (Mavis "Tessa" Thompson, Democrat, the incumbent, who beat Dylan Hassinger in the August primary).

Yes or no on keeping Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Judges Virginia W. Lay, Rebeca Navarro-McKelvey and Angela Turner Quigless; 22nd Circuit Judges Clinton Robert Wright, Elizabeth Byrne Hogan, Katherine M. Fowler, Annette Llewellyn, Joseph P. Whyte, Timothy J. Boyer, Scott A. Millikan, Calea Stovall-Reid, Madeline Orling Connolly, Heather J. Hays, David A. Roither and Michael F. Stelzer; and Associate Circuit Judge Michael R. Dauphin. Supreme Court Judge Paul C. Wilson is covered with the statewide races.

Fitzpatrick has done the job straight, including standing up to the attorney general in 2023, but he took Missouri Right to Life's endorsement. Wilson has no such ties.

We describe what each measure does and don't make recommendations.

• Amendment 3, abortion: Put on the ballot by the Republican-led Legislature. Repeals the abortion-rights amendment voters passed in 2024, which protects abortion up to fetal viability. In its place it would allow abortion only for medical emergencies, fetal anomalies, and rape or incest before 12 weeks; let the Legislature regulate abortion; require parental consent for minors; limit public funding of abortion; and ban gender transition surgery, cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers for minors, which a 2023 state law already bars. A yes vote makes those changes; a no vote keeps the 2024 amendment.
• Amendment 6, voter-approved laws: A citizen initiative from Respect Missouri Voters, put on the ballot by the Missouri Supreme Court after Secretary of State Denny Hoskins rejected it. Makes initiative and referendum a fundamental right and bars the Legislature from changing or repealing a law voters passed unless 80% of each chamber agrees, and then the change goes back to voters. It also lets courts rewrite ballot summaries and keeps today's signature and majority-vote rules. Backers point to lawmakers' repeal of the paid sick leave voters approved in 2024. A yes vote adds these limits; a no vote leaves the constitution as it is.
• Amendment 7, Show-Me Prosperity Fund: Put on the ballot by the Legislature. Creates a state endowment meant to earn enough someday to replace state taxes. It starts with no money; the Legislature would decide how to fill it. Nothing could be spent until the state treasurer certifies the earnings can replace state taxes, and then those taxes would end and could not come back unless the fund fails. The sponsor's goal is ending most state taxes in about 100 years; the Missouri Budget Project says it risks taking money from state services.
• Amendment 8, sheriffs: Put on the ballot by the Legislature. Writes into the constitution that every county elects a sheriff to a four-year term, which state law already requires, along with sheriffs' duties, and says a sheriff can be removed only by a quo warranto case brought by the attorney general. The Missouri Sheriffs Association and Missouri Sheriffs United worked on it; Democratic Rep. Mark Boyko says it could keep a sheriff in office for months or years even after a felony conviction. St. Louis City, St. Louis County and St. Charles County are exempt.
• Proposition A, congressional map: A referendum, forced by more than 300,000 signatures from People Not Politicians, on the U.S. House map the Legislature passed in 2025 after President Trump demanded Republicans flip the Kansas City district held by Democrat Emanuel Cleaver. A yes vote approves the 2025 map for future elections; a no vote keeps the 2022 map. Under a Missouri Supreme Court order, this November's House races use the 2022 map either way.
• Supreme Court: Judge Paul C. Wilson, on the court since 2012, is up for a yes-or-no retention vote. Court of Appeals judges appear only on ballots in their own district. We haven't profiled judges yet.

Proposition A, on this ballot, decides whether Missouri keeps the 2025 congressional map. Until then the courts have put that map on hold, so this race uses the 2022 districts. Bell beat former Rep. Cori Bush in the August primary; city voters split nearly evenly between them.

North city.

Open seat. D'Souza beat Helen Bailey and Adam Hopkins in the August primary.

South city.

State Senate District 4 (Gina Mitten), and Missouri House District 76 (Marlon Anderson), 78 (Marty Joe Murray), 81 (James "Jimmy" Lappe) and 82 (Nick Kimble), all Democrats.

Put on the ballot by petition (about 36,000 signatures, gathered by the Best Start for Kids STL campaign, led in part by WEPOWER). Adds a half-cent citywide sales tax, about $22.4 million a year, for a new Early Childhood Education Fund for children 5 and under, run by a board of trustees appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the Board of Aldermen. The money would go to grants for child care providers (teacher pay, benefits, classrooms) and sliding-scale tuition help for families, lowest incomes first. The city's combined sales tax is now 9.679%, so a $100 purchase would cost 50 cents more. Supporters point to child care costs and the local workforce; critics of a 2024 version said sales taxes fall hardest on low-income residents, and the SLPS board objected to money going to non-public providers (it has taken no position on this one). St. Louis Magazine reports it needs just over 60% of the vote to pass. St. Louis Magazine explainer.

Repeals Section 5 of Article IV of the city charter so that special elections to fill aldermanic vacancies use the same nonpartisan, top-two runoff system as regular city elections. Placed on the ballot by the Board of Aldermen (Ordinance 72106, 2026). Ordinance text.