Larry Adams wins county sheriff post in Primary Election

Most of those voting in yesterday’s Primary Election held locally chose a Republican ballot to decide the next Daviess County Sheriff.
Larry Adams, Jr., of Jamesport easily defeated Kyle Cornett and Tyler Miller by receiving 69% of votes cast. Thus, with no opponent on the ballot for the November General election, Adams effectively succeeds Ben Becerra as Daviess County Sheriff.
A 38.17% voter turnout was recorded (1,995 ballots cast from a total of 5,227 eligible to vote). The sheriff’s race contributed to most choosing a Republican ballot (1,724) over ballots taken by Democrats (245); only five ballots were chosen for three other parties with the non-partisan count at 21.
Another decision among Republicans of note was to determine the nominee for county assessor. Aaron Piburn defeated Joshua Ty Lisle with a 73.48% majority.
Daviess County was among a strong rural Missouri voice voting against Amendment 2 to expand Medicaid yesterday. But urban voters carried the measure for passage statewide by a rather slim margin.
According to the KC Star and Associated Press, those favoring the measure totaled 672,967 (53.25%) against those opposed totaling 590,809 (46.75%).
Missouri will become the 38th state to expand Medicaid eligibility. Currently, Missouri Medicaid does not cover adults without children. Only the disabled, children and parents with income under 22% of the federal poverty level presently are eligible for Medicade.
Passage of Amendment 2 climaxes over a decade of effort to expand Medicaid eligibility in the state. Among those organizations promoting the measure were the Missouri Hospitals Association, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce, Missouri Catholic Conference, and AARP.
November’s election
The stage is now set for races to be decided in the upcoming General Election to be held this November. Key races locally include:
• State Representative (2nd District) between incumbent Republican J. Eggleston and Democrat Mindi Smith
• 2nd District Commissioner between incumbent Republican Wayne Uthe and Democrat Greg Houghton
• Assessor between incumbent Democrat Sally Black and Republican Aaron Piburn
A statewide ballot decision of note this November will be the outcome of Amendment 3, a revote on the measure known as “Clean Missouri.”
Amendment 3, if passed, would essentially overturn a statewide referendum passed by voters in 2018. At issue is how to best redraw legislative districts following census data.