The Informed Voter Coalition works to educate the public ahead of elections by interviewing candidates for local, state and national races. Voters in southwest Missouri can hear from candidates as they share their ideas and goals in conversations with coalition members.
The Coalition is made up of the League of Women Voters of Southwest Missouri, Ozarks Tech's Social Sciences Department, Leadership Springfield, the Springfield-Greene County Library District, the L.E. Meador Center for Politics & Citizenship at Drury University, the Springfield News-Leader, Be Civil Be Heard, Missouri State University Office of Public Affairs, NAACP Springfield, Rosie, Show Me Christian County, the Springfield Business Journal and Ozarks Public Broadcasting.
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In this Informed Voter Coalition interview, you'll hear from Cindy Baker, Amber Bryant, Patrick Sullivan and Christina Tonsing. Matthew Growcock was out of town and unable to be interviewed. -
Those running for Nixa City Council District 1 are Jay Ortiz, Robert Jones and Nathaniel Daily. -
On April 8, Springfield voters will choose between Mary Collette and Jeff Schrag. -
Heather Hardinger and Eric Pauly are running for citywide General Seat A, and Matthew Simpson and Bruce Adib-Yazdi are running for Zone 4 — the seat covering southeast Springfield — in the April 8 municipal election. -
Kelly Byrne, Sarah Hough, David Myers and Gail Smart are running for two open seats on the Springfield Public Schools Board of Education. -
The April 8 municipal election features three candidates: Eddie Campbell, Donald Currence and David Snider. -
Republican incumbent Eric Burlison will face Democrat Missi Hesketh and Libertarian Kevin Craig in November. -
Republican incumbent Mike Moon will face Democrat Ron Monnig on November 5. -
Republican incumbent Jamie Gragg is up against Democrat Julia Curran in November. -
Incumbent Republican Darin Chappell will face Democrat Bryce Lockwood in November.
