Two Dems vie to run against Parkinson
Democratic primaries in Republican-dominated St. Charles County have been fairly unusual in recent years.
But one developed Tuesday in the 16th Missouri House district - for the seat won just a few weeks ago by GOP Rep. Mark Parkinson in a special election. Parkinson and the Democrat he beat on Feb. 5, Tom Fann, each filed for a full two-year term back on Feb. 26.
On Tuesday, Fann got some Aug. 5 primary competition from Kristy Manning, a legislative aide to state Sen. Joan Bray, D-University City. Manning also is one of the founding members of the Consumers Council of Missouri.
Manning, of St. Peters, filed her candidacy in the final half-hour before the 5 p.m. deadline.
Meanwhile, state Sen. Tom Dempsey, R-St. Charles, got a last-day opponent in Democrat Larry Willis, also of St. Charles. Willis ran unsuccessfully last year for the St. Charles City Council against incumbent Larry Muench.
Filing Monday against Republican Rep. Doug Funderburk of the St. Peters area was Democrat Richard Lesh. Lesh’s wife, Sandra Lesh, was the nominee against Funderburk in 2006. Richard Lesh ran that year - also unsuccessfully - for his party’s 2nd District Congressional nomination.
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I think you’re understimating the voters in the 16th. This isn’t my dad can beat up yours or trash talk about your bracket. This is about who should represent the people of the 16th and help choose a direction for and lead the state. Ever considered the Fann/Parkinson margin might have been what it was because, in the end, the voters couldn’t tell them apart on the issues?