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Politics & Government

MO Primary Results for Lewis & Clark Township

Blanke, Schmidt, Jones and Stroker took the votes.

Missouri Primary results are in for the Lewis & Clark Township committeemen and committeewomen.

David A. Blanke prevailed over John Vahey and a write in candidate who got nine votes. Blanke received 970 votes, 64.32 percent of the votes, while Vahey received 532 votes, just over 35 percent.

June Schmidt, Timothy Jones and City councilwoman Carol Stroker each ran against a write-in candidate and won by a landslide. Each candidate received more than 99 percent of votes cast. 

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“Committee members across the country are the foundational structure of the Republican Party,” . “They represent the integrity, energy and leadership of the GOP.”

Read says the role of these committee members is “to promote political involvement at the grassroots level and organize neighborhoods in their township to get out (and) vote.”

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