A local political dynasty in St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë County won two state-level races but lost a third here Tuesday. A state representative topped a three-way Republican primary for a Senate seat in west St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë County. And voters elected a new state representative for downtown St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë. Â
The results were notable from among more than two dozen competitive Democratic and Republican primaries for state-level offices in the St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë area.Â
In north St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë County, Sen. Angela Walton Mosley, of Florissant, handily defeated a challenge from state Rep. Chantelle Nickson-Clark, of unincorporated north St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë County, in the 13th District Democratic primary.Â
Mosley received 56.7% of the vote and Nickson-Clark received 43.3%.
Sen. Mosley did not return requests for comment.Â
Meanwhile, Angela Mosley’s two daughters won mixed results in two Democratic primaries to succeed their father and uncle, respectively, in two North County House districts.Â
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Chanel Mosley, of unincorporated North County, narrowly defeated Catina Howard, of Black Jack, in the 75th District. Mosley received 44.1% of the vote, to Howard’s 43.4%. A.J. White, of Black Jack came in third with 12.6% of the vote.
Mosley would succeed her uncle, term-limited Rep. Alan Gray.
Her sister, Janay Mosley, of Florissant came in second to Kem Smith, of Florissant, in a three-way primary in the 68th District, where Janay Mosley’s father, Rep. Jay Mosley, is term-limited.Â
Smith, a teacher, had received 47.1% of the vote by late Tuesday. Mosley received 42.8%. Pamela Paul came in third with 10.1% of the vote.Â
Sen. Mosley is a daughter of longtime politico and former state Rep. Elbert Walton Jr. Chanel and Janay Mosley are Walton Jr.’s granddaughters.
In west St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë County, Rep. David Gregory, R-Chesterfield, topped a three-way Republican primary for Senate District 15, which includes several cities west of Interstate 270.Â
With more than half of precincts reporting, Gregory received nearly 41% of the vote. County Councilman Mark Harder of Ballwin came in second with 34% and former Wildwood Mayor Jim Bowlin in third with 25%.Â
In other notable state-level primaries in St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë County:Â
• Rep. Marlene Terry, D-Bellefontaine Neighbors, roundly defeated a challenge from former state representative and Bellefontaine Neighbors mayor Tommie Pierson Sr. in House District 66. Terry, of north St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë County, won 68.2% of the vote.Â
• Rep. Raychel C. Proudie, D-Ferguson, won a repeat challenge from former Rep. Mike Person in House District 73. Proudie won 68.3% of the vote. Person also unsuccessfully challenged Proudie in the Democratic primary in 2022.Â
• University City Councilman Jeff Hales won a three-way Democratic primary in University City-based House District 86. Hales defeated Donovan Meeks of University City with 64% of the vote. Trina Nelson, who was disqualified from the November general election for failing to pay taxes, received 18% of the vote.Â
• Tonya Rush of Florissant defeated former state Rep. Neil Smith, of unincorporated St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë County, in the Democratic primary for Nickson-Clark’s 67th District seat. Rush, a realtor and former head of a home health care agency, won 59% of the vote.Â
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Primaries were also held in three House districts in the overwhelmingly Democratic City of St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë.Â
Marty Joe Murray won a three-way Democratic primary for House District 78, an open downtown district formerly held by 14th Ward Alderman Rasheen Aldridge, who was elected to the St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë office in April 2023.Â
Murray, a senior project manager for BJC HealthCare and adjunct professor at Harris-Stowe State University, received 58% of the vote. Jami Cox Antwi, a community development finance worker for U.S. Bancorp, came in second with 31% and Jessica Pachack, a former charter school principal, in third with 11% of the vote.Â
Rep. Steve Butz won a three-way Democratic primary in House District 81, which includes the southernmost parts of St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë, with roughly 59% of the vote. Former 12th Ward Aldermen Bill Stephens came in second with 32%.Â
Elizabeth Fuchs, a social worker, defeated Ben Murray, a legislative assistant in the House, in the Democratic primary for House District 80, which includes parts of south St. ÑÇÖÞÎÞÂë. Fuchs received 59% of the vote.Â
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In Jefferson County, Rep. Mike Henderson of Desloge defeated Rep. Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway of Festus in the Republican primary in Senate District 3, which also takes in Washington, St. Francois, Ste. Genevieve and Crawford counties. Henderson received 60% of the vote.Â
Bill Lucas defeated Dominic Lawson in the Republican primary for Buchheit-Courtway’s 115th District seat, which represents parts of Festus, Hillsboro, De Soto, Valles Mines and Dittmer. Both Lucas and Lawson live in De Soto.Â