密苏里州众议院第160选区11月3日补选 空缺席位将终结一年多无代表状态
密苏里州牛顿县及贾斯珀县部分地区的选民将在11月3日大选中，为密苏里州众议院第160选区选出新任议员，填补自2025年5月以来一直空缺的席位。前任议员本·贝克离任出任美国农业部农村发展署密苏里州主任后，该席位一直空缺，州长未为包括该选区在内的多个空缺选区召集特别选举。
本次角逐的两名候选人是共和党人谢丽尔·珀金斯和民主党人安吉拉·托马斯。珀金斯已担任牛顿县税务评估员23年，她的竞选主张包括税制改革和改善州精神卫生设施，并表示选民最关心的是税收和农村医疗问题。托马斯是一名退休理发师，曾任牛顿县民主党主席，她表示社区理应像其他社区一样拥有代表，并对州长迟迟不召集特别选举提出批评。
报道指出，全州去年还有另外四个众议院选区出现空缺，同样没有等到特别选举的召集令。第160选区的选民在11月3日投票将同时决定多项修正案、州参众两院席位以及联邦参众两院席位。
Missouri House District 160 Voters Will Elect a Representative on November 3, Ending More Than a Year Without Representation
Missouri voters in Newton County and parts of Jasper County will elect a new representative for Missouri House District 160 in the November 3 general election, filling a seat vacant since May 2025. The seat has been empty since former Representative Ben Baker left to become Missouri state director of USDA Rural Development, and the governor never called special elections for this or several other vacant districts.
The two candidates are Republican Cheryle Perkins and Democrat Angela Thomas. Perkins has served as Newton County assessor for 23 years; her campaign priorities include tax reform and improving the state's mental health facilities, and she says voters are most concerned about taxes and rural health care. Thomas, a retired salon owner and former chair of the Newton County Democrats, says the community deserves representation just as any other community would, and has criticized the governor for failing to call a special election.
Four other state House districts also became vacant last year and likewise never received a special election call. District 160 voters on November 3 will also decide several amendments, state Senate and House seats, and U.S. Senate and House seats.
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