Brian Steele recall, Nixa, Missouri (2021)
| Nixa Mayoral recall |
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| Officeholders |
| Recall status |
| Recall election date |
| November 2, 2021 |
| See also |
| Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2021 Recalls in Missouri Missouri recall laws Mayoral recalls Recall reports |
An effort in Nixa, Missouri, to recall Mayor Brian Steele was initiated in June 2020. Petitioners gathered enough valid signatures to put the recall on the ballot.[1] The recall election took place on November 2, 2021, and Steele retained his seat.[2]
To read about other recall efforts related to the coronavirus and government responses to the pandemic, click here.
Recall vote
Brian Steele recall, 2021
Brian Steele won the Mayor of Nixa recall election on November 2, 2021.
Recall Vote |
% |
Votes |
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Yes |
24.7
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808 | |||
| ✔ | No |
75.3
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2,458 | ||
Total Votes |
3,266 | ||||
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Recall supporters
The recall effort was initiated by a group called The Committee to Recall the Mayor of Nixa in response to a COVID-19 mask mandate put in place by Steele through emergency powers. The mask mandate in Nixa lasted from October 2020 to April 2021. Petition language stated that Steele should be removed from office "for individually and without regard to the citizens of Nixa, nor the vote of city council, enacting a mask mandate, and taking other actions detrimental to the city of Nixa, its economy and the health and welfare of the community in general."[1][2]
Recall opponents
Commenting on the mask mandates, Steele said, "everyone is entitled to their own opinion but in this particular case, it was up to me to make that decision and I made the decision I thought was best."
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Missouri
Recall organizers were required to submit valid signatures equal to 10% of the votes cast in the most recent mayoral election. Petitioners submitted 97 signatures, with 73 being found valid by Christian County Clerk Kay Brown.[3]
Ballotpedia covered 35 coronavirus-related recall efforts against 94 officials in 2022, accounting for 13% of recalls that year. This is a decrease from both 2020 and 2021. COVID-related recalls accounted for 37% of all recall efforts in both 2020 and 2021. In 2020, there were 87 COVID-related recalls against 89 officials, and in 2021, there were 131 against 214 officials.
The chart below compares coronavirus-related recalls to recalls for all other reasons in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 KY3, "Petition submitted to recall Nixa mayor over enforcement of mask mandate," June 29, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 ABC News, "Missouri mayor who required masks faces recall vote," July 6, 2021
- ↑ Springfield News-Leader, "As masking controversy continues, election to recall Nixa Mayor Brian Steele set for November 2," July 5, 2021
