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Municipal elections in Platte County, Missouri (2022)
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| 2022 Platte County elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: March 29, 2022 August 2, 2022 (judicial) |
| Primary election: August 2, 2022 General election: November 8, 2022 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: Auditor, clerk, presiding commissioner, prosecutor, recorder, tax collector, circuit court judges |
| Total seats up: 9 |
| Election type: Partisan |
| Other municipal elections |
| U.S. municipal elections, 2022 |
Platte County, Missouri, held general elections for auditor, clerk, presiding commissioner, prosecutor, recorder, tax collector, circuit court judges on November 8, 2022. A primary was scheduled for August 2, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was March 29, 2022.
Elections
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Candidates and results
Offices up for election in 2022:
- County Auditor
- County Clerk
- County Collector
- Presiding Commissioner
- Prosecuting Attorney
- Recorder
- Judicial offices
County Auditor
General election
General election for Platte County Auditor
Incumbent Kevin Robinson won election in the general election for Platte County Auditor on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kevin Robinson (R) | 100.0 | 30,298 | |
| Total votes: 30,298 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Platte County Auditor
Incumbent Kevin Robinson advanced from the Republican primary for Platte County Auditor on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kevin Robinson | 100.0 | 8,057 | |
| Total votes: 8,057 | |||
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County Clerk
General election
General election for Platte County Clerk
Jera Pruitt defeated Rebecca Nafzinger in the general election for Platte County Clerk on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jera Pruitt (R) | 54.5 | 22,026 | |
| Rebecca Nafzinger (D) | 45.5 | 18,416 | ||
| Total votes: 40,442 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Platte County Clerk
Rebecca Nafzinger advanced from the Democratic primary for Platte County Clerk on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rebecca Nafzinger | 100.0 | 7,494 | |
| Total votes: 7,494 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Platte County Clerk
Jera Pruitt advanced from the Republican primary for Platte County Clerk on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jera Pruitt | 100.0 | 8,017 | |
| Total votes: 8,017 | |||
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County Collector
General election
General election for Platte County Tax Collector
Incumbent Sheila Palmer won election in the general election for Platte County Tax Collector on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sheila Palmer (R) | 100.0 | 31,263 | |
| Total votes: 31,263 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Platte County Tax Collector
Incumbent Sheila Palmer advanced from the Republican primary for Platte County Tax Collector on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sheila Palmer | 100.0 | 8,365 | |
| Total votes: 8,365 | |||
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Presiding Commissioner
General election
General election for Platte County Commission Presiding Commissioner
Scott Fricker defeated John DeFoor in the general election for Platte County Commission Presiding Commissioner on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Scott Fricker (R) | 54.9 | 22,308 |
| John DeFoor (D) | 45.1 | 18,307 | ||
| Total votes: 40,615 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Platte County Commission Presiding Commissioner
John DeFoor advanced from the Democratic primary for Platte County Commission Presiding Commissioner on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John DeFoor | 100.0 | 7,476 | |
| Total votes: 7,476 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Platte County Commission Presiding Commissioner
Scott Fricker advanced from the Republican primary for Platte County Commission Presiding Commissioner on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Scott Fricker | 100.0 | 8,074 |
| Total votes: 8,074 | |||
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Prosecuting Attorney
General election
General election for Platte County Prosecutor
Incumbent Eric Zahnd won election in the general election for Platte County Prosecutor on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Eric Zahnd (R) | 100.0 | 30,365 |
| Total votes: 30,365 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Platte County Prosecutor
Incumbent Eric Zahnd advanced from the Republican primary for Platte County Prosecutor on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Eric Zahnd | 100.0 | 8,232 |
| Total votes: 8,232 | |||
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Recorder
General election
General election for Platte County Recorder
Christopher Wright won election in the general election for Platte County Recorder on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Christopher Wright (R) | 100.0 | 30,231 | |
| Total votes: 30,231 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Platte County Recorder
Christopher Wright defeated Travis Youmans in the Republican primary for Platte County Recorder on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Christopher Wright | 60.5 | 4,808 | |
| Travis Youmans | 39.5 | 3,135 | ||
| Total votes: 7,943 | |||
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Judicial offices
Circuit Court
6th Judicial District Circuit Court general election, 2022 | |
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| Office | Candidates |
| Division 1 |
 Thomas C. Fincham (i) |
| Division 2 |
W. Ann Hansbrough (i) |
| Division 4 |
Megan Benton (i) |
Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Missouri elections, 2022
April 5, 2022
- North Kansas City Schools, Missouri, elections (2022)
- Park Hill School District, Missouri, elections (2022)
- Platte County R-III School District, Missouri, elections (2022)
- Kansas City, Missouri, Question 2, Property Tax Levy Renewal for Emergency and Hospital Services Measure (April 2022)
- Kansas City, Missouri, Question 3, Remove Vacant Land from Park System Measure (April 2022)
- Kansas City, Question 1, Sanitary Sewer Revenue Bonds Measure (April 2022)
August 2, 2022
- United States Senate election in Missouri, 2022
- Missouri's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
- Missouri Auditor election, 2022
- Missouri State Senate elections, 2022
- Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2022
- Municipal elections in Clay County, Missouri (2022)
November 8, 2022
- United States Senate election in Missouri, 2022
- Missouri's 6th Congressional District election, 2022
- Missouri Auditor election, 2022
- Missouri State Senate elections, 2022
- Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2022
- Missouri Supreme Court elections, 2022
- Missouri intermediate appellate court elections, 2022
- Missouri Amendment 1, State Treasurer Investment Authority Amendment (2022)
- Missouri Amendment 3, Marijuana Legalization Initiative (2022)
- Missouri Amendment 4, Allow Legislature to Require a City to Increase Funding without State Reimbursement for a Police Force Established by State Board Amendment (2022)
- Missouri Amendment 5, Department of the National Guard Amendment (2022)
- Missouri Constitutional Convention Question (2022)
- Missouri Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative (2022)
- Municipal elections in Clay County, Missouri (2022)
- Clay County, Missouri, Proposition A, Commercial Property Tax Decrease Measure (November 2022)
- Kansas City, Missouri, Question 1, City Parks and Recreation Bond Measure (November 2022)
- Kansas City, Missouri, Question 2, Housing Bond Measure (November 2022)
- Kansas City, Missouri, Question 3, Tiffany Springs Parkway Measure (November 2022)
- Platte County, Missouri, Question 1, Sales Tax Renewal Measure (November 2022)
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About the county
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Platte County, Missouri | ||
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| Platte County | Missouri | |
| Population | 106,718 | 6,154,913 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 419 | 68,745 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 84% | 81.3% |
| Black/African American | 6.7% | 11.4% |
| Asian | 2.9% | 2% |
| Native American | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.5% | 0.1% |
| Other (single race) | 1.4% | 1.3% |
| Multiple | 4.3% | 3.5% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 6.3% | 4.3% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 96.1% | 90.6% |
| College graduation rate | 43% | 29.9% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $82,448 | $57,290 |
| Persons below poverty level | 5.1% | 13% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
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