Gary Nodler will not go unopposed in his effort for a second four-year term in the State Senate.
Kim Wilson, a clinical social worker from Joplin, who has been involved in Democratic politics, has agreed to run against him. A planning meeting has been set for 7 p.m. today at 711 W. 32nd in Joplin.
I hope to have more information later today.
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There will be no opposition to Nodler on the August or November ballots. Filing closed on March 28th, and then was extended to March 30th. No one filed. There could be a futile attempt at a write in, but those campaigns to be successful require 5 to 6 times the money that a candidate on the ballot requires. If this person were serious they would have filed by the deadline. This is an attempt to say Nodler is opposed when he is not.
Please correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that if a candidate goes through the proper channels and files as a write-in candidate for the Democratic primary, then wins that nomination, the candidate's name would automatically be on the November ballot.
Once again, you are wrong. If you go to Secretary of State's web site it will explain to you that you cannot be a write in candidate for a party nomination. Write in candidates can only participate in the general election. The fact is that the only name on the ballot will be Gary Nodler
What a shame for the voters in this senatorial district.
From the Secretay of State's web page:
Commonly asked questions on write-in candidates:
Can a write-in candidate be on a primary election ballot?
No. Write-in votes shall be cast and counted for a candidate without party designation. Write-in votes for a person cast with a party designation shall not be counted. Except for candidates for political party committees, no candidate shall be elected as a write-in candidate unless such candidate receives a separate plurality of the votes without party designation regardless of whether or not the total write-in votes for such candidate under all party and without party designations totals a majority of the votes cast.
(see 115.453 (5) RSMo)
A clinical social worker from Joplin. Where was this person when it would of meant something rather than GRAND STANDING? Hiding in the shadows? Apparently Kim was too involved in Democratic politics to bother finding out the elementary rules of running for office. Knowing the filing dates and the process as laid out by the Secretary of State is part of being involved in politics. Unless, as in this case, being involved simply means hating Gary Nodler.
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