Crawford County Voters Back Schmitt, Oppose Marijuana Legalization

Crawford County voters overwhelmingly backed Attorney General Eric Schmitt (R) in Tuesday’s election, while also opposing the legalization of marijuana. 

Schmitt received 76 percent of the vote against Trudy Busch Valentine (D) in the race to replace Roy Blunt (R) in the Senate.

Turnout for Tuesday’s election in Crawford County was 46.61 percent.

There were 7,655 ballots cast in a county of 16,425 registered voters.

Amendment 3, which would legalize recreational marijuana in Missouri, was opposed by more than 58 percent of voters.

County voters opposed Amendment 1, which would have allowed the state treasurer to invest in municipal securities and allow the legislature to expand investment options.

Voters backed Amendment 4, which allows the legislature to increase the mandatory minimum funding level for the Kansas City Police Department.

On Amendment 5, county voters backed the creation of the Missouri Department of the National Guard, elevating it to a Cabinet-level state entity instead of a division of the Department of Public Safety.

Voters also opposed calling a constitutional convention.

In other state races, county voters backed Scott Fitzpatrick (R) for state auditor and Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) in the 3rd District.

Ron Copeland (R) was unopposed in his run for the 120th state district.

All county officials were unopposed.

See more in the Nov. 16 issue.