Oregon County, Missouri, had its local elections today, April 7, 2026. The results have come in for the various taxes and offices to be filled.
County-Wide Taxes
For Senate Bill 3, 57% of voters voted no, causing the measure to fail. The marijuana tax was passed with 66.7% voting for it. For the county road and bridge sales tax, 54.6% of voters voted no, resulting in the sales tax failing.
School Board Members
Thayer, Koshkonong, and Alton voted for new school board members. The Alton school district voted for three members: Bradley Fettig (29%), Mark Holman (28%), and Michael S. Taylor (23%) had the most votes.
For Thayer, the three candidates who received the most votes are Jason Baker (31.7%), Bill Honeycutt (31.6%), and Michael J. Morris (28.6%).
Koshkonong’s school district voted for four school board members total: for a three-year term, Ronnie Bunch, Anthony Ogden, and Nathan Tate were elected, and for the one-year term, Jane Ward was elected.
Alton
The citizens of Alton had multiple items to vote on. For mayor, Wesley E. Buckner was elected, as the only candidate. For Alton’s alderman, Rick Deckard and Hannah Schultz got elected.
The city of Alton also voted on whether to “forgo annual elections in the six years through 2032 for each office for which the number of candidates filing for the office equals the number of positions in the office up for election”; 54% of voters voted no on this measure.
The city of Alton did not pass the 3 1/2% on all lodging and hotel stays in Alton. Alton did pass, with 67% of the votes, a 3% sales tax on any recreational marijuana sold in the city.
Thayer
Thayer voted on a Thayer Special Road District Board Member; Lee “Buzz” Reynolds got 64% of the votes. For Thayer Alderman Ward I, Mark Bryant was elected, and for Ward II, Janice Tolar was elected. Thayer also passed a 3% sales tax on any recreational marijuana sold within the city limits. Voters (57%) also voted to impose a 5% sales tax on overnight lodging within the city.
Koshkonong
The city of Koshkonong voted in Mark Sanders and Michael Goss as aldermen. Jennifer Johnson was the only individual running for mayor of Koshkonong, so she was elected. The Koshkonong school district’s proposition passed with 56% of the votes.
Every Vote Counts
Of 7,208 registered voters in Oregon County, only 1,280 of those voted in this election. Many of the candidates, as well as some of the propositions and questions, throughout the county were separated by fewer than 10 votes. Even though sometimes it feels as if your vote doesn’t count, it does matter!
Results
For the Oregon County results from the county clerk/election authority, you can go here: Unofficial Result Summary.
