A Montgomery City resident is the new Missouri State Senator in District 10.

Republican Mike Deering won the District 10 Senate Race in the general election on Nov. 3. He finished with 38,949 votes (65 percent) and defeated Democrat John Wells, who had 21,149 votes (35 percent).

Deering also finished with the most votes in Montgomery County with 2,683 votes (73 percent), while Wells had 993.

The 10th District represents communities across Callaway, Montgomery, Pike, Lincoln and portions of St. Charles counties. Deering will succeed Travis Fitzwater, who plans to step down from the legislature to become the executive director of the Missouri Technology Corporation.

Deering, who lived in Washington, D.C., for many years before moving to Montgomery City in 2012, is the executive vice president of the Missouri Cattleman’s Association. He is also a member of the Montgomery County R-II Board of Education and co-owns Nature’s Plow in Montgomery City with wife Julie. He has three children, Charley, Henry and Margaret.

Also, Republicans Bruce Sassmann and Jeff Myers were reelected in their respective State Representative races. Sassmann defeated Stacy Bax 9,673-3,494 in the District 61 race. Myers came out on top in the District 42 race, beating Amy Pritchard 9,700-4,810.

Sassman will continue to represent all of Osage and Gasconade counties and parts of Miller and Montgomery counties. He served the past six years as State Representative.

Myers will continue to represent Montgomery and Warren counties. He became State Representative in 2022.

At the county level, Sassmann won the most votes in the District 61 race with 1,830, compared to Bax with 775. Myers had the most county votes in District 42 with 840, while Pritchard had 270.

There were a total of eight uncontested races in the county level. Those who ran unopposed were Harry Cope (Presiding Commissioner), Nathan Carroz (Associate Circuit Judge), Lacy Fischer (Circuit Court Clerk), Carole Weeks (County Clerk), Sheila See (Recorder), Paul Boyd (Prosecuting Attorney), Jackie Spinks (Collector) and Lori Stiers (Treasurer). All of them are Republicans.

Montgomery County had 7,747 registered voters, and 3,805 (49.12 percent) voted in the Nov. 3 election, according to the County Clerk’s office. Voter turnout ranged from Rhineland/McKittrick’s 49.05 percent (the highest) to Wellsville’s 37.11 percent (the lowest).
Turnouts in the other precincts were Big Spring (48.92), Bellflower (48.67), High Hill (48.43), Middletown (48.06), New Florence (44.04), Jonesburg (42.69) and Montgomery City (40.49). There were 411 absentee votes and 30 voted at the Montgomery County Courthouse.

“Overall, I was pleased to see 49 percent of our registered voters participate in this election,” Weeks said.

Weeks credits the election judges and poll workers for their outstanding work on Election Day. There were nine polling places in the county.

“They put in very long hours, beginning their day at 5 a.m. and continuing until after the polls close,” Weeks said. “Their dedication, professionalism and hard work are essential to conducting a successful election. I cannot thank them enough for everything they do for Montgomery County.”