It’s been awhile since voters in District 110 have had a choice for state representative.
Since the maps of Missouri’s General Assembly were redrawn following the 2010 Census, Republican Timothy Jones was the only candidate to seek the seat in 2012.
He was replaced by Kirk Mathews, another Republican, also the sole candidate for either party in 2014 and 2016.
Mathews, of Pacific, opted not to run for a third two-year term to return to the private sector and to help his wife attend to her ill father.
Two Republicans seeking to succeed him are running in the Aug. 7 primary election – Dottie Bailey and Matt Doell, both of Eureka.
The winner will face Democrat Cody Kelley of Pacific in the November general election.
Neither Bailey nor Doell returned a Leader candidate questionnaire.
Bailey, 44, is making her first run at an elected office but has volunteered with several campaigns and has worked on various issues. . She is on the board of the St. Louis Tea Party Coalition and the board of governors of the Mortgage Bankers Association of St. Louis.
Bailey graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a bachelor’s degree in science and has worked in the banking industry. She is a single mother with a son, Asher, and daughter, Gracie.
Doell, 54, is a preconstruction director at Alberici Constructors and a former vice president for Sachs Electric.
He graduated from the University of Missouri at Rolla (now Missouri University of Science and Technology) with a degree in electrical engineering and has a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is a member of the Rockwood Board of Education, and has been its president for the last three years. He is a former committee chairman of Boy Scout Troop 322 in Eureka and was the chairman of the homeowners association in Aspenhof.
He and his wife of 25 years, Kris, have two college-age sons.
The 110th District takes in southwest St. Louis County including Eureka and parts of Wildwood and parts of eastern Franklin County including most of Pacific.
State senators and representatives receive a $35,915 annual salary plus mileage and $113 per day in expenses for each day the General Assembly is in session.