Could municipal election results mean a more Democratic future for St. Charles County? ^69.3%

St. Louis Public Radio - By Jason Rosenbaum - 4/17/2026, 10:00 AM

Optimism Bias 21.1% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 20.5% - Confirmation Bias 16.9%

Melissa Duson sees herself as a “blue dot” in a historically red area of the St. Louis region. Duson lives in St. Charles County, one of the fastest-growing parts of the state that’s elected Republicans up and down the ballot for years. So when voters once again rejected self-identified conservative candidates to the Francis Howell... more