Missouri State Senate District 5

It is now time again for Missouri to vote for their state senator. The election that happens every four years has come around and it’s not time to make our decision.

This year, the Democradic candidate is Steve Roberts, and the Republican candidate is Michael J. Hebron. In the primary, Roberts faced a few other opponents, which he beat out with a total of 12,238 votes. On the other hand, Hebron was the only Republican candidate and had no trouble getting the win. Roberts is also running for his second term.

Now that we know how these two men got to the final election, let’s get to know them and their ideas for Missouri. Steve Roberts is big on advocating for criminal justice reform. It’s a large part of his ideas this year and it was a part of what he did in the last few years already. Last year he authored legislation to incentivize employers to provide full time employment to felons seeking a second chance. He also in the past filed the Money Bail Reform Act, which prevented nonviolent and low level offenders from being confined unnecessarily while waiting for trial. As you can see he’s already made an impact for Missouri and this year he’s trying to advocate big for women’s rights and voter empowerment.

The next candidate is Republican Michael Hebron. Hebron was the only Republican runner this year but he didn’t take that as an automatic win. Hebron has campaigned tirelessly for redlining in Missouri. As well as other rights for property owners. Hebron is a realtor and knows the struggle of the job here in Missouri. He wants to be a voice for everyone. He believes that he, as a realtor working in poorer neighborhoods, has seen enough to know what the people need. He wants to be able to help business owners keep their stores and property owners to have better rights. He is putting a big fight out for redlining, which is refusal to give loans to people in poor neighborhoods as it might be a financial risk. Hebron is doing his best to get rid of those rules to help the people in property ownership.

With the election coming soon, it’s important to know each candidate and what they want to bring to the table. Always understand each side so you can give a fair and accurate vote.