This one admittedly flew under our radar, but State Sen. Dan Clemens, R-Marshfield, won a second term on May 19. That's when Democratic challenger Joyce Dana withdrew, according to the Secretary of State's website.
Dana is an educator that got into the race for the 20th district seat on the last day of filing in March. Dana was deputy superintendent of the Springfield School District from 1988 to 1993 and was superintendent of the Marshfield district until the school board bought out her contract in 1998.
Clemens has no Republican challengers in August or Democrats in November. He bested Jim Kreider in 2002 by 9,000 votes. The 20th district covers Webster, Christian, Douglas and areas of Greene County that aren't in the city of Springfield.
That means three of southwest Missouri's state senate seats will go uncontested this year. Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, and Sen. Delbert Scott, R-Lowry City, also by win default.
Sen. Norma Champion, R-Springfield, will face former state rep. Doug Harpool to represent Springfield in Jefferson City.
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Kim Wright, a social worker from Joplin, is collecting signatures to get her name on the ballot in the 32nd Senatorial District as an independent. That would give Sen. Nodler opposition in November.
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