Ike Skelton
Republican · MO · Camden County Presiding Commissioner
Ike Skelton is the presiding commissioner of Camden County and is nearing the end of his first term. He is also a small-business owner in the Lake of the Ozarks area.
Track record
Gun Control
· 1 record
As Camden County Presiding Commissioner, publicly criticized the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for asking county employees for residents' firearms-permit information and directed that county employees are not to assist any federal agency in enforcing firearm laws, citing Missouri's Second Amendment Preservation Act and the county's anti-commandeering ordinance.
April 7, 2023Against
Source: krcgtv.com · researched July 23, 2026
Data Privacy
· 2 records
Moved to direct the Camden County attorney to investigate and pursue civil litigation against the Missouri Department of Public Safety and Flock to enforce the county's license-plate-reader ban ordinance and have the camera removed; the motion died for lack of a second from the other two commissioners.
February 5, 2026For
Source: ky3.com · researched July 23, 2026
Stated his opposition to automated license plate readers as Presiding Commissioner when the Camden County Commission voted to ban license plate readers in the county, arguing the surveillance devices record innocent motorists and threaten citizens' freedom of movement.
December 12, 2023For
Source: ky3.com · researched July 23, 2026
Public Infrastructure
· 1 record
Moved at the Camden County Commission to place revenue-share funds into General Revenue for capital improvements to county property; the motion carried on a unanimous 3-0 vote of the commission.
February 5, 2026For
Source: camdencountymo.gov · researched July 23, 2026
General
· 1 record
Seconded and voted to approve rezoning requests PZ25-0190 and PZ25-0191 from B-2 commercial to R-1 residential at a Camden County Commission planning and zoning hearing, a change the commission confirmed bars condominium and commercial construction on the parcels.
January 15, 2026
Source: camdencountymo.gov · researched July 23, 2026
Integrity and Ethics
· 2 records
Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of obstructing government operations for removing the Flock Safety license plate reader and was fined $500 plus court costs; the two felony counts of stealing and tampering were dropped under the plea agreement.
October 6, 2025
Source: komu.com · researched July 23, 2026
Was charged by Camden County prosecutors with two felonies - stealing and first-degree tampering with a service of a utility or institution - and a misdemeanor count of obstructing government operations, after a Missouri State Highway Patrol sergeant reported seeing him remove a Flock Safety license plate reader from a pole on U.S. 54 on December 31, 2024; investigators recovered the camera from his county office.
March 6, 2025
Source: komu.com · researched July 23, 2026
Elections
- State Senator - District 6 · August 4, 2026 · State Senate District 6; Missouri
Profile last researched July 23, 2026.