Clay Chism
Republican · MO
Clay Chism is a program administrator for the City of Auxvasse and a former Callaway County sheriff. His priorities include careful spending, open county government, and economic growth.
Where Clay Chism stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Spoke as sheriff at the Fulton Rotary Club for two county sales taxes on the November 2019 ballot. One tax paid for the sheriff's office and one for a new jail. He said only two deputies patrolled the county after midnight and the jail held more inmates than it had room for.
October 2, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: fultonsun.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Spoke as sheriff at the Fulton Rotary Club for two county sales taxes on the November 2019 ballot. One tax paid for the sheriff's office and one for a new jail. He said only two deputies patrolled the county after midnight and the jail held more inmates than it had room for.
October 2, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: fultonsun.com
Announced as sheriff that his office had reopened a 1981 killing near Portland after getting new information. The work led a grand jury to charge a suspect with capital murder.
May 4, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: fultonsun.com
Track record — General
General · 3 records
Took a job as program administrator for the City of Auxvasse. He helps the city administrator run city departments and manages federal grants.
May 15, 2025
Source: krcgtv.com
Resigned as Callaway County sheriff after losing his police license. His letter ended a county court case that sought to remove him from office.
April 23, 2024
Source: abc17news.com
Won the November 2016 general election for Callaway County sheriff. He beat Constitution Party candidate M.J. Eberhart. Unofficial results with 23 of 24 precincts in showed 14,196 votes to 1,705.
November 8, 2016
Source: fultonsun.com
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 3 records
Lost his police officer license for good when the Missouri Department of Public Safety revoked it. A state hearing panel had found enough evidence of his drunk driving and drinking on the job.
March 19, 2024
Source: abc17news.com
Pleaded guilty to misdemeanor drunk driving in Randolph County. The charge came from an October 2022 crash into a concrete barrier in Moberly. A judge accepted the plea, and a resisting arrest charge was dropped.
December 14, 2023
Source: komu.com
Was barred from serving as sheriff by an order from the county's top circuit judge. The state had suspended his police license three days earlier after reports he drank and bought liquor on the job.
June 12, 2023
Source: abc17news.com
Past race Clay Chism ran in:
- Callaway County Presiding Commissioner · November 3, 2026 · Callaway County, Missouri