Prosecuting Attorney
St. Louis County, Missouri
My vote power
Normal
Election date
August 4, 2026 · Primary election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: Normal · 58 out of 100
This district covers a large share of its state, so each vote carries about average weight — like a vote in a statewide race. About 995,569 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(6,191,814 ÷ 995,569) ÷ ln(50,000) = 58.45, measured against a statewide vote in MO (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
Normal representation → My vote power: Normal.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information.
About this office
- Deciding which crimes get charged and which are dropped
- Making plea deals and asking for sentences
- Working with police on criminal cases
Affects: Anti-Corruption, Public Safety and Crime Control, Gun Control,
Candidates
Democratic · declared
David L. Bryant is a private defense attorney and former St. Louis County Traffic Court Commissioner. His legal career has also included service as a St. Louis city prosecutor and an attorney with the Missouri State Public Defender's office.
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Melissa Price Smith is the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney. She joined the office in 2008 and supervised its Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Team before being sworn in as prosecuting attorney in January 2025.
Records: Public Safety and Crime Control 3 for, Anti-Corruption 1 for, 1 against
Libertarian · declared
Theo Brown Sr. is chief of the Castlepoint Fire Protection Association, a community-association trustee, and a freelance paralegal. He previously served as Kinloch police chief and fire marshal and briefly served on the St. Louis Community College Board of Trustees in 2014.
Sources: extcontent.stlouisco.com · sos.mo.gov