As we close in on November’s elections, Arnold Patch is devoted to bringing you the information you need about every race in town. Here are the candidates and issues you'll see on the Nov. 6 ballot.

THE CANDIDATES

President/Vice President

• Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D)
• Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan (R)
• Gary Johnson and James P. Gray (L)
• Virgil Goode and Jim Clymer (C)

U.S. Senate

• Claire McCaskill (D)
• Todd Akin (R)
• Jonathan Dine (L)

U.S. Congress (District 2)

• Glenn Koenen (D)
• Ann Wagner (R)
• Bill Slantz (L)
• Anatol Zorikova (C)

Governor

• Jay Nixon (D)
• Dave Spence (R)
• Jim Higgins (L)

Lieutenent Governor

• Susan Montee (D)
• Peter Kinder (R)
• Matthew Copple (L)
• Cynthia Davis (C)

Secretary of State

• Jason Kander (D)
• Shane Schoeller (R)
• Cisse Spragins (L)
• Justin Harter (C)

State Treasurer

• Clint Zweifel (D)
• Cole McNary (R)
• Sean O'Toole (L)

Attorney General

• Chris Koster (D)
• Ed Martin (R)
• Dave Browning (L)

State Rep. District 97 (Arnold - Wards 1, 2 and 4)

• Sam Komo (D)
• John C. McCaherty (R)

State Rep. District 113 (Arnold - Wards 1, 2 and 3)

• Jeff Roorda (D)
• Dan E. Smith (R)

Missouri Supreme Court

• George W. Draper III

Court of Appeals - Eastern District

• Gary M. Gaertner, Jr.
• Sherri B. Sullivan
• Robert Clayton
• Lawrence E. Mooney

JEFFERSON COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICES

County Council - District 2

• Cheryl Hermann (D)
• Renee Reuter (R)

Sheriff

• Oliver "Glenn" Boyer (D)
• Dan Stallman (R) 

Treasurer

• Linda Nees (D)
• Ken Horton (R)

Assessor

• Terry Roesch (D)
• Robert Boyer (R)

Public Administrator

• Bruce King (D)
• Steve Farmer (R)

STATEWIDE BALLOT ISSUES

• Proposition A, which if passed, would put the City of St. Louis Police Department under local control.

• Constitutional Amendment 3, would reform the judicial selection process in Missouri at the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals level. Proponents of the amendment have abandoned their campaign for the measure, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported, citing bias in the ballot language approved by Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnhan.

• Proposition B, would increase tobacco taxes $0.0365 per cigarette and 25% of the manufacturer's invoice price for roll-your-own tobacco and 15% for other tobacco products, according to the ballot language. Estimated revenues of at least $283 million would fund public education in Missouri along with smoking prevention programs.

• Proposition E would prohibit the governor or any state agency, from establishing or operating state-based health insurance exchanges unless authorized by a vote of the people or by the legislature.