Longtime Democratic operative Alan Green has been selected by the Missouri Democratic Party’s nominating committee to serve as its candidate to fill a vacancy in the 67th District in the Missouri House of Representatives. Former state Representative Steve Webb (D – 67th District) resigned the seat in December 2013.
A spokesperson for the Missouri Democratic Party said the nomination meeting was held on April 23 and chaired by Gwen Reed. The committee was comprised of elected committeemen and women from Spanish Lake and Lewis & Clark Townships, according to Reed. A weighted voting system was used, giving Spanish Lake Committee persons 138 votes and Lewis & Clark committee persons 38 votes. Green received a total of 274 weighted votes, the party said.
In a special election to be held August 5, Green will face Republican Dwayne A. Strickland and Libertarian Jeff Coleman to succeed Webb for the rest of his term, which expires January 2015.
Also on August 5, Green will face Sylvester Taylor II, Larry Davis Jr. and Tony Weaver for the Democratic nomination to serve the 67th District in the next term. The Democrat who wins the primary will face Strickland and Coleman in the November general election.
In other words, if Green wins the special election on August 5 against Strickland and Coleman – which is likely in the overwhelmingly Democratic North County district – he will serve until January. However, if he loses the primary on August 5, then the Democratic nominee will serve the next term, if he beats Strickland and Coleman in November, which is likely.
Green, a North County resident of 32 years, has served as special assistant to the director of the Missouri Department of Social Services, director of Missouri’s Office of Equal Opportunity, staff member for two St. Louis County county executives, director of Lutheran Family and Children services and adjunct professor at St. Louis Community College.
Webb resigned in January after being accused of stealing $3,000 in campaign funds. He pleaded guilty March 20 and was sentenced to five years probation, in addition to a 45-day jail sentence that ends May 15, followed by 45 more days of home detention.
