Nine PBS and St. Louis Magazine have partnered to bring you Race for County Executive: The St. Louis Citizens' Agenda, an hour-long special featuring candidates Dennis Hancock, Brian Williams, and Jake Zimmerman.
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Nine PBS and St. Louis Magazine partner to cover the 2026 St. Louis County Executive race.
In interviews conducted by Nine PBS and SLM on behalf of Citizens’ Agenda, we asked the candidates about emerging technologies—and their own AI use.
By Elizabeth Stump, St. Louis Magazine.
Speaking to Nine PBS and SLM for the Citizens’ Agenda, the three leading candidates differed on public transit and how best to pay for road repair.
By Nicholas Phillips, St. Louis Magazine.
All three leading candidates said the county needs to make it easier to build housing, while Democrats expressed concern over the county’s wide-ranging senior tax freeze.
By Samir Knox, St. Louis Magazine.
The County Council has a famously antagonistic relationship with County Executive Sam Page. The leading candidates vying to replace him say they can achieve a reset—but they differed on how.
By Ryan Krull, St. Louis Magazine.
The three leading candidates say the county needs to get its own house in order first—or suggested they needed to take cues from their constituents.
By Sarah Fenske, St. Louis Magazine.
Through a series of surveys and in-person listening sessions, Nine PBS, in partnership with St. Louis Magazine, asked St. Louis County residents what priorities mattered most to them when deciding whom to elect as County Executive.
The answers were compiled into five agenda items that informed in-depth interviews of three of the candidates led by Sarah Fenske and shot on location at three St. Louis County Library branches.
