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PrintCOLUMBIA — As campaigns heat up in preparation for November's general election, social media figures to play a prominent role as candidates fight for "likes" and "follows."
You can find pictures from the trail on Facebook, press releases on Twitter and political advertisements on YouTube. Of course, how each candidate chooses to use each platform is up to him or her.
If you'd like to use social media to learn more about the candidates, bookmark this page and return through the fall to see your favorite races unfold online.
The Missourian has also put together social media feeds of all the candidates' publicly available Facebook and Twitter accounts.
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Statewide races
Attorney General
Chris Koster (Democrat)
Incumbent
Official website
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Flickr
Ed Martin (Republican)
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Dave Browning (Libertarian)
Governor
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon (Democrat)
Incumbent
Official website
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Flickr
Dave Spence (Republican)
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Jim Higgins (Libertarian)
Lieutenant governor
Peter Kinder (Republican)
Incumbent
Official website
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Susan Montee (Democrat)
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Cynthia Davis (Constitution)
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Matthew Copple (Libertarian)
The Missourian could not locate any social media accounts for Copple.
U.S. Senate
Claire McCaskill (Democrat)
Incumbent
Official website
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Google Plus
Tumblr
Todd Akin (Republican)
Official website
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Jonathan Dine (Libertarian)
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Secretary of State
Jason Kander (Democrat)
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Shane Schoeller (Republican)
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
Google Plus
Foursquare
Cisse Spragins (Libertarian)
The Missourian could not locate any social media accounts for Spragins.
Justin Harter (Constitution)
The Missourian does not have a portrait on file and could not locate any social media accounts for Harter.
Treasurer
Clint Zweifel (Democrat)
Incumbent
Official website
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
Flickr
Cole McNary (Republican)
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
Sean O'Toole (Libertarian)
Local Races
4th District U.S. House
Vicky Hartzler (Republican)
Incumbent
Official website
Facebook
Twitter
Teresa Hensley (Democrat)
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
Thomas Holbrook (Libertarian)
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Google Plus
Greg Cowan (Constitution)
The Missourian could not locate any social media accounts for Cowan.
19th District Missouri Senate
Kurt Schaefer (Republican)
Incumbent
Official website
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
Mary Still (Democrat)
Official website
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
44th District Missouri Representative
Ken Jacob (Democrat)
Caleb Rowden (Republican)
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
45th District Missouri Representative
Chris Kelly (Democrat)
Official website
Campaign website
46th District Missouri Representative
Stephen Webber (Democrat)
Official website
Campaign website
Facebook
YouTube
Flickr
Fred Berry (Republican)
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
47th District Missouri Representative
John Wright (Democrat)
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
Mitch Richards (Republican)
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
50th District Missouri Representative
Caleb Jones (Republican)
Official website
Campaign website
Facebook
Twitter
Boone County Northern District Commissioner
Janet Thompson (Democrat)
Don Bormann (Republican)
Boone County Southern District Commissioner
Karen Miller (Democrat)
Incumbent
James Pounds (Republican)
The Missourian could not locate any social media accounts for Pounds.
Boone County Administrator
Cathy Richards (Democrat)
Incumbent
Official website
Campaign website
John Sullivan (Republican)
Supervising editor is Joy Mayer.
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Comments
Y'all might want to look at who you have marked as incumbents (or not) since there are some errors above, and candidate websites are listed as their challengers in at least one place.
With all the money about to roll in from this new 24-hour scheme, I would be happy to point out the errors at my standard rate of $75/hour.
@John: Thanks for reading. We did update the story and status of a couple of the candidates. Thanks for letting us know about the problem.
Laura Johnston, news editor
Columbia Missourian