Theo Brown Sr. is running as a Libertarian for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. He faces Democratic incumbent Melissa Price Smith.

Brown resides in North St. Louis County. The St. Louis Public Radio's 2026 voter guide lists no campaign website for Brown.

Asked why he is seeking the office, Brown said in our candidate questionnaire: "As county top cop elected as chief law enforcement official my venue will enforce the chapter 590 rsmo and county code 6.040 on the training mandate on public safety officers … thus improve my county solvability factors on criminal case presentation on warrant applications …"

Candidate information

Party affiliation: "Lib township committee man and Senate district 13 committeeman," Brown said in our questionnaire.

Family: "Family membership by tradition composed of both policemen firemen PD chiefs fd chiefs," Brown said in our questionnaire.

Education: "Attended Blackstone school of law the slu mini law school attendee past yrs alumni stlcc graduate both St Louis police academy st louis fire academy st louis major case squad murder detective class of 1977 class 13 …" Brown said in our questionnaire.

Experience and public service

Brown said he has served as chief of police and fire marshal for the City of Kinloch, Missouri; chief at Castlepoint Fire Protection Association; township committeeman at St. Ferdinand Township; publisher of St. Louis Private Eye Magazine; paralegal for St. Louis County government; and lead investigator for abuse and neglect cases for the State of Missouri.

Brown served on the St. Louis Community College Board of Trustees representing Subdistrict 1 after his election in 2014, stepping down in 2015.

On the issues

Asked what changes he would make to the prosecution of violent crimes, Brown said in our questionnaire: "Work on the cold case solvability factors and give my cops mandated in service classes to help improve my county conviction rates and improve the warrant application issuance rate by better trained cops and arson investigators …"

Asked about differences between himself and other candidates, Brown said: "No concerned no comment my mission action is to put bad guy in jail and mental offenders in state mental detention centers where they belong to stop over crowding jails …"

Voters will decide the race on Election Day.