Hancock has been serving as a county councilman for District 3 in St. Louis County and was formerly the mayor of Fenton, Missouri, from 2001-2013, according to a St. Louis County biography page.

Her late father-in-law was Charles Hazley Jr., a powerful councilman who represented the 3rd District from 1971 until 1991, when then-newly imposed term limits forced him out of office.

Cole County voters threw their support behind Republican Bob Onder in the race for Missouri's 3rd Congressional District. Onder, a physician and former state senator from St. Charles County ...