Every incumbent Missouri senator challenged in Tuesday’s primaries won renomination, but Republican voters rejected sitting House members in five districts. In the Senate primaries, a big money advantage generally, but not in every case, carried the day. One notable exception was in the 31st District of western Missouri, where incumbent state Sen. Rick Brattin of […]
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson wasn’t on the ballot Tuesday. But he was still one of the biggest winners of the night. Watching from the sidelines as election results poured in — barred from running again because of term limits — Parson’s legacy was before voters in the form of the three men he appointed to […]
I’ve always thought that true political talent is rooted in dexterity: the ability to appeal to a wide variety of constituencies without significant internal contradictions. Every politician starts with his or her base. Sometimes that base is ideological. Other times it is, racial, geographic or generational. Candidates with dexterity are not only able to expand […]
Dave Wasinger secured the Republican nomination for Missouri’s lieutenant governor on Tuesday, emerging out of a crowded primary where candidates spent millions seeking the office. With all precincts reporting, Wasinger led state Sen. Lincoln Hough of Springfield by just under 7,500 votes. Wasinger is an attorney from St. Louis who has not previously held elected […]
Missourians on Tuesday voted to require Kansas City to spend more of its municipal budget on policing, reinstating a policy that had been overturned by the state supreme court. The race was called by the Associated Press at 11:30 p.m., with the amendment winning 51% to 48%. That means the Missouri Constitution will be amended […]
Missouri voters on Tuesday rejected an attempt by lawmakers to exempt child care facilities from paying property taxes, an incentive supporters hoped would help with the state’s day care shortage. When the Associated Press called the race at 10:30 p.m., more than 54% of Missourians had voted against amending the Missouri Constitution to offer the […]
State Sen. Denny Hoskins emerged from an eight-way primary Tuesday to capture the Republican nomination for Missouri Secretary of State. He was declared the winner by the Associated Press at 10:15 p.m., holding 24% of the vote. Hoskins served in the Army National Guard before becoming a certified public accountant. He has represented Warrensburg in […]
Former state Sen. Bob Onder is the Republican nominee in Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District, defeating another former state lawmaker to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer. The Associated Press called the race at 10:15 p.m., with Onder leading former state Sen. Kurt Schaefer 45% to 39%. Onder is a physician who ran for Congress and […]
Missouri Republicans ratified Gov. Mike Parson’s choice of successor Tuesday by nominating Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, rejecting the scion of a veteran political family and the disruptive tactics of the GOP’s most vocal faction. Kehoe trailed Ashcroft in most polls until this summer, when the $16 million campaign warchest he amassed in his campaign fund […]
St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell defeated U.S. Rep. Cori Bush in the Democratic primary for the 1st District Congressional seat on Tuesday, capping a showdown between the highest profile political figures to emerge from the Ferguson uprising 10 years ago. The Associated Press called the at 10 p.m. with Bell holding 51% of the […]
SPRINGFIELD — Southwest Missouri native and House Democratic Leader Crystal Quade won her party’s nomination for governor Tuesday in a primary race she said shows the power of grassroots campaigning. Quade, who has represented Springfield in the Missouri House for eight years, defeated Mike Hamra, a businessman also from Springfield. She’ll face Lt. Gov. Mike […]
State Treasurer Vivek Malek defeated multiple challengers Tuesday to hold on to his party’s nomination to keep his job this fall. The Associated Press called the race for Malek at 9 p.m. He will face Democrat Mark Osmack and Libertarian John A. Hartwig Jr. in November.  “I want to thank my family and everyone who […]
COLUMBIA — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey survived a tough primary challenge from a member of former president Donald Trump’s legal team on Tuesday to win the GOP nomination for a full term in office. His opponent, Will Scharf, conceded the race shortly before 8:30 p.m. with Bailey leading 62% to 37%. Bailey soon addressed […]
Missouri’s education department hopes to resolve a backlog of payments to daycares across the state in the next two months, agency staff told the State Board of Education on Tuesday. The department previously predicted the backlog — which has left many daycares on the brink of closure — would be overcome by the end of […]
Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday in a move meant to boost the Democratic ticket’s appeal in key Midwestern states and with blue-collar voters. Walz, a former social studies teacher and Army National Guard veteran who won challenging elections in a rural U.S. House district before running […]
The Missouri Housing Development Commission awarded millions of dollars in public funds and tax credits without notice or public votes, a former employee alleged in a lawsuit filed last week. The lawsuit, filed in Jackson County, claims the commission regularly violated the state’s Sunshine Law and the law governing its actions, which requires an “affirmative […]
As Jess Bray pulled up to a 21-acre farm nestled in an eastern Oklahoma valley, she instantly got a warm feeling. “This is the place,” she thought. After attempting to buy two other properties before being outbid by cash buyers, Bray and her husband Jon began to wonder whether their dream of owning and operating […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s efforts to delay sentencing in former President Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York were rejected Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision came a day before Bailey won the Aug. 6 primary election against Will Scharf, a member of Trump’s legal team. In a one-page order, the court […]
Federal wildlife officials on Monday proposed listing a large butterfly once prevalent in the grasslands of Kansas and Missouri as threatened. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it would seek protections for the regal fritillary, large non-migratory butterfly with orange and black markings. It exists in an eastern and western subspecies. The service is […]
When Missourians head to the polls in November, they may get to vote on whether to overturn their state’s near-total abortion ban and legalize abortions up to the point of fetal viability. But one lawmaker says the results of that vote may not matter if his colleagues approve his bill declaring that fetuses are people. […]
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