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Politico reports that young people are pissed off: While these voters are frustrated by Washington’s slow action on climate change and student debt, there’s another, often overlooked reason for their growing pessimism: The surging cost of housing has hit them harder than anyone else. The combination of record-high home prices and escalating mortgage costs — ...continue reading "Most Boomers had higher housing costs than Millennials"

Jessica Loeffler was caught stealing in Circuit Judge Timothy Boyer's courtroom, charges say.

Republican incumbent Blaine Luetkemeyer will face Mann for the spot to represent Missouri's 3rd Congressional District in November.

State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick easily won the Republican nomination for Missouri auditor Tuesday, defeating state Rep. David Gregory. With nearly all precincts reporting, Fitzpatrick held a nearly 30 percentage point lead over Gregory. This fall he will face Democratic state Rep. Allen Green of Florissant, who was unopposed in his party’s primary, and Libertarian John […]

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Page was ahead in the polls in St. Louis County and thanked supporters.

Trish Gunby won the Democratic nomination on Tuesday to take on incumbent U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District.  Gunby, a state lawmaker from Manchester, bested Reed, who conceded the race shortly after 10 p.m. The Democratic nominee faces an uphill battle against Wagner, a five-term Republican incumbent who saw her district reworked […]

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Update: According to final, unofficial results, Valentine bested the field with 43.1 percent of the vote. Lucas Kunce finished second, claiming 38 percent, while Spencer Toder finished a distant third with less than 5 percent of the vote. Original story follows....

Valentine is up 44% to Lucas Kunce's 38%, according to a compilation by the New York Times.

State Sen. Eric Burlison claimed the GOP nomination in the heavily Republican 7th Congressional District on Tuesday, beating beating out seven other contenders in the Republican primary.  He will take on Kristen Radaker-Sheafer, who emerged from the Democratic primary, and Libertarian Kevin Craig. The GOP race attracted a big field of candidates after the longtime […]

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St. Louis city voters decided on Proposition S, a bond issue that would allow the city to borrow $160 million to improve schools.

Anheuser-Busch heiress Trudy Busch Valentine won the Democratic nomination for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate seat Tuesday, defeating her closest rival, former Marine Lucas Kunce. With nearly all precincts reporting, Busch had won 43% of the vote, compared to 38% for Kunce. Throughout her campaign, Valentine has said working as a nurse and experiencing immense grief […]

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More than four million voters are registered to vote in Tuesday's election, but the Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said he doesn't expect half of those voters to head to the polls.

Trudy Busch Valentine has won the Missouri Democratic primary in the race to replace retiring Senator Roy Blunt.

Former Kansas City anchorman Mark Alford emerged from the crowded GOP primary in the 4th Congressional District on Tuesday. In the sprawling 24-county 4th District, Alfort bested his main rivals —  Sen. Rick Brattin, farmer Kalena Bruce and former Boone County Clerk Taylor Burks — in a race that saw massive outside spending from political […]

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Laura Keys is the projected winner of a special election to fill a vacant St. Louis City Alderman seat.

Senator Roy Blunt's retirement leaves an open seat in the U.S. Senate.

Page declared victory in a speech shortly after 9:30 p.m. "We've accomplished a great deal. Our economy is stronger and growing," he said.

Yikes. Deputy Boyd stayed for approximately two hours, during which time he made numerous inappropriate sexual statements and commands, which the district court found were neither invited nor consensual. For example, Deputy Boyd told Tyson that he and fellow officers had recently seen her at a restaurant, and he repeated sexual comments that the officers […]