OVERLAND PARK, Kansas — Voters in a landslide Tuesday defeated a proposed amendment to the Kansas constitution that would have stripped residents of abortion rights, defying polling and political observes who expected a close result. The ballot measure was failing by a 63-37 margin at 9:45 p.m. as voters responded to an intense and costly campaign marked […]
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. Louis, on Tuesday defeated primary challenger Steve Roberts, virtually ensuring her reelection this November in the heavily Democratic 1st Congressional District.
Bush got 69% of the vote. Roberts had 26%.
Roberts, a moderate challenger, had appealed to voters by claiming that Bush's controversial votes — against the federal infrastructure bill and defense spending, for example — had cost the district. Bush countered that she brought $1 billion in federal relief…
Update: According to final, unofficial results, Sam Page ended the night with 63.47 percent of the vote while Jane Dueker only received 36.53 percent of the vote. In the Republican race for county executive, Katherine Pinner pulled out a surprise victory with 56.1 percent of the vote to Shamed Dogan's 43.9 percent. Original story follows....
Update: According to final, unofficial results, Gunby took 85 percent of the vote, while Reed took 14.7 percent. Original story follows. Missouri Rep. Trish Gunby (R-Ballwin) has defeated Ray Reed in the Democratic primary for the Second Congressional District, according to preliminary, unofficial results from the St. Louis County Board of Elections.
Update: According to final, unofficial results, U.S. Rep. Cori Bush took 69 percent of the vote to Steve Roberts' 26.6 percent. Original story follows. Two years ago heading into the Democratic primary, Cori Bush was considered the underdog, an activist who was a longshot in her quest to take down longtime Congressman William Lacy Clay Jr.
A Missouri high school teacher was sentenced to 30 years without parole in federal prison Tuesday for a sextortion scheme involving 11 identified child victims and about a dozen more unidentified victims.
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt took the Republican U.S. Senate primary Tuesday, in a bid to fill the seat being vacated by retiring Republican Roy Blunt. Trudy-Busch Valentine, meanwhile, won the Democratic primary.
Update: According to final, unofficial results, Schmitt bested the field with 45.6 percent of the vote. Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler finished second, claiming 22 percent, while former Gov. Eric Greitens won 18.9 percent. Original story follows....
ST. LOUIS — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt beat back a crowded field of opponents Tuesday night to secure the Republican nomination for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate seat. With most precincts reporting, Schmitt led with 45% of the vote, compared to 22% for U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler and 19% for disgraced former Gov. Eric Greitens. […]
UPDATE 9:02 P.M.: The race has now been called. Eric Schmitt has won the U.S. Senate GOP Primary with 147,023 votes out of 39.9% of precincts reporting. Vicky Hartzler was in second with 76,245 votes. SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-- Congressman Billy Long, one candidate on the ballot for the Republican Senate nomination, said he has congratulated Eric [...]
Oh come on: The Defense Department wiped the phones of top departing DOD and Army officials at the end of the Trump administration, deleting any texts from key witnesses to events surrounding the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, according to court filings. [The officials include] former acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller, ...continue reading "Yet more people had their phones wiped after the 1/6 insurrection"
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