Crystal Quade, candidate for Missouri governor
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Name: Crystal Quade
Party: Democratic
Previous political offices: Missouri House of Representatives; House minority floor leader
Website: https://crystalquade.com/
Policy: Quade is considered the Democratic frontrunner. Her platform focuses largely on a populist message of financial help for working families and support for abortion rights.
Quade also reminds voters of her own working-class background as a first-generation college graduate who worked her way through school. Her platform also includes further restrictions of Chinese ownership of Missouri farmland, much like her Republican rivals.