Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Missouri cleared the way to undo one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans in one of seven victories for abortion rights advocates, while Florida, Nebraska and South Dakota defeated similar constitutional amendments, leaving bans in place. Abortion rights amendments also passed in Arizona, Colorado, Maryland and Montana.
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Eric Burlison won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Missouri on Tuesday. Burlison won his second term representing a reliably Republican district in southwest Missouri, which includes the Joplin area. Before being elected to the U.S. House in 2022, Burlison served in the Missouri House and Senate. He also worked as a
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Missouri voters approved a measure on Tuesday that enshrines abortion rights in the state constitution and replaces a near-total ban on the procedure. The measure guarantees a person’s right to get an abortion and make other reproductive health decisions. It opens the door to legal challenges of a ban on most abortions
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Eric Burlison wins reelection to U.S. House in Missouri’s 7th Congressional District.
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Missouri add right to abortion to state constitution, opening the door to strike a ban from state law.
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Ann Wagner won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Missouri on Tuesday. Wagner captured her seventh term in the 2nd District in suburban St. Louis by defeating Democrat Ray Hartmann. Wagner served as chair of the Missouri Republican Party, co-chair of the Republican National Committee and ambassador to Luxembourg before her election
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Ann Wagner wins reelection to U.S. House in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District.
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Emanuel Cleaver won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Missouri on Tuesday. Cleaver defeated Republican Sean Smith to claim his 11th term representing the Democratic-leaning 5th District in the Kansas City area. Cleaver is a Methodist minister who founded a branch of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a civil rights group. He
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Emanuel Cleaver wins reelection to U.S. House in Missouri’s 5th Congressional District.
Continue ReadingRepublican Bob Onder won election to a U.S. House seat representing Missouri on Tuesday. Onder captured his first term in the 3rd District, which covers central and east-central Missouri, by defeating Democrat Bethany Mann. Onder is a doctor who served two years in the Missouri House and eight years in the Missouri Senate before his
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Bob Onder wins election to U.S. House in Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jordan Kyrou, Alexey Toropchenko and Oskar Sundqvist scored to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2. Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington made 21 saves for his 149th career win moving him past Jake Allen for second place in franchise history, just two wins behind Mike Liut’s
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. Josh Hawley won a second U.S. Senate term representing Missouri on Tuesday. Hawley beat Democrat Lucas Kunce, a lawyer who served 13 years in the Marine Corps. Much of the race focused on Hawley’s conduct on Jan. 6, 2021, when he defiantly raised his fist to supporters of then-President Donald Trump outside the
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Josh Hawley wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Missouri.
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Mark Alford won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Missouri on Tuesday. Alford defeated Democrat Jeanette Cass to win his second term in the Republican-leaning 4th District. Alford worked as a television news reporter and anchor in Texas and Florida and then anchored the morning show for WDAF-TV in Kansas City for
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mark Alford wins reelection to U.S. House in Missouri’s 4th Congressional District.
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Jason Smith won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Missouri on Tuesday. Smith, an attorney, has represented the reliably Republican district in southeast Missouri since winning a special election in 2013. Before his election to the House seat, he served four full terms in the Missouri House and held leadership positions in
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Jason Smith wins reelection to U.S. House in Missouri’s 8th Congressional District.
Continue ReadingRepublican Donald Trump won the reliably conservative state of Missouri on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Kamala Harris. Missouri voters overwhelmingly favored Trump over Democrats in the 2016 and 2020 elections, and he was favored to win again this year. In the past decade, the GOP has become increasingly dominant in Missouri, and Republicans now hold all
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump wins Missouri.
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