Republican 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 Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Josh Hawley wins reelection to U.S. Senate from Missouri.
Continue Reading Republican 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 Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mark Alford wins reelection to U.S. House in Missouri’s 4th Congressional District.
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The National Weather Service in St. Louis confirmed on Tuesday that a small, short lived tornado caused damage in northeastern Montgomery County Monday night. Strong storms rolled through that part of Mid-Missouri around 9:30. The EF-0 tornado lasted about 2 minutes and had a maximum wind speed of 65 mph. The path was about 2
Continue Reading Republican 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 Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Jason Smith wins reelection to U.S. House in Missouri’s 8th Congressional District.
Continue Reading Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida voters rejected ballot measures to protect abortion rights and legalize marijuana. Tuesday’s results hand a victory to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who used state resources and campaigned heavily to defeat each issue. The abortion measure would have prevented lawmakers from passing any law that penalized, prohibited,
Continue Reading Republican Rep. Jake Ellzey won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Texas on Tuesday, defeating Democrat John Love III to secure a third term in office. Ellzey, a retired Navy officer and former commercial airline pilot, defeated two other Republicans in the March primary to advance to the general election against Love. Texas’ 6th
Continue Reading Republican Brad Knott won election to a U.S. House seat representing North Carolina on Tuesday, flipping a Democratic-held seat. Democratic Rep. Wiley Nickel did not run for reelection. Knott is a former federal prosecutor from Raleigh and defeated Democrat Frank Pierce. Knott won the Republican nomination for the 13th District in a runoff after receiving
Continue Reading Kamala Harris won Colorado on Tuesday, picking up the state’s 10 electoral votes. Colorado was once a purple state, flipping between Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, but it has shifted blue in the past two decades. The last Republican presidential candidate to snag Colorado’s electoral votes was George W. Bush in 2004. Since then, it’s
Continue Reading Republican 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 Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump wins Missouri.
Continue Reading Republican Rep. Sam Graves won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Missouri on Tuesday. Graves was reelected in the GOP-leaning 6th District of northern Missouri by defeating Democrat Pat May. Graves has served in Congress since 2001 and is chair of the House Transportation Committee. After his first general election in 2000 was close,
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sam Graves wins reelection to U.S. House in Missouri’s 6th Congressional District.
Continue Reading Republican Mike Kehoe defeated Democrat Crystal Quade to win the Missouri governor’s race on Tuesday. Kehoe is Missouri’s lieutenant governor. Quade is the state House minority leader. Kehoe will succeed GOP Gov. Mike Parson, who was barred by term limits from seeking reelection. Kehoe was favored to win the heavily Republican state, but Quade and
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Mike Kehoe wins election for governor in Missouri.
Continue Reading Democrat Jason Crow won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Colorado on Tuesday. He initially won the seat in 2018, becoming the first Democrat to represent the central district since it was created in the early 1980s. Crow, a former Army Ranger who served three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, was appointed
Continue Reading Democratic Rep. Joseph Morelle won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing New York on Tuesday. Morelle was first elected to represent the Rochester-area district in 2018 after serving as majority leader in the New York State Assembly. In Congress, he is the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee. Morelle in July proposed a
Continue Reading Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen won reelection to a U.S. House seat representing Tennessee on Tuesday. Cohen has served the 9th Congressional District since 2007 in a seat that encompasses Memphis. Cohen is the lone Democratic congressional representative among Tennessee’s nine House members after Republicans redrew the maps in 2022 and split Nashville to favor GOP
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