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ELECTION NIGHT UPDATES: Boone County results final; Sasser, Snodgrass, Waner, Peters win

April 6, 2021 5:47 PM ABC 17 News Team

Check back here for updates throughout the night.

Three candidates face off for the open Columbia City Council Ward 2 seat.

Waner wins Ward 2 Columbia City Council seat

April 6, 2021 6:25 PM Zach Boetto

The chair of Columbia’s Human Rights Commission has won an open seat on the Columbia City Council.

Vote here sign at Miller Performing Arts Center

2 Jefferson City Council members keep their seats in re-election

April 6, 2021 6:04 PM Victoria Bragg

The economy and public safety are two of the issues candidates are emphasizing in four contested Jefferson City Council races.

Live April election results

April 6, 2021 5:28 PM ABC 17 News Team

Polls close at 7 p.m.

Voters in line to cast their absentee ballots Monday at the Boone County Government Center.

What to expect at Boone County polling places for Tuesday’s municipal election

April 6, 2021 4:35 AM Zach Boetto

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Boone County polling places on Tuesday’s municipal election day will continue coronavirus safety protocols for the second year in a row. According to the Boone County Clerk, you’ll need a mask and an ID to vote at your polling place. On this year’s ballot, voters will be debating over school board positions,

Boone County accepting absentee ballots ahead of Tuesday’s election

April 3, 2021 5:39 AM Ben Fein

The Boone County Clerk’s Office is hosting an in person absentee voting event Saturday ahead of Tuesday’s election.

Multiple candidate forums being held ahead of April 6 election

March 29, 2021 2:20 PM ABC 17 News Team

Multiple candidate forums are scheduled to be held this week in Jefferson City and Columbia.

Big decisions on ballots in every Mid-Missouri county

March 26, 2021 3:16 PM Matthew Sanders

School districts and city boards in each county are selecting their elected leaders and many of those ballots also include issues related to sales and property tax increases and school bond issues.

Columbia to elect school board, city council and state House members this April

March 26, 2021 12:32 AM Matthew Sanders

Voters in the Columbia Public Schools boundaries will elect two school board members from a five-person field on April 6.

Kehoe won’t pursue Senate but will run for governor in 2024

March 22, 2021 9:50 AM Associated Press

The field of potential candidates seeking to replace Sen. Roy Blunt has narrowed with Missouri Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe announcing he will not seek the Republican nomination in 2022 but will instead run for governor in 2024.

QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should COVID-19 concerns still be a valid reason to vote absentee?

February 25, 2021 2:21 AM ABC 17 News Team

Missourians were able to claim such vulnerability to request absentee ballots in last years’ elections.

Teachers’ group to host virtual Columbia Board of Education forum

February 18, 2021 11:54 AM Meghan Drakas

Columbia Board of Education candidates will field questions from teachers at a virtual forum Thursday hosted by the Columbia National Education Association.

Mid-Missouri House Republicans vote against Trump impeachment

January 13, 2021 3:57 PM Matthew Sanders

Each of the U.S. House lawmakers representing Mid-Missouri voted against impeaching President Donald Trump on Wednesday for inciting the Capitol riot.

Defiant Trump denounces violence but takes no responsibility for inciting deadly riot

January 12, 2021 10:17 AM CNN Newsource

A defiant President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday his speech inciting the riot at the US Capitol was “totally appropriate” while at the same time calling for “no violence” in his first public remarks to reporters after the insurrection last week.

US Capitol Police confirm death of officer after pro-Trump riot

January 8, 2021 1:50 AM CNN

The US Capitol Police confirmed the death of one of their officers late Thursday from injuries suffered when a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol a day before. Capitol Police said in a statement that Officer Brian D. Sicknick died at approximately 9:30 p.m. ET Thursday “due to injuries sustained while on-duty.”

Hawley says he will ‘never apologize’ for Electoral College objection

January 7, 2021 3:05 PM Matthew Sanders

A defiant U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley said he will “never apologize” for his Electoral College vote challenge amid an insurrection at the Capitol.

Prosecutors ‘looking at all actors,’ including Trump, as charges are filed against Capitol rioters

January 7, 2021 3:39 PM CNN

Federal investigators are looking at everyone involved in the unrest at the US Capitol on Wednesday, including the role President Donald Trump played in inciting the crowd, the acting US attorney in Washington, DC, said Thursday.

Biden condemns Trump for ‘inciting a mob’ to storm the Capitol

January 7, 2021 1:15 PM CNN

President-elect Joe Biden said Thursday that President Donald Trump is directly responsible for “one of the darkest days in the history of our nation,” a day after Trump-supporting rioters stormed the US Capitol.

House members representing Mid-Missouri vote to uphold Electoral College objections

January 7, 2021 9:56 AM Matthew Sanders

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The three members of the U.S. House representing Mid-Missouri each voted to support objections to Electoral College vote certification in two battleground states. Reps. Vicky Hartzler, R-Harrisonville, Sam Graves, R-Tarkio, and Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-St. Elizabeth, each voted in favor of the objections in a joint session of Congress that started Wednesday and

Trump pledges orderly transition after Congress affirms Biden’s win and Capitol riot

January 7, 2021 2:54 AM CNN

President Donald Trump publicly acknowledged that he would leave office on January 20 for the first time Thursday, pledging an orderly transfer of power after Congress affirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College win. “Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an