CNN By Kristen Holmes, Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump is kicking off the final full week of the presidential race Sunday with a rally at Madison Square Garden, betting on his own showmanship as he seeks to fill the iconic venue and create a spectacle that will reach television and
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A term-limited state lawmaker running for a seat on the Boone County Commission said Friday that she turned in nearly 5,000 petitions to the county clerk to put a measure freezing senior property tax on the ballot in 2025. Cheri Toalson Reisch, a Republican being term-limited from her Missouri House seat after
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Among many things on the ballot, Missouri voters will decide who they feel will best serve as the state’s attorney general in the upcoming election on Nov. 5. Republican and current Attorney General Andrew Bailey is running for a full term. He was appointed in January 2023 after his predecessor, Eric Schmitt, was voted
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Roughly 4,200 people have voted early in person in Boone County, according to Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon. No-excuse absentee voting began in Missouri on Tuesday. There were 1,500 people who voted the first day. In Boone County, no-excuse absentee voting takes place every day – except on Sundays – between 8
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Democratic incumbent Justin Aldred is facing off against Republican Sam Turner in the Boone County Southern District commissioner race. Boone County Commissioners District Map Early voting is currently underway in Missouri and Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Justin Aldred Aldred was first elected as the Southern District commissioner in November 2020.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Democratic incumbent Janet Thompson is facing off against state Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch in the Northern District commissioner race in Boone County. Boone County Commission District Map, credit: Boone County Government Early voting is currently underway in Missouri and Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 5. Janet Thompson Thompson was first elected to the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The City of Columbia in a Wednesday press release reminded residents that the first day to file for the April 8 election is Oct. 29. Races in April for the city include mayor and the Wards 3 and 4 council seats. Election packets for potential candidates can be picked up at the
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Associated Press A Missouri reporter was injured slightly by a metal fragment from Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce as he practiced shooting at a campaign event. The KSHB-TV reporter was hit in the arm by flyaway metal as the Marine fired an AR-15-style rifle at targets at an exurban Kansas City home Tuesday. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) There were 1,500 people who voted in Boone County on Tuesday, when in-person, no-excuse absentee voting opened in Missouri, according to Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon. Lennon said the 1,500 voters exceeds the votes cast on the first day of early in-person voting in 2022. She said she also expects the amount
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Democratic state Rep. Barbara Phifer and Republican Sen. Denny Hoskins will face off in the race for Missouri’s Secretary of State on Nov. 5. The Secretary of State serves as Missouri’s chief elections official and is responsible for maintaining and preserving records, overseeing the State Library, regulating the securities industry and serving
Continue Reading COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In-person, no-excuse absentee voting for the Nov. 5 election begins on Tuesday in Missouri. Do you plan on voting early? Let us know in the poll and in the comments.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) As of Tuesday, more than 1,000 people in Boone County and more than 1,200 in Cole County have voted absentee, according to each county’s respective county clerk offices. Have you voted absentee in the Nov. 5 election? Do you plan on voting absentee? Let us know in the comments and in the
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) With Election Day less than a month away, a growing number of Americans do not trust the process, but Missouri officials are still confident that the state’s elections are fair and secure. A study by the Pew Research Center found that after the 2020 presidential election only 21% of Donald Trump supporters
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Blair Murphy announced his intent to run for Columbia mayor in a Thursday afternoon press release. Murphy is the third person to throw their hat into the April mayoral race. Mayor Barbara Buffaloe announced her reelection bid last month and Tanya Heath announced her intent to run for mayor. Murphy and his wife Melissa own
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri voters will decide in November whether to reinstate a $3 court fee to help fund retirement benefits for county sheriffs and prosecutors. The official ballot language states, “Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to provide that the administration of justice shall include the levying of costs and fees to support salaries
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Democratic candidate Jim Bates and Republican state Rep. Kurtis Gregory will face off in the Missouri Senate District 21 race on Nov. 5. District 21 covers Cooper, Howard, Saline, Lafayette, Ray, and the northern portion of Clay County. Republican Kurtis Gregory has served as a Missouri House Representative for District 51 for
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By Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith told a federal judge on Wednesday that the Supreme Court’s decision limiting some obstruction charges against those who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, should not apply to Donald Trump in the election subversion case against the former president. One primary reason the obstruction
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 1,000 people have voted absentee as of Tuesday afternoon, according to Boone County Clerk Brianna Lennon. With roughly three weeks until the Nov. 5 General Election, Lennon said absentee voting has been “popular,” and she expects a heavy voter turnout this year. Lennon said she predicts a 70% voter turnout,
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Ron Graves announced his bid for the Columbia City Council Fourth Ward seat on Tuesday night in a press release. Multiple seats on the Columbia City Council will be up for grabs in April, including Wards 3, 4 and the mayor’s seat. Nick Foster is the current Ward 4 councilman. In his
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A Missouri policy think tank has released a study calling out what it says are myths about a proposal to increase Missouri’s minimum wage and require employers to provide paid leave.
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