2022 election
Kit Bond and John Ashcroft endorse Eric Schmitt for U.S. Senate, despite past relationships with John WoodIndependent candidate John Wood continues to take losses in his last-minute bid for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate seat, missing out on two massive endorsements last week that some believed… Read More
2022 election
Independent Senate candidate John Wood’s financial links to Missouri appear just as tenuous as his residential tiesMissouri U.S. Senate independent candidate John Wood has more residential ties to Virginia than the Show-Me State, as The Heartlander has reported. And the same is apparently true… Read More
2022 election
Poll: Abbott leads O’Rourke by 7 points(The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is leading Robert “Beto” O’Rourke by seven percentage points in the race for governor, according to a new Dallas Morning News… Read More
Politics
Cheney’s hint at presidential run after loss met with skepticism(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney hinted that a presidential run may be in her future after a resounding primary loss Tuesday. The suggestion was met with… Read More
National
Hageman ousts Cheney in Wyoming GOP primary(The Center Square) – Harriet Hageman won Wyoming’s Republican primary election Tuesday, unseating incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney. As of 6:30 a.m. MDT Wednesday with about 90% of… Read More
2022 election
Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat rated a toss-up by election forecastersIncumbent Mark Kelly (D), Blake Masters (R), and Marc Victor (L) are running in the general election for Arizona’s Class III U.S. Senate on Nov. 8. As of August… Read More
2022 election
Better Elections wasted millions of out-of-state dollars in failed effort to get ranked-choice voting on the ballotJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A petition to get ranked-choice voting (RCV) on Missouri’s November ballot not only failed miserably, but wasted millions of out-of-state dollars in the process. … Read More
2022 election
With just an apartment in KC but a multimillion-dollar home in Virginia, does Senate candidate John Wood even live in Missouri?U.S. Senate candidate John Wood touts himself as a sixth-generation Missourian. But does he even live in the state anymore? Wood, whose own Missouri Bar license says he… Read More
Biden administration
More Democrats question Biden on 2024 ticket(The Center Square) – As midterm elections approach, some Democrats remain hesitant to say whether President Joe Biden should run again in 2024. U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., offered… Read More
2022 election
Voters in St. Louis, Missouri, approve two ballot measures on Aug. 2On August 2, voters in St. Louis, Missouri, approved two ballot measures—Proposition F and Proposition S. St. Louis Proposition F amended the city’s charter to increase the maximum… Read More
2022 election
Authors of Missouri’s abortion ‘trigger law’ win competitive Senate primaries(The Center Square) – Two members of the House of Representatives who championed the trigger law to end abortion in Missouri convincingly won competitive primary races for Senate… Read More
2022 election
Missouri AG Schmitt decisively wins Republican nomination for U.S. Senate(The Center Square) – Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday in convincing fashion, doubling the number of votes of… Read More
2022 election
Republicans lead Congressional ballot as Biden dips below Trump, Carter’s approval rating(The Center Square) – Republicans have a sizable edge over Democrats as the midterm elections draw closer, according to a new poll.Updated CBS News’ Battleground Tracker … Read More
2022 election
Trump endorses ‘ERIC’ for Missouri U.S. Senate seat in race with three Erics(The Center Square) – Two Republican candidates vying for the seat of retiring Missouri U.S. Senator Roy Blunt publicly claimed the endorsement of former President Donald Trump on Monday… Read More
2022 election
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft: Missourians can trust their elections to be safe, secure and credibleJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – With the highly anticipated primary elections underway, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft says Missouri is one of the nation’s leaders in election integrity thanks to… Read More
Politics
Two out-of-state campaigns that spent millions expected to fall short on signatures to get initiative petitions on the ballotJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Two campaigns that dumped millions of dollars into Missouri to get recreational marijuana and ranked-choice voting (RCV) on the November ballot will come up short… Read More
2022 election
Former Democratic judges declare invasion, now run for reelection as Republicans in Texas border communities(The Center Square) – Two life-long Democrats are now running for judicial reelection as Republicans in Texas border communities. Both women say they are fighting against the Biden administration’s… Read More
State Government
Marine veteran and retired KCPD Sgt. Eben Hall running for state representative in Missouri District 38CLAY COUNTY, Mo. – Marine veteran and retired police Sgt. Eben Hall is running for state representative in Missouri House District 38 in Clay County, vowing to support law… Read More
2022 election
Poll shows 10% undecided in Illinois governor’s race focused on inflation, crime(The Center Square) – Recent polling highlights where potential voters stand when looking ahead to the gubernatorial election and whether or not voters would support a J.B. Pritzker presidential… Read More
State Government
Mazzie Boyd running for HD 2 on pro-small business and pro-Second Amendment PlatformJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Former Trump White House aide Mazzie Boyd is running for Missouri state representative on a platform of reducing taxes, bolstering small businesses and protecting citizens’… Read More