JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – During a motion of previous question today, Rep. Kevin Engler, R-Farmington, stood to acknowledge that someone special had a question for Caucus Chair Rep. Shelley Keeney, R-Marble Hill, who was presiding on the dais.
Justin Taylor, a financial advisor from Sikeston who is very involved in the local Chamber of Commerce, approached the dais and asked Keeney to marry him. They embraced.
“I don’t think I heard your answer, Madame Speaker,” Engler said.
“Yes! Definitely yes!” said Keeney.
Keeney tearfully completed the motion, and the House is now recessed until 1:30 p.m.
CONGRATS FROM THE MISSOURI TIMES AND SEMO TIMES, SHELLEY!
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Rachael Herndon was editor of The Missouri Times until 2019. She also produced This Week in Missouri Politics, published Missouri Times Magazine, and co-hosted the #MoLeg podcast. Herndon joined The Missouri Times in 2014, returning to political reporting after working as a campaign and legislative staffer. In 2019, she entered Missouri’s cannabis industry, co-founding Greenway Magazine.
