Sen. Jason Bean, R-Dunklin County, launched his own bid for Senate leadership Friday. Bean issued a letter to his colleagues announcing his run for Assistant Majority Floor Leader, focusing on accountability, consistency in leadership and uniting of the Republican caucus.
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Schmitt's new ad, titled “Wrong for Farmers." was released this week during the Missouri State Fair, the largest gathering of members of the agricultural community in the whole state.
"It's what the people want!" Paula Prentice, a volunteer with Legal Missouri 2022 and a board member for NORML KC, a non-profit cannabis reform group, said. "People were happy, happy to sign, happy to get medical options."
The event, dubbed the Bi-State Softball Showdown, was put on by Greater St. Louis Inc, an economic development agency in the Gateway City that operates on both sides of the Mississippi River.
The conservative caucus, an unofficial alignment of Missouri senators that have been at the center of infighting in the Republican supermajority over the past two years, has disbanded.
All 11 of Missouri's women in the upper chamber, both Republican and Democrat, have taken one message on tour this summer — "You Can, Too!"
Attorney General Eric Schmitt rolled to a smashing victory in the U.S. Senate race with 45% of the vote. Congresswoman Hartzler came in second with 22%. In a change of pace, it was the woman beating Eric Greitens, instead of the other way around, he came in a distant third with a weak 18%.
Child advocate Jill Carter has won the Republican primary to represent Missouri’s 32nd Senate District. Carter beat incumbent Sen. Bill White by nearly five points in a tightly contested election.
State Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, R-Arnold, has won the Republican primary to represent Missouri’s 22nd Senate District.
Rep. Nick Schroer, R-O’Fallon, has won the Republican primary in Missouri’s Second Senate District.