Tag: missouri

  • Ten Missourian candidates completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection Survey

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    Below are a selection of responses from the candidates who recently filled out Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. To read each candidate’s full responses, click their name at the bottom of the article. Justin Hicks is running for Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 108 and the Republican primary is on Aug. 2. Here’s how…

  • Missouri sees most U.S. House candidates since at least 2014

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    The filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Missouri this year was March 29, 2022. Fifty-nine candidates are running in Missouri’s eight U.S. House districts, including 22 Democrats and 37 Republicans. That’s 7.37 candidates per district, more than the five candidates per district in 2020 and the 4.87 in 2018. Here are some other…

  • Seven Missourian candidates completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey since June 8

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    Below are a selection of responses from the candidates who filled out Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey since June 8. To read each candidate’s full responses, click their name at the bottom of the article. Wally Long is running for election to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 157 and the Republican primary is…

  • Missouri General Assembly considered highest number of judiciary bills since 2019

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    In 2022, the Missouri General Assembly considered the highest number of judiciary bills since 2019, but passed the fewest number of bills. The General Assembly considered 267 judiciary bills during the 2022 legislative session and passed one bill. The next highest number of bills considered was in 2020 (242 bills) and 2 bills were passed…

  • Missouri General Assembly considered the highest number of government accountability and oversight bills since 2019

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    In 2022, the Missouri General Assembly considered the highest number of government accountability and oversight bills since 2019. The House and Senate considered 108 bills during the 2022 legislative session and 91 in 2021. Government accountability and oversight bills have been adopted into law in three (2022, 2021, and 2019) out of the past four…

  • Seven Missourian candidates completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey since June 1

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    Below are a selection of responses from the candidates who filled out Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey since June 1. To read each candidate’s full responses, click their name at the bottom of the article. Charles West is running for  U.S. House to represent Missouri’s 6th Congressional District and the Democratic primary is on Aug. 2.…

  • Candidates for office in Missouri complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

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    Below are a selection of responses from the candidates who filled out Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey since May 15, 2022. To read each candidate’s full responses, click their name at the bottom of the article. Raymond Reed is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District and the Democratic primary…

  • Missouri General Assembly considered the highest number of education bills since 2019

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    In 2022, the Missouri General Assembly considered the highest number of education bills since 2019. The House and Senate considered 149 bills during the 2022 legislative session and 73 in 2019. There were no education bills to become law in either year. Education bills have been adopted into law in two (2020 and 2021) out…

  • Two months to Missouri’s primary

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    Missouri’s 2022 primary election is in two months. It is scheduled for Aug. 2. The filing deadline was on March 29. A primary election is used to narrow the field of candidates for certain positions or to determine the political party nominees before a general election. Missouri has an open primary. Voters are not required…

  • How COVID, race, and gender affected the April 5 school board races in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin

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    School board incumbents lost at nearly twice the historical average rate in a sample of April 2022 school board contests where candidates offered views on three conflict issues.  Ballotpedia identified 141 school districts in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin that held elections on April 5, where candidates took a stance on race in education, COVID responses,…