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Tuesday, August 2, 2022 – Primary Day – Missouri political news headlines

Published August 2, 2022 (updated: August 3, 2022) in Missouri Political News - Daily Headlines. Tags: #moleg, #moleg news, #MOSEN, Elaine Edgar, Elaine Edgar Republican, Emanuel Cleaver, entitlement, Eric Greitens, Eric Schmitt, everything is racist, get around Southeast Missourian paywall, get around stltoday paywall, Gov. Parson, Governor Mike Parson, how to get around St. Louis Post-Dispatch paywall, how to get around stltoday paywall, John Combest, John Danforth, John Danforth complaining about modern reality, John Voss, John Voss Republican, John Wood Danforth, John Wood Missouri U.S. Senate, Kansas City Star endorsements 2022, KCUR liberal bias, liberal media bias in Missouri, Lucas Kunce, Lucas Kunce for Missouri, Lucas Kunce for Senate, Missouri 2022 U.S. Senate race, Missouri Department of Mental Health, Missouri Independent liberal bias, Missouri political journalism, Missouri Stands United Danforth, Nathan Thomas Republican, Post-Dispatch editorial board, Steve Kraske, Tessa Weinberg, Tony Messenger, Trudy Busch Valentine, Trudy Busch Valentine U.S. Senate Missouri, Trump endorsement U.S. Senate Missouri, Vicky Hartzler, victimhood.

sos.mo.gov: Election results (available after 7 p.m. Central)

P-D: Trump, declining to pick one candidate, endorses ‘ERIC’ in Tuesday’s U.S. Senate primary (get around stltoday paywall here)

SNL: Donald Trump backs ‘ERIC’ in eleventh-hour U.S. Senate sort-of endorsement

St. Louis Public Radio: Trump endorses ‘Eric’ in a GOP Senate primary that has two of them: Greitens and Schmitt both celebrate

Twitter.com: Combest on Saturday: Trump to declare “I LOVE ERIC”

St. Joseph News-Press: Greitens visits St. Joseph on eve of Missouri primary

Missouri Independent: Danforth’s John Wood delivers petitions to secure a spot on Missouri ballot for U.S. Senate bid

The Missouri Times: Combest, 7/29/22: Meet John Wood, the nondescript hood ornament on the Danforth DeLorean

Southeast Missourian: Cape County Republican Women issue apology to John Voss and Nathan Thomas regarding Elaine Edgar campaign video (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)

SE Missourian: Missouri House District 151 will take in part of Cape County, and other district boundary shifts (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)

St. Louis Public Radio: FEMA officials assess flood damage around St. Louis; Gov. Parson calls for federal help

KCUR: Up to Date with Steve Kraske: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver brings Kansas City tens of millions of dollars in federal funds for urban spending projects

SNL: Appeals court rejects College of the Ozarks lawsuit over single-sex campus housing

P-D: Missouri man with developmental disabilities remains in ER after service provider quit; statement from Missouri Department of Mental Health’s Debra Walker (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D endorsement recap: U.S. Senate primaries: Lucas Kunce (D); Vicky Hartzler or Dave Schatz (R) (get around stltoday paywall here)

KC Star endorsement recap: 4th Congressional District GOP primary: Taylor Burks

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City Star endorsements: Dead-tree contrary indicator

P-D’s Tony Messenger: ‘Unacceptable’ delays in Missouri food aid leave families to struggle (get around stltoday paywall here)

Missouri Independent’s Tessa Weinberg: Stark disparities persist in Missouri’s maternal mortality rate, but expanding Medicaid even further might help; Missouri’s pro-life laws will likely make things worse

P-D letter: Webster Groves sexagenarian says Josh Hawley “fills me with contempt for him” (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D letter: New Haven octogenarian says Missouri’s Second Amendment supporters should not call themselves “pro-life” (get around stltoday paywall here)

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