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Wednesday, November 2, 2022 – Missouri political news headlines

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KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo Show: Scott Faughn sets the over-under on Eric Schmitt’s margin of victory (2:15), differences between Eric Schmitt and Josh Hawley (3:30), statewide pulse on Amendment 3 (6:00) and Amendment 4 (7:45), naming the replacements for Eric Schmitt as attorney general (9:30)

SNL: U.S. Senate race overview: Valentine vs. Schmitt

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless: Hillary Clinton spreads misinformation about star of Trudy Busch Valentine campaign ad

KC Star’s Kacen Bayless and Jonathan Shorman: Co-workers say Mark Alford (R) was a toxic bully in the newsroom; in 2017, anchor once expressed frustration about lack of available coffee; other terrifying tales

JCNT: 8-days-out campaign finance reports: U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer’s re-election (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Supporters, opponents weigh in on Amendment 3; thoughts from Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove (D-Kansas City), Legal Missouri 2022’s John Payne, Crossing Paths PAC’s Eapen Thampy; brief bullets on other proposals

Missouri Independent: St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones announces opposition to Missouri marijuana amendment

KWIX 92.5FM/1230AM: Local League of Women Voters rep attempts “nonpartisan” opinions on Amendment 1 and Amendment 4

Fox 4: FOX4/Emerson poll gives insight into Missouri amendment on KC police funding (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

Missourinet: Jay Ashcroft on state constitutional convention ballot question

Missourinet: All 56 judges on Missouri ballot get favorable marks

Columbia Missourian: Local state legislative candidates spar at Chamber of Commerce forum

Columbia Missourian: Missouri House District 50 overview: Douglas Mann (D) vs. James Musgraves (R)

JCNT: 8-days-out campaign finance reports: Rep. Dave Griffith (R-Jefferson City) outraises J. Don Salcedo (D) in Missouri House District 60 race (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)

P-D: ArchCity Defenders co-founder disciplined by Missouri Supreme Court; Michael-John Voss says depression caused him to misuse group’s credit cards (get around stltoday paywall here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Army Corps of Engineers hiring goals for new NGA facility construction employees: 14% minorities, 6% women

P-D: Missourians have until Monday to apply for flood aid (get around stltoday paywall here)

JCNT: Governor, lawmakers, Department of Mental Health have diverse views on school shootings (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)

P-D: No ‘magic’ mushrooms for Missouri’s troubled vets, legislative panel says (get around stltoday paywall here)

JCNT: Gov. Parson seeks to fill shortages in law enforcement agencies with new scholarship opportunity (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)

JCNT: Missouri’s Alzheimer’s State Plan Task Force hears from Jefferson City; thoughts from Alzheimer’s Association’s Jerry Dowell, others (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)

KC Star: Jackson County Executive Frank White (D) proposes $1 million abortion tourism fund

SE Missourian endorsements: Yes on Amendment 1; No on Amendment 3; No on Amendment 4; Yes on Amendment 5; No on Constitutional Convention (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)

JCNT editorial: Missouri’s Cancer Action Plan has more inaction than action (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)

P-D editorial: Missouri can still make pregnancy less deadly here. It still chooses not to. (get around stltoday paywall here)

River City Journalism Fund’s Monica Abrodovic, via St. Louis Public Radio: Cop killer Kevin Johnson wants clemency

P-D letter: Creve Coeur reader responds to reader’s response to Schmitt’s response to Valentine’s inherited wealth (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D letter: Lake Ozark octogenarian says Post-Dispatch’s non-endorsement of Trudy Busch Valentine makes her “very angry” (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D letter: Pacific octogenarian says Post-Dispatch’s non-endorsement of Trudy Busch Valentine “caused (her) to despair of even voting” (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D letter: St. Louis woman says she read Post-Dispatch’s non-endorsements “with my mouth hanging open” (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D letter: Grantwood Village sexagenarian criticizes Gov. Parson for lack of electric vehicle charging stations, calls governor “a shallow thinker” (get around stltoday paywall here)

P-D letter: St. Louis City septuagenarian says more gun laws would not have stopped latest high-profile urban shooting (get around stltoday paywall here)

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