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Tuesday, November 8, 2022 – Election Day – Missouri political news headlines

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Missouri Secretary of State election results (available after 7 p.m. CST)

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Wake Up America Show: Austin Petersen talks with Scott Faughn about what kind of U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt will be (34:30), DOJ election observers (37:00), Amendment 3 chances (40:30), Missouri’s “ridiculous” initiative petition system (44:45)

The Missouri Times’ Scott Faughn: This Week in Missouri Politics column: Senate leadership races; Schmitt’s margin of victory; Tracy McCreery vs. George Hruza; Amendment 3; Gov. Parson’s attorney general and state treasurer picks

AP: Missouri to send two new Republicans to U.S. House

KC Star: Recreational weed is on Missouri’s ballot. Your questions about Amendment 3, answered

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis-area election officials see early voting surge thanks to new no-excuse rule

Missouri Independent: Missouri election officials stand up to Biden’s DOJ over “election monitoring”

P-D: Missouri officials sparring with feds over election monitoring (get around stltoday paywall here)

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JCNT: The Parsons recognize military wives with lunch at the mansion (get around Jefferson City News Tribune paywall here)

P-D: Missouri governor heading overseas on a 10-day trade mission (get around stltoday paywall here)

Missouri Independent: 2023 legislative session preview: Gun control

P-D: Rural Missouri school districts get federal grant money for electric buses (get around stltoday paywall here)

SE Missourian: Missouri Department of Commerce and Industry (MDCI) warns again earthquake coverage lacking in Southeast Missouri (get around Southeast Missourian paywall here)

TonysKansasCity.com: Dave Helling retires from Kansas City Star

Joplin Globe editorial: Biennial “please vote” editorial

The Missouri Times editorial: Eric Schmitt will be a fantastic United States senator

P-D editorial: Election denial is the norm for Republicans like Josh Hawley and Eric Schmitt. That’s a crisis for democracy. (get around stltoday paywall here)

St. Louis Public Radio intern/”poet and journalist” Britny Cordera: Extreme ideology fueling threats of violence nationwide, but St. Louis County election officials say voters are safe

Joplin Globe letter: Joplin octogenarian says Eric Schmitt will help turn America into “a mob-ruled, conspiracy-fueled country”

P-D letter: Richmond Heights septuagenarian says Post-Dispatch’s criticism of Cori Bush opponent is hypocritical (get around stltoday paywall here)

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