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Wednesday, March 27, 2024 – Missouri political news headlines

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2024 Primary Election candidate list

Rosenbaum: Missouri’s primary matchups are set – 7 takeaways from a wild final day of election filing

This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update (5 p.m.): GOP consultant David Barklage joins Scott Faughn to recap filing day news and the August primary landscape

Scott Faughn on X: Link to Barklage video, with timestamps for each topic

This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update (12 p.m.): Scott Faughn on mid-day news, rumors

Missouri Independent’s Rudi Keller: Open seats, primary challenges mean Missouri Senate will see most turnover in two decades

Missouri Independent: Republican senator leaves Congressional race to run for Missouri secretary of state

Missouri Independent: Dean Plocher switches races, now running for secretary of state

KC Star: Dean Plocher launches bid for secretary of state (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

BJShow.co: Brad & John Show: Tuesday morning: Update on Jamie Corley for secretary of state (Segment A, 2:45) and how to tell Dean Plocher is running (A, 5:45); Scott Faughn’s X post on Plocher’s announcement (Segment B, 1:15)

BJShow.co: Brad & John Show: Mike Hamra’s residency issue and what Crystal Quade will hammer home (Segment A, 8:15)

Instagram: Is Chicago guy Mike Hamra a Cubs fan or not? (Featuring 1989 WGN “Cubs Power” anthem)

Southeast Missourian’s J.C. Reeves: David Dolan, retired circuit judge, to run for Jamie Burger’s open House seat; Dolan “formerly a registered [sic] Democrat” (avoid Southeast Missourian paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

johncombest_com on X (3/12/24): Southeast Missourian reporter J.C. Reeves profiles District 147 Democratic candidate, fails to mention name of incumbent (John Voss) or 2022 election results (Voss won by 34 points)

St. Louis Public Radio: Biden cruises to victory in Missouri’s unusual party-run presidential primary

SNL: Biden wins Missouri Democratic presidential preference primary

KC Star: Erin Hawley urges Supreme Court to restrict abortion pill as Josh Hawley looks on (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on AOL here)

JCNT: Small group of pro-life activists protest Walgreens over abortion pill

KC Star: Missouri Republicans want to enshrine abortion ban in state constitution amid ballot push (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

JCNT: Gov. Parson, state officials honor Missouri firefighters at Capitol

JCNT: House panel mulls overhaul of Missouri school funding system, meets resistance from home-schoolers

Columbia Missourian: Senate omnibus education bill gets House attention

JCNT: Sen. Rusty Black (R-Chillicothe) seeks to create rainy day fund for Missouri education

Columbia Missourian: ‘We need child care infrastructure’: Missouri child care gaps affect kids, parents, providers

JCNT: Bernskoetter, Fitzwater sponsor bills regulating pharmacy choices

Brownfield Ag News: Water bills advance through Missouri Legislature; comments from Missouri Soybean Association’s Casey Wasser

JCNT: Utility regulation bill contents spark questions from advocates

P-D: State takeover of St. Louis Police Department gets first-round approval in House (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D: Hazelwood School District pens scathing response to AG Bailey’s DEI investigation (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

KCUR: KCUR editorial staffers begin the process of forming a union. Pay is a key issue

JCNT editorial: Let’s learn lesson, not repeat mistake on FRA

P-D editorial: The Bailey Tally … Let us count the ways. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

P-D editorial: AG Andrew Bailey stokes racial animus over Maurnice Declue’s horrific beating of Kaylee Gain (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

BJShow.co: Brad & John Show: Tuesday morning, Segment B: Breaking down the Mark Maxwell vs. Andrew Bailey story: what Bailey’s office must do better (10:45); why Maurnice Declue’s beatdown of Kaylee Gain was probably not a hate crime (11:00); how the Scharf campaign influenced Bailey (15:45)

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle

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