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St. Louis Public Radio: Hawley and Kunce trade barbs in Missouri U.S. Senate debate 5 days before election; Jon Hamm stumps for Kunce in St. Louis City

johncombest_com on Instagram: Photo: Don Draper pitches a bargain-bin knockoff

Brad (Hildebrand) & John (Combest) Show on 104.5 FM (Washington, Mo.), Friday morning: Highlights of Hawley-Kunce debate and Jon Hamm’s fly-in (link opens at 15:50 mark)

P-D: Josh Hawley, Lucas Kunce lock horns on Jan. 6, abortion in televised US Senate debate (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Missouri Independent: Josh Hawley, Lucas Kunce trade insults in only televised debate of Missouri Senate race

Combest, The Missouri Times, October 2022: How to treat losing U.S. Senate candidates and their staffers the weekend before the election: “embrace her warmly, hold her closely, and remind her: This will all be over soon.”

St. Louis Public Radio: Profile/interview: Bethany Mann (D), running in 3rd Congressional District

P-D: St. Louis appears to have sent grant money to fake businesses; U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt has called on federal Treasury Department to investigate St. Louis Development Corporation (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Friday morning: Snackable items from Austin Huguelet’s piece on fake St. Louis food and “health” businesses (link opens at 2:45 mark)

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Highlights of Crystal Quade on Mark Bland’s show, including Brad Pitt and How I Met Your Mother; Brad vs. John on Kehoe vs. Quade (link opens at 17:15 mark)

johncombest_com on Instagram: Crystal Quade and How I Met Your Mother’s “Hot-Crazy” Scale

KZRG (Joplin) Morning News Watch: Missouri Republican Party Chair Nick Myers on tonight’s Newton County Bean Feed program: confirmed speakers include Eric Burlison, Mike Kehoe, Andrew Bailey, Vivek Malek, state lawmakers; Newton County Prosecuting Attorney Will Lynch will explain Missouri Supreme Court elections; more

P-D: Blues, Royals pump money into sports betting question ahead of Tuesday election (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Midwest Newsroom, via St. Louis Public Radio: Abortion and sports betting ballot measures draw donors from far outside the Midwest

This Week in Missouri Politics Mid-Week Update: Scott Faughn talks with Missouri Senate Campaign Committee’s Drew Dampf on Mike Kehoe (0:30), Adam Schnelting (R) vs. Matt Williams (D) (3:45), ranking the three competitive Senate races (5:30), Jerry Nolte (R) vs. Maggie Nurrenbern (D) (6:45), Trump voters vs. traditional Republicans (10:30), Joe Nicola (R) vs. Robbie Sauls (D) (14:20), optimism for 2025 Republican unity (24:30), freshman class of GOP senators (28:00), David Gregory vs. Joe Pereles (33:00), promos for upcoming shows including KMOS election preview and Election Night in Missouri (40:05), more

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Marc Cox Morning Show: Incoming Sen. Adam Schnelting (R) on early voting turnout and his 2025 legislative priorities

This Week in Missouri Politics F-150 Campaign Tour: Sen. Jason Bean (R)

This Week in Missouri Politics F-150 Campaign Tour: Sen.-elect Jamie Burger (R)

This Week in Missouri Politics F-150 Campaign Tour: Incoming Sen. Mike Henderson (R)

This Week in Missouri Politics F-150 Campaign Tour: Rep. Ken Waller (R)

Missouri Independent: Handful of Missouri legislative races will determine fate of GOP super majorities

Columbia Missourian: Political signs vandalized and stolen ahead of Election Day

KC Star: Missourians voting early are seeing long lines. Should officials have been more prepared? (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Brad & John Show, Friday morning: Kacen Bayless does a thorough job on KC-area voting snafus (link opens at 11:55 mark)

St. Louis Public Radio: Challenge to St. Charles County early voting process spurs confusion for some voters

Brad & John Show, Thursday: Second-guessing St. Charles County Elections Director Kurt Bahr (link opens at 11:05 mark)

JCNT: Early voter turnout ‘double’ what election officials expected

Missouri Independent: Defamation case against lawmakers over Chiefs parade shooting posts refiled in Missouri

JCNT: Woman charged with damaging state vehicles

JCNT: Food trucks stop today at Capitol during lunchtime

The Hour (Norwalk, Conn.) via P-D: Documents detail man’s scheme to defraud Missouri State, 3 other universities

P-D: State panel OKs Ameren gas plant in south St. Louis County (avoid stltoday paywall by reading Combest-archived version here)

Brad & John Show, Thursday morning: Recap of Allison Kite’s Fredericktown lithium fire story and Brad’s primer on fighting lithium fires (link opens at 2:15 mark)

Brad & John Show: Thursday show summary (via Instagram)

KC Star op-ed: Robert Sauls: Running for state Senate to create a Missouri my son wants to live in

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