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Jason Rosenbaum: 7 takeaways from Missouri’s expensive — and potentially unfinished — primary

TonysKansasCity.com: Kansas City primary 2026 winners & losers

St. Louis Public Radio photo gallery: Local Democrat election night parties: Cori Bush, Wesley Bell, Jake Zimmerman, Brian Williams

St. Louis Magazine: Fred Wellman’s race against Ann Wagner is on – but he needs money; Democrat burned $900,000 to eke out 2,500-vote win against underfunded neophyte Joan VonDras

KSDK (St. Louis): Fresh off overspending for narrow victory in Democratic primary, Wellman criticizes Wagner’s mutual fund portfolio

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93.9 The Eagle’s Wake Up Missouri (Columbia, Springfield, Cape Girardeau): U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt on Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, Lindsey Graham’s replacement, storm relief funds, Protect College Sports Act and Mizzou’s football season

St. Louis Magazine: WashU’s Andrew Martin says he did not help write controversial letter from Trump’s Secretary of Education Linda McMahon

St. Louis Public Radio: Suit filed to force a vote on Missouri’s GOP-leaning congressional redistricting map

JCNT: Battle continues over Missouri First Map

The Hill: Missouri election chief rejects petition for referendum on new Trump-backed districts

P-D: Question of Missourians’ power to veto congressional maps heads to the courts (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

KCUR’s Up to Date: A high-stakes fight over Missouri anti-redistricting campaign; interviews with Secretary of State Denny Hoskins and People Not Politicians Executive Director Richard von Glahn

KOMU (Columbia): Political group sues Hoskins in effort to force a vote on gerrymandered congressional map

Gray Media (KMOV, KFVS, KY3, KCTV): Group sues Missouri Secretary of State over rejection of redistricting vote

Missouri Independent: Referendum campaign asks court to block new Missouri map from November election

Missourinet: Primary sees surge in nonpartisan ballot requests

JCNT: Cole County reports highest primary voter turnout in last decade

P-D: Despite defeat, governor says he’ll still work to cut taxes (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Gray Media (KMOV, KFVS, KY3, KCTV): After Amendment 5 defeat, Kehoe vows to keep looking for ways to cut taxes

KSDK (St. Louis): Kehoe vows to continue trying to cut taxes

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): 4 incumbent GOP lawmakers who supported Amendment 5 lose primary challenges

KC Star: Which Missouri lawmakers voted for Amendment 4 & 5? Democrats want you to know; House Superminority Leader Ashley Aune on “AxeTheHacks” campaign (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

KRCG (Jefferson City): Kehoe, Aune weigh in on Amendment 5’s lopsided loss

Springfield Daily Citizen: Sen. Curtis Trent reflects on why he lost to Lori Rook in Senate District 20 Republican primary

KC Star: Democrats smell an opening in Missouri. The Lee’s Summit primary voting show why; Jon Patterson (R) vs. Keri Ingle (D)

The Leader (Jefferson County): Niles Stephens (R-Wildwood) wins state House District 110 primary

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P-D: Webster Groves officials charged the city for strip clubs, pot store and Airbnb, audit says (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

St. Louis Public Radio: Webster Groves staff swiped their credit cards at strip clubs, cannabis shops, investigation finds

The Beacon (Kansas City): Missouri can expect another double-digit bump in ACA marketplace premiums

JCNT: MoDOT seeks feedback on unfunded transportation projects

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis advocate praises expansion of voting rights for formerly incarcerated people

St. Louis Public Radio: Missouri added to nationwide cyclospora outbreak, state health officials confirm

KY3 (Springfield): New Branson Tri-Lakes News relaunches after group of business owners revives more than 100-year-old publication

johncombestblog.com: How to collect debt after you loan someone money: My loan to a St. Louis area radio station owner

johncombestblog.com: How a gentle nudge can inspire a delinquent debtor’s change of heart

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KC Star’s David Hudnall: Missouri voters love Republicans but don’t actually like their policies (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

P-D’s Tony Messenger: A new tale of a mentally ill man who died in a Missouri jail. Anyone care yet? (avoid stltoday paywall by reading archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Wednesday, August 5, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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