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97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: Sen. Eric Schmitt on voter turnout dynamics, polling discrepancies, and key midterm Senate races

97.1 FM (St. Louis): Mark Reardon Show: U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner on her re-election campaign and midterm elections

Spectrum News (Charter Communications): Wagner-Wellman race for Missouri’s second congressional district deemed ‘toss up’; Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Russ Carnahan touts “a lot of grassroots activity in that district and that’s what’s going to help that district flip”

P-D’s Joe Holleman: Wagner spending more on campaign than in recent years; Democrat consultant Mike Kelley says Fred Wellman victory “a real possibility” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free archived version here)

93.9 The Eagle’s Wake Up Missouri (Columbia, Springfield, Cape Girardeau): U.S. Rep, Bob Onder on the midterm elections

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: 6th Congressional District GOP candidate Chris Stigall

KCTV (Kansas City): Kansas City woman sentenced to 2 years in prison for planned ICE warehouse fire; Dara S. O’Connor created a Molotov cocktail and threw it next to the building (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

Nexstar (Fox 2 St. Louis, Fox4 KC, KOLR 10): Missouri Secretary of State Hoskins projects 55.6% voter turnout in Missouri

This Week in Missouri Politics #TWMPDaily: Scott Faughn and Secretary of State Denny Hoskins

This Week in Missouri Politics #F150CampaignTour with Scott Faughn – Mile 2,041 with incoming state Sen. Bill Hardwick (R-Waynesville)

This Week in Missouri Politics #F150CampaignTour with Scott Faughn – Mile 2,041 with incoming state Sen. Lori Rook (R-Springfield)

This Week in Missouri Politics #F150CampaignTour with Scott Faughn – Mile 2,200 with Missouri AFL-CIO’s Jake Hummel

KBIA (Columbia): California anti-utilities group aggregates political contribution data on Ameren, Spire, Evergy

The Missouri Times: Red Eye launches AI tool to help Missouri voters understand ballot measures

Beers & Budget with Erin Schrimpf and Andy Foley: Missouri’s budget squeeze: big requests, tough decisions ahead

YouTube: Beers & Budget episodes

JCNT: MOScholars students hit national averages as program expands

P-D: Prediction market Kalshi seeks court order blocking Missouri licensing demands (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free archived version here)

JCNT: MoDOT aims for fourth straight year of reduced road fatalities

South Dakota Searchlight: Potential of Missouri River pipelines to Western states opens new front in uptream-downstream fight; thoughts from Coalition to Protect the Missouri River’s Shane Kinne (link via TonysKansasCity.com)

JCNT: State Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service (NWS) promote Nov. 2-6 as Winter Weather Preparedness Week in Missouri

Amazon’s winter emergency car kits: Thermal blankets, jump starters, much more (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

JCNT: Missouri DNR hosts public hearing on proposed Jefferson City landfill expansion

St. Louis Public Radio: St. Louis on the Air: St. Louis helped create public bathrooms but there’s still room for improvement; a look at the institutional discrimination of public toilets

Combest, The Missouri Times, 8/7/23: St. Louis Public Radio’s affirmative action hires and promotions; “Thank God that state-affiliated media isn’t a meritocracy, or (Jason) Rosenbaum might be hosting (St. Louis on the Air) episodes on … the institutional racism of public toilets.”

P-D editorial: Policing a private sculpture’s religious symbolism isn’t Hanaway’s job (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free archived version here)

KC Star’s Toriano Porter: Candidate Q&A series: Missouri Senate District 8 candidate Keri Ingle (D)

Springfield Daily Citizen’s Steve Pokin: Who is Trent Overhue? Colleagues say he is bright and driven. Others view him as a data-center villain.

The Marshall Project’s Katie Moore op-ed, via KCUR: Missouri passed a law to compensate the wrongfully convicted. Now it’s refusing to pay

P-D letter: Olivette septuagenarian says Ann Wagner “will be in President Donald Trump’s pocket on everything” (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free archived version here)

Yesterday’s (Wednesday, October 28, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

Amazon.com: John Combest: Stalking, Harassment, Internet Trolling: A Guide to Recovering and Rebuilding After Online Attacks – available in paperback and Amazon Kindle (note: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

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