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KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: KC Mayor Quinton Lucas (D) on his 2028 statewide options

KSHB (Kansas City): KCMO Mayor Quinton Lucas considers 2028 run to challenge U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt, Gov. Mike Kehoe

KCMO (Kansas City): Pete Mundo in the Morning: U.S. Rep.-elect Chris Stigall on the midterm bloodbath

Farm Futures: Democratic wins could mean big changes for ag policy; comments from former Missouri lieutenant governor/current Farm Action Fund President Joe Maxwell

P-D: After blue wave hits Missouri, Republicans take ‘a look in the mirror’; analysis from Scott Fitzpatrick, Denny Hoskins, Gregg Keller, Peter Kinder, Andrew Bailey, others (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free archived version here)

KC Star: Top Republicans on the ballot in 2028 include Schmitt, Kehoe, Hoskins (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on Yahoo! News here)

Rosenbaum: Missouri Democrats see world of opportunity after Tuesday’s election wins; Republicans hold leadership elections

Missouri Independent: Senate Republicans choose Jason Bean and Nick Schroer as new leaders

St. Louis Public Radio: Rep. Emily Weber (D-Kansas City) shares thoughts on Dems breaking the Republican supermajority

St. Louis Magazine: Behind Missouri Democrats’ big night: Lots of candidates, shoe leather, and GOP hubris

P-D: How’d Democrats win 3 statehouse seats in St. Charles County? It started with early voting (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free archived version here)

Instagram music video: “Nose Ring Girl” starring Ashley Aune, with cameos from three of the candidates Aune got elected

JCNT: Republican Carrie Tergin prepares for new position after District 59 victory

Washington Missourian: Franklin County voters more supportive of state amendments

Fox4 KC: Missouri state representative arrested Wednesday after being reelected; Grandview Democrat Anthony Ealy allegedly trespassed into woman’s home, threatened to murder her husband

Newsweek: Who Is Anthony Ealy? Democrat arrested day after reelection

KC Star: Rep. Anthony Ealy (D-Grandview) faces domestic assault charge after Tuesday House reelection victory; comments from Missouri House Democrats’ administrative assistant Marc Powers (avoid KC Star paywall by reading free syndicated version on MSN here)

Missouri Independent: Missouri AG Catherine Hanaway promises ‘more lawsuits’ against retailers selling illegal marijuana

Missouri Independent: Missouri childcare subsidy waitlist grows as providers struggle to fill classrooms

Sedalia Democrat’s Deborah Mitchell: Missouri lawmakers outsmarted themselves trying to oust “Emmanuel [sic] Cleaver”

P-D’s Tony Messenger: Fred Wellman ignored my advice. His instincts served him well. (avoid stltoday paywall by reading free archived version here)

ProPublica’s Jeremy Kohler: Missouri voters just made it much harder for lawmakers to overturn citizen-led initiatives

Yesterday’s (Thursday, November 5, 2026) Missouri political news headlines

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