Yes sir and ma'am, Missouri won yesterday with our election and we won in at least a few ways. Here are some of those.
First, more and bigger than anything else, we won on Medicaid expansion.
Missouri voters OK Medicaid expansion over GOP objections
It was obscene and insane we didn't have this years ago. We were literally turning down and turning away federal dollars we could have otherwise gotten--and people would have been helped with health care at the same time. Lunacy. Thank goodness we finally have this now.
For an overview of our statewide good news yesterday.
Here’s who Missouri Democrats pick to challenge incumbent Republicans in November
Some highlights from this Kansas City Star article:
...former Kansas City councilwoman and mayoral contender Alissia Canady, who cruised to victory over Gregory Upchurch to earn a shot at incumbent Republican Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe.
And then there's this from the same article:
The wins by Finneran and Canady solidify the Democratic ticket moving into the fall, where Democrats hope to win back statewide offices that are all currently held by Republicans.
State Auditor Nicole Galloway faced no serious opposition in Tuesday’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, making her the party’s flag bearer heading to November.
“Gov. Parson had his chance. He failed the test of leadership. It’s time for a change,” Galloway said during her victory speech Tuesday night.
And she's so right, so correct.
These next two were welcome news, too, if not surprising.
Democrats Greg Razer and Barbara Washington won their respective primaries for open seats representing Kansas City in the state Senate.
This one was a big, big surprise, at least to me.
Longtime St. Louis Rep. Lacy Clay unseated by Black Lives Matter activist Cori Bush
A bit from the article:A major figure in Missouri Democratic politics fell Tuesday night as community activist Cori Bush upset 10-term incumbent William Lacy Clay, Jr. in the 1st Congressional District, unofficial election results show.
Bush, 44, pulled ahead with 48.6 percent of the vote to Clay Jr.’s 46.5 percent, according to the Associated Press.
Clay, 64, has represented Missouri’s 1st Congressional District, which includes St. Louis City and parts of St. Louis County, for 10 terms since 2001. He replaced his father, William Lacy Clay Sr., who served in the role for more than three decades starting in 1969.
That's pretty incredible by itself. It will be very interesting to see if this is part of a larger movement and trend.
It will be interesting, too, and hopefully nothing but wonderful, to see if we Missourians overturn the Republicans' attempt in Jefferson City to undo our Clean Missouri legislation this November. I believe it's going to sail through. We absolutely need to keep them from gerrymandering the state worse than it already is.
On to November and let's win there!
VOTE!!
And VOTE BLUE!!
