By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning,
In Missouri’s 4th Senate District, the Democratic primary is the election.
Gina Mitten is making the race about abortion rights and Steve Butz’s voting record. Butz is making it about policing, public safety and his roots in south St. Louis. The winner of the Aug. 4 primary will replace term-limited state Sen. Karla May.
Anna Spoerre breaks down the choice facing Democratic voters.
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by Anna Spoerre
Gina Mitten says abortion rights pulled her into the race. Steve Butz says public safety is what voters bring up first. Their St. Louis Democratic primary will decide who replaces Karla May in the Missouri Senate.
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by Jason Hancock
The bill applies to commercial websites and social media platforms that knowingly and intentionally publish or distribute content in Missouri if more than one-third is “sexual material harmful to minors.”
(Emma Davis/ Maine Morning Star)
by Jacob Fischler
A host of high-profile Democrats called for Graham Platner, the party’s nominee to take on Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine in November’s election, to drop out of the race as they tried to save the party’s chances to retake the Senate majority.
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