Mike Kehoe could reshape 2026

By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief

Good morning,

Before voters get the chance to weigh in on abortion, taxes, initiative petitions and possibly congressional lines, Gov. Mike Kehoe has to decide when some of those questions get asked. That timing could shape not only the fate of constitutional amendments, but the terrain for legislative primaries, swing districts and Republican supermajorities.

The same question is hovering over the national map: how much can lines, timing and political machinery do when voters are angry about the economy and the party in power is trying to hang onto a narrow majority?

by Rudi Keller

The governor has to decide whether some of Missouri’s most combustible ballot questions land in August or November, a choice that could change who votes and which races get caught in the fallout.

by Rudi Keller

From abortion and taxes to initiative petitions, state parks and redistricting, Missouri voters may see the busiest statewide ballot in more than a decade.

by Jonathan Shorman and Jacob Fischler

Vice President JD Vance came to Kansas City to sell Republican control of Congress from inside a newly gerrymandered district. But the national environment may not be cooperating.

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