By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning.
Missouri election officials expect as many as 1.4 million voters to cast ballots by the time polls close Tuesday. Secretary of State Denny Hoskins forecasts turnout at about 32% of registered voters — which would be the highest primary vote since 2004.
There is no headline-grabbing statewide candidate primary this year. Instead, two ballot measures — Amendments 4 and 5 — have drawn more spending than any candidate race, nearly $40 million between them.
Rudi Keller has the full breakdown, county by county.
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by Rudi Keller
Secretary of State Denny Hoskins forecasts 32% turnout as nearly $40 million floods Amendments 4 and 5 and outside money reshapes congressional races.
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COMMENTARY
by Jason Hancock
The money says the establishment holds. The anger says it won’t. Amendment 5 was meant to sort Republicans into camps, but many are edging toward the door.
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by Kelcie Moseley-Morris
Even in regions that are not strongly associated with wildfire, such as the southeast region of the U.S., wildfire pollution rates grew substantially during that time period.
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