By Jason Hancock | Editor-in-Chief
Good morning,
The closer Missouri gets to Election Day, the more expensive it becomes to capture voters’ attention.
Ballot measure committees have raised nearly $40 million, with two campaigns dominating the airwaves: Supporters of Amendment 5 are outspending opponents by almost 4-to-1, while opponents of Amendment 4 face virtually no broadcast response.
The same imbalance is playing out in state Senate primaries, where outside groups and candidate-aligned PACs are pouring millions into a handful of Republican contests. One southwest Missouri race alone has surpassed $2.4 million.
Rudi Keller follows the money in the final days before Tuesday’s primary — who is spending it, where it is going and which candidates are being targeted.
(Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent)
by Rudi Keller
Nearly $40 million has poured into Missouri ballot measure campaigns, while outside groups spend millions more trying to shape a handful of pivotal state Senate primaries.
(Marci Suela/The Marshall Project)
by Katie Moore
While Missouri has carried out executions at a high rate, the number of people being sentenced to death has been declining in the state since the 1990s.
(Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent)
COMMENTARY
by Jason Hancock
Missouri officials threatened a Columbia library’s funding over an LGBTQ+ story time, but could not identify a crime or explain exactly how the books violated state law.
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