JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters are deciding Tuesday whether to give Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley a second term or elect Democrat Lucas Kunce, a lawyer who served in the Marines. Hawley is heavily favored to win in the state, where no Democrats hold statewide office and Republicans control both the state House and Senate.

ST. LOUIS – The race for Missouri’s U.S. Senate seat between Republican incumbent Josh Hawley and Democrat Lucas Kunce has gotten downright nasty at times. Each candidate has accused the other of being radical and wrong for Missouri.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce closed out his campaign with four days of television ads costing $366,000 while incumbent Republican Josh Hawley is making his final argument with $325,000 of ads during Monday night’s Kansas City Chiefs game.

In the only one-on-one debate of Missouri’s 2024 U.S. Senate campaign, Republican incumbent Josh Hawley sparred with Democratic challenger Lucas Kunce over abortion rights, border security and whether the 2020 presidential election was legitimate.

Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley and Democrat Lucas Kunce have waged a feisty and expensive race. A Hawley win could show that Missouri is firmly locked into backing GOP candidates — and that his role in the 2020 insurrection didn't sink his election prospects.

Lucas Kunce, a Missouri Democrat candidate was shooting an AR-15-style weapon at his campaign event in Kansas City when Ryan Gamboa, a TV reporter who was covering the event, got hit with a metal frag