Wilson is vying to be the Democratic nominee in Missouri's only 2026 statewide campaign. Republicans haven’t lost a statewide race since 2018.

Allies of both parties are pouring money into the fight over a referendum to bring the state’s new congressional maps in front of voters.

A Missouri appeals court panel ordered new wording Thursday for a ballot measure seeking to roll back abortion rights in the state, ruling that voters must be told the amendment would repeal “reproductive healthcare rights” they approved just one year ago.

The ballot measure also includes a ban on gender affirming health care for minors. Judges reissued the summary statement that voters will see on November 2026 ballots to make clear rights were being repealed,

Schmidt has also been a strong advocate for rural infrastructure, job creation, and vocational training, ensuring that small towns and family farms continue to thrive. “Our communities don’t need more bureaucracy. We need opportunity — and leaders who will fight for it.”

Several bills have been prefiled in both the Missouri House of Representatives and the Missouri Senate to change Missouri’s abortion laws.

The top election officials in Kansas and Missouri have agreed to share voter registration details with each other, a piecemeal approach designed to protect elections that’s raised eyebrows from voting rights advocates.

Former Missouri candidate Valentina Gomez Noriega is running for Texas’ 31st Congressional District on an anti-Muslim platform.

Missouri’s Republican supermajority legislature voted to put a question on the ballot that would essentially repeal Amendment Three.