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Politically Speaking: On pre-existing conditions, St. Louis County turnout and Kander’s decision

Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander greets supporters as they welcome him to the stage at The Pageant on Oct. 28, 2016.
Carolina Hidalgo | © 2024
Then-Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander greets supporters as they welcome him to the stage at The Pageant on Oct. 28, 2016.

© 2024 ’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies look at three things playing a big role in Missouri’s 2018 election cycle.

The first is debate over pre-existing conditions between U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill and her GOP opponent Josh Hawley. It stems from Hawley’s of a lawsuit seeking to

McCaskill long before it became a trend among other Democratic candidate running in states where President Donald Trump is reasonably popular.

Mannies and Rosenbaum also discuss the importance of turnout, and Democratic unity, in St. Louis County for candidates like McCaskill. They also reflect on former Secretary of State Jason Kander’s decision to to seek treatment for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.

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Jason is the politics correspondent for © 2024 .
Jo Mannies is a freelance journalist and former political reporter at © 2024 .