“Mom and Dad always said the Democrats were for the poor people and Republicans were for the rich people. “I made more money when Trump was in than I have any other time,” Lewis said. He’s running as a Republican now, he said, because the major parties have changed roles since he was young. Lewis, who is listed first on the ballot, ran for state representative in 2008 as a Democrat and took 33% of the vote. Some, like Lewis, are making their second or third bid for office and some are newcomers to politics who feel that if they can get voters to listen, they will win. īut for the rest, their name usually appears as part of a list of others in the field. Louis Post-Dispatch and Wellsville union construction laborer Patrick Lewis was the subject of a story in the Montgomery Standard. Most have had little written about them Gardner’s satirical campaign was featured by the St. The Independent searched for news stories, past electoral history, campaign websites and social media accounts to research the candidates. Rep.) Vicky Hartzler thinks it is moral to harbor and spew hate against gay and trans people simply for being alive, I’m fixing things,” he says. In a video promoting his support for the program, he derides the “general incompetence and ridiculous culture wars” of the leading candidates and takes them on in turn. He proposes a “pot for potholes” program that legalizes marijuana at the federal level and taxes commerce in pot to eradicate pavement imperfections. “They have no ideas, no legitimate policies and all they can do is manufacture culture wars because they have nothing,” he said in an interview with The Independent. He uses social media to mock the major GOP hopefuls and he’s not shy about what he thinks of them. Louis, listed sixth on the Republican ballot. “If I were somehow able to get 1%, it would be the only time in my life I was a 1 percenter,” said C.W. Some have a sense of humor about their position and set expectations accordingly. Some earnestly expect to win the nomination. The Democratic Party primary has 11 candidates, with three running full-scale campaigns.įor the remaining major party hopefuls, being ignored when party groups send out speaking invitations and reveling in a chance for 10 minutes on a talk radio program is the rule. On the GOP side, there are 21 candidates, with six registering in public polls. The other two will come out of Republican and Democratic primaries. Only four will make it to the general election, including two – the Libertarian Party’s Jonathan Dine of Kansas City and Constitution Party’s Paul Venable of Lincoln – running unopposed in the Aug. If not, it might be surprising to find out that Missouri’s Senate race this year drew 34 entrants.
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