Trump appointed Scharf, who unsuccessfully ran for Missouri attorney general earlier this year, as his White House staff secretary and as an assistant to the president. The staff secretary manages the “paper flow” throughout the White House, and makes sure certain documents are ready for the president to read.

The party’s candidate for lieutenant governor fell just shy of 2%, meaning the party will have to repeat the arduous process of signature-gathering next election.

While many of us have reacted in horror to the results of this election, the policy agenda of the second Trump administration is one progressives in red states are used to fighting back against. Missouri was the first state to enact a near-total abortion ban after the Dobbs ruling overturning Roe v.

Abortion rights have been a major issue in the 2022 midterm election and this year's election after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in the summer of 2022, which ended the U.S. constitutional right to abortion and left the issue up to the states.

The Associated Press projected passage of Amendment 3, an amendment that will enshrine abortion-rights protections in Missouri's constitution.

Missouri voters on Tuesday approved a ballot measure aimed at banning ranked-choice voting in the state, Decision Desk HQ projects. The proposed amendment to the state constitution will bar

View live results of the Missouri presidential election. See maps of county-by-county presidential election results in the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

Missouri voters are set to decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. A measure to end the state’s near-total abortion ban goes before voters Tuesday.

View results from the 2024 Missouri Senate election. Follow live outcomes and maps by district as votes are added up on Election Day.

Former President Trump has won the presidential race in Missouri, defeating Vice President Harris and securing the state’s 10 electoral votes, according to a projection from Decision Desk

Mike Kehoe, who was appointed lieutenant governor in 2018, took an early lead Tuesday in the four-person race to become Missouri's 58th governor.

After winning the governor's race, Missouri Republicans looked to sweep lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state and state treasurer.