Source: Common Dreams
“The Democratic mayor of Kansas City, Missouri was among those celebrating what he called the ‘TOTAL repudiation by Missouri voter of a core agenda of state GOP leadership’ on Tuesday night after the state voted by a 60-point margin against Amendment 4, a measure backed by the Republican governor which would have weakened voters’ ability to pass citizen-sponsored ballot initiatives. ‘We took over control of the state of Missouri tonight, repudiating absolutely atrocious ideas’, Mayor Quinton Lucas said in a video message addressing voters as election results came in. … The Republican supermajority in the state Legislature and Gov. Mike Kehoe supported Amendment 4, which was spurred by the passage of a ballot initiative in 2024 that had added the right to abortion care to the Missouri Constitution.” (08/05/26)