The McCaskill-Hawley race remains a statistical tie.
Yet another poll says Missouri Senate race is tight. A look inside the numbers shows why https://t.co/yM7qitfeuG pic.twitter.com/z8SVaq98Tg
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch (@stltoday) October 11, 2018
The poll by Reuters, Ipsos and the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics shows Republican state Attorney General Josh Hawley supported by 45 percent of likely Missouri voters, and incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., supported by 44 percent. That’s well within the poll’s margin of error of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points.
…
The poll was taken Sept. 27-Oct. 7, in the midst of an all-out political fight over President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. According to the poll, Missourians also are split on that controversy and over which Senate candidate is most helped or hurt by it.
Sharice Davids is taking on incumbent Kevin Yoder for the U.S. House of Representatives. The position represents Kansas’ third district.
A @KansasGOP official resigns after making racist remarks about Democrat Sharice Davids https://t.co/XOMH7s6XzI #ksleg pic.twitter.com/szIhj0Mgn1
— Kansas News Service (@ksnewsservice) October 11, 2018
“Your radical socialist kick boxing lesbian Indian will be sent back packing to the reservation.”
On Sunday night, Michael Kalny, former GOP precinct committeeman of Shawnee, Kansas, made the remarks in a private Facebook message to Anne Pritchett, a chapter president of the Johnson County Democratic Women.
Protecting pets:
Tethering ordinance to be implemented in phases https://t.co/mZB8EuhLcu pic.twitter.com/YkIBEVHRR4
— St Joseph Post (@StJosephPost) October 11, 2018
“Last winter, this is before I was on the council, there was an animal that died during the winter season,” McMurray said. “So this is just to encourage everyone to treat their animals in a humane way and not to just tie them up in the yard all day and not to leave them out in the cold or very hot weather.”
The Brief is a daily roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.