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No One Big Issue Emerging in KCMO Municipal Election

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – This election season in Kansas City, candidates are responding to the grim economic climate, and an unusually charged four years in city hall.

David Martin follows city politics as a staff writer for The Pitch. He told KCUR's Sylvia Maria Gross that this election is very different from four years ago.

This story was produced for KC Currents. To listen on your own schedule, subscribe to the KC Currents Podcast.

Sylvia Maria Gross is storytelling editor at KCUR 89.3. Reach her on Twitter @pubradiosly.
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