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Analysis & Results Of The Primary Elections In Kansas And Missouri

By Steve Kraske,

Published August 5, 2020 at 2:00 PM CDT

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Tremain Davis, left, and his mother Vallire Davis, feed their ballots into the scanners at the Wyandotte County Election Office in Kansas City on Friday morning. Vallire said she brings her special needs 47-year-old son every election to help him cast his ballot. — Tremain Davis, left, and his mother Vallire Davis, feed their ballots into scanners during early voting at the Wyandotte County Election Office in Kansas City, Kansas.

Races for U.S. Senate and House seats have clarified, some local and municipal contests have been decided, and Missouri voters give Medicaid expansion the nod.

A lot of people in the metro spent a part of their day yesterday casting ballots in primary elections. Many others had already cast ballots in advance. We reviewed and analyzed the results, and asked what they mean for November's general election.

Bob Beatty, professor and chair of political science at Washburn University
Jonathan Shorman, Kansas Statehouse reporter for the Wichita Eagle
Jason Hancock, lead political reporter for the Kansas City Star
McClain Bryant Macklin, policy director for the Health Forward Foundation

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