Missouri elections 2024

KCUR’s Up To Date wants to hear from people around Missouri and Kansas who voted for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. How do you feel about the president’s policies and agenda over the first months of his second term? What issues would you like to see him address?

Business groups lobbied heavily to overturn Proposition A, passed by 58% of Missouri voters in November 2024, arguing it would cost jobs. The bill also repeals annual inflation adjustments for the minimum wage, which have been in effect since 2006.

Missouri voters approved Proposition A by a martin of 15% and more than 445,000 votes. But business groups argue that the ballot measure violates state law.

Platte County residents are suing the three-member commission for failing to implement a quarter-cent sales tax that voters passed in November. The tax would fund youth mental health services, which are severely lacking in the county.

The 62-year-old St. Louis native, who served as Missouri’s lieutenant governor and as a state senator, took the oath of office Monday. He immediately signed executive orders on crime and immigration, and pledged to be "at the table" to negotiate with the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals.

Kunce's hybrid political action committee will be able to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money on elections while donating some money directly to candidates. However, his failed U.S. Senate campaign ended the election season with debt.

Not only did Democratic candidates get blown out in statewide contests for governor and the U.S. Senate, the party failed to gain any ground in the Missouri General Assembly. The election showed that the party continues to falter in rural and exurban areas.

Missouri voters passed Proposition A with 57% approval. Unless the state Supreme Court grants a legal challenge, the first minimum wage increase kicks in Jan. 1.

After voters approved Amendment 3 in November, Planned Parenthood attorneys want to overturn a number of Missouri laws that regulate abortion services and providers. A court decision on the lawsuit could come soon.

Some reproductive rights activists say that Amendment 3, which Missouri voters passed in November, didn't go far enough in expanding abortion access to help the most vulnerable populations. One sticking point was the amendment's language setting limits at "fetal viability," which does not have a true medical definition.

Missourians have backed ballot items supported by Democrats in the past decade — including abortion rights, expanded Medicaid, legalized marijuana and labor rights — while also giving Republicans unfettered control over state government.

Amendment 2, which was narrowly approved by Missouri voters this election, states that the Missouri Gaming Commission must make sports betting available by Dec. 1, 2025.