Democrat Fred Wellman joins MS NOW's Jacob Soboroff to discuss his victory over Republican incumbent Ann Wagner to represent Missouri's 2nd Congressional District. His win comes despite efforts from the state's GOP to gerrymander maps in favor of its candidates.

Fred Wellman ran in a district that was on no one’s race-to-watch list. He’s a U.S. Army vet, a popular progressive podcast host, and now the Congressman-elect for Missouri’s 2nd District, which hadn’t seen a Democrat win in more than thirty years.

Any laws passed through direct democracy since 2010 will face huge hurdles to overturn under Amendment 6.

Dominick Williams dowilliams@kcstar.com Missouri Democrats flipped 16 House seats and 2 Senate seats. Kansas elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate and may elect Democrats statewide. Democrats are still the minority party in both states.

Rep. Anthony Ealy, a Grandview Democrat, allegedly threatened someone near downtown Jefferon City on Wednesday.

Democrats in St. Charles County stunned the Missouri political scene Tuesday, flipping three seats long held by Republicans in the traditionally conservative area. How'd they do it?

For more than three decades, Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District sent a Republican to Washington as reliably as the Cardinals sell out Opening Day. On Tuesday, that streak ended. Democrat Fred

Voters shot down an abortion-rights measure in Idaho, but they supported proposals in Missouri, Virginia and Nevada.

Missouri voters approved Amendment 6, which strengthens the state's most visible form of direct democracy, months after rejecting a proposal to weaken it.