The 2016 amendment won statewide by more than 375,000 votes. Under the August proposal, its 31,500-vote loss in one district would have killed it.
Author Archives: Jason Hancock
Jason Hancock has spent two decades covering politics and policy for news organizations across the Midwest, with most of that time focused on the Missouri statehouse as a reporter for The Kansas City Star. A three-time National Headliner Award winner, he helped launch The Missouri Independent in October 2020 and serves as its editor-in-chief.