Mark Osmack, a Democratic candidate for state treasurer, officially launched his campaign in Webster Groves, Missouri after quietly filing for candidacy. Osmack, an Army veteran and former congressional candidate, emphasized the significance of D-Day in his campaign kickoff speech. He will be facing a six-way GOP primary field for the position, which oversees educational voucher programs and unclaimed property division.
In other primary races, the Democratic party is staying neutral in the first congressional district race between Cori Bush, Wesley Bell, and Maria Chapelle-Nadal. The GOP Attorney General race is heating up with political action committees supporting both candidates, Will Scharf and Andrew Bailey, running ads. The winner will face off against Democrat Elad Gross.
Ethics complaints have been filed against two of the leading GOP contenders for governor, Bill Eigel and Jay Ashcroft. The Missouri Farm Bureau announced endorsements in several key races, including Bailey, Kurt Schaefer for the 3rd congressional district primary, and Lincoln Hough for lieutenant governor.
The federal Radiation Exposure Compensation Act program, which processes payments for victims of radioactive exposure, has expired without an extension or expansion bill passing Congress. Senator Josh Hawley’s bill to expand the program did not make it through House and Senate negotiations, but there is hope it could be attached to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. Representatives Cori Bush and Ann Wagner have introduced an amendment to include the expansion in the NDAA.
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