Nine Republican primaries, one question: what do GOP voters want from Jefferson City?

By: Jason Hancock

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: August 3, 2026

Words: 660

Last Updated: 10 hours, 5 minutes ago

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For weeks, The Independent has profiled 11 state Senate primaries on Tuesday’s ballot, including nine Republican contests. In most of these districts, the primary is the whole election.

Read together, the GOP primaries look less like nine separate campaigns than nine versions of the same argument: What, exactly, do Republican voters want?

Four things will likely decide the outcome of those races.

The first is money.

No race has displayed its force more nakedly than …

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