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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – For Missouri Democrats, Tuesday’s fight over seats in the Missouri General Assembly is about one thing: beating back Republican supermajorities.
When Missouri voters head to the polls on Tuesday, they will not be faced with a barrage of statewide races as they were in 2012.