My previous post asked you to go vote. And apparently, many Americans had already received the message, because where I live in the middle of the United State of America, there was record breaking turnout for the country's midterm election.
The hotly contested congressional seat I wrote of in Missouri was won by a good margin by a Democrat named Fred Wellman. He will represent me and my neighbors in Washington, D.C come January. The woman he beat, Anne Wagner, could possibly become a lobbyist in our nation's capitol or return to the GOP as a party fundraiser. I voted for Mr. Wellman because Ms. Wagner never held a town hall meeting the 14 years she was in Washington and frequently declined interviews from local news media. About six years ago I emailed her a concern on a controversial issue. She never replied to my concern, but I did receive spam from her campaign for several years as a result of it. The only time I heard from Ms. Wagner was when she wanted my vote.
The state legislature race I wrote of was also won by a Democrat. I live in Missouri's 96th house district which was held by a man named Brad Christ. Christ apparently alienated so many of us that he was thrown out by those of us living here. Christ's downfall was, in part, due to his being in lock step with republican leadership. Christ voted to put a number of amendments on our ballots in August and this week. All of those proposed amendments by the republican-controlled house and state senate went down to miserable defeats. Christ also voted for redistricting Missouri mid-decade. Had that made it onto the ballot, it would have gerrymandered the Show Me State, to split the Kansas City area in half and add another Republican to the state's delegation. But, Missouri's Supreme Court said no. The whole effort at redistricting was at the request of President Donald Trump. As a backlash to Trump, Christ and his buddies, Missouri will have one more democrat in the soon-to-be Democratic-led congress.
The only constitutional amendment to pass (there are still votes outstanding on one minor issue as I write this) was put on the ballot by initiative petition. That amendment will strengthen Missouri's initiative petition process. If the legislature attempts to reverse the will of the people, it will need to have 80% of voters approve that action in a general election.
I would continue on with national election results in the U.S. but there are better reports by trusted news sources.
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