As far as the races in Missouri, Terrence Jones echoed this blog’s disappointment with the Dem showing in state legislative contests (only three seats gained in the House and three seats lost in the Senate). Then he commented on the statewide candidates who won (including his answer to the question in the title of this posting):

 

Asked why Sam Page lost, Jones had this analysis:

My next posting on Jones’ speech to the West County Dems will feature two brief clips: one on redistricting, the other on what we can do to improve our performance in state legislative races in 2010.