In Missouri’s 1st Legislative District:

State of Missouri – General Election, November 08, 2022
Unofficial Results
as of 11/9/2022 6:25:29 AM

State Representative – District 1 42 of 42 Precincts Reported
Jeff Farnan Republican 9,323 75.228%
Jess Piper Democratic 3,070 24.772%
Total Votes: 12,393

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You can listen to and engage with voters all you want. You can speak honestly and illuminate your voters’ real life concerns with actual facts and pragmatic solutions. Apparently, that’s not enough to win. You need a majority.

Still, those 3,070 votes were well worth the effort.

Previously:

Ra·tio /ˈrāSHēˌō/: see Jean Evans (r) on social media (October 20, 2022)