2026 Missouri Elections

Missouri voters in August will decide whether to approve a proposed constitutional amendment allowing for the expansion of sales and use taxes in order to eliminate the income tax.

The Democratic senator from Connecticut was in St. Louis County last week to promote his new book, “The Crisis of the Common Good: The Search for Meaning and Connection in a Broken America.”

Another measure to be decided during the August primary is a proposal to require constitutional amendments put before voters through the initiative petition process to pass in all eight congressional districts.

People Not Politicians wants a judge to compel Denny Hoskins to reject the redistricting referendum – and stop telling elections officials to implement a plan aimed at ousting Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.

The head of the state clerks association says local election officials still lack access to the voter database needed to finalize new district assignments.

Other parts of the bill include limits on flying drones over open-air stadiums and establishing a crime for gift card fraud.

After a Missouri Supreme Court decision Tuesday, the group People Not Politicians is urging Secretary of State Denny Hoskins to make a decision on whether its referendum on the 2025 congressional map will make the November 2026 ballot.

The Missouri Supreme Court has confirmed a redrawn congressional map that takes aim at the state's 5th District, a longtime Democratic stronghold. Incumbent Congressman Emanuel Cleaver now prepares for a slate of new challengers to his seat.

The GOP governor said he's ready to sell his plan to expand sales and use taxes as a way to eliminate Missouri's income tax to voters.

Cole County Judge Brian Stumpe ruled that the plaintiffs in the case did not have standing to file suit.