Missouri Democrats try to rebuild. 'There is no knight coming to save the party'

Missouri Democrats’ presence in state politics has shriveled to its smallest in well over a decade as the once-purple state turns deeper crimson.

With Claire McCaskill’s defeat Tuesday night, the party loses its standard bearer and a seasoned campaigner who rose through the ranks of the party over her 36-year career in elected office.

“There will certainly be a leadership void in Claire’s absence,” said Roy Temple, a former executive director of the Missouri Democratic Party.

Of the six statewide elected positions, Democrats hold one. Republicans control both U.S. Senate seats and more than two-thirds of the seats in both the Missouri House and Senate. Of Missouri’s eight congressional districts, only two are held by Democrats: Emanuel Cleaver, the former Kansas City mayor, and Lacy Clay, who represents St. Louis.

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