Elections usher in Republican dominance at Missouri Capitol

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     (AP) – Republicans have completed a 15-year rise to power

in Missouri.

     Led by President-elect Donald Trump, GOP candidates rolled to victory in all

of Missouri’s major offices Tuesday.

     When the newly elected officials begin work in January, Republicans will hold

the Missouri governor’s office, nearly all of its other statewide executive

offices and supermajorities in both legislative chambers.

     That means Republicans can enact virtually any measure they want, so long as

they work together.

     First up could be a right-to-work law barring mandatory union fees in the

workplace. Additional restrictions on abortion and liability lawsuits also

appear likely.

     Republicans have been making gradual gains in Missouri since taking control of

the state Senate in 2001.




   

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