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Stephanie Akin

Can a populist Missouri Democrat win back rural and working-class voters?

GLADSTONE, Mo. — As a Democrat running for the Senate in Missouri, a state that his party has largely written off, Lucas Kunce is used to skeptics. 

So when a woman raised her hand at a recent campaign event and said, “I love what you’re saying,” then struggled to articulate her question, Kunce sensed there was a catch. 

“This is like a breakup,” Kunce joked. “Is there a ‘but’ coming?” 

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