KANSAS CITY, Mo. —Just months after a losing bid for U.S. Senate in Missouri, former Marine Lucas Kunce is launching another campaign — this time in an attempt to take down Republican Sen. Josh Hawley.
Kunce announced his new campaign Jan. 6, two years after Hawley objected to the certification of the 2020 presidential election amid an insurrection on the U.S. Capitol and more than a year and a half before the 2024 election.
“When things get tough, Missourians deserve a U.S. senator who will stand up for them, not run away,” Kunce said in a Western-themed announcement video posted on Twitter, in a reference to a video showing Hawley running away from the Senate chamber on Jan. 6, 2021, during the insurrection. “That’s why I’m running to replace Josh Hawley.”
