The Missouri Supreme Court denied a request Wednesday by Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. that would have prevented the certification of Tuesday's recall election results.

Through September 2025, Ballotpedia reported on 24,294 elections across 46 states: 17,907 (74%) were uncontested and 6,387 (26%) were contested. Kansas elections so far in 2025 followed the trend, but Missouri had a greater rate of contested races.

Tuesday's election saw 85% of voters supporting the recall of Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr., which will set off a rush by county legislators to appoint his replacement. But White is asking the Missouri Supreme Court to stop the vote certification.

Politics is not getting any gentler in one of Missouri's most contentious state House districts, where two St. Charles County Republicans are locked in a battle that features criminal charges, accusations of lying and civil lawsuits.

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One thing local Democrats and Republicans agree on is that Jefferson City would be best represented in Washington, D.C., by someone from Mid-Missouri.

The state's new congressional map uses Troost Avenue as a dividing line, and groups majority Black neighborhoods in east Kansas City with rural communities in the middle of the state. Community leaders worry the new divide will mean the needs of underserved urban neighborhoods go ignored.