Crystal Quade is about to test how far female voter engagement can carry a red-state Democrat.
The state representative won her party’s gubernatorial nomination in very Republican Missouri and will be the underdog this fall against Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, who won the GOP nomination.
As the campaign season began, professional race-raters at Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball and the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter ranked the contest to succeed term-limited Gov. Mike Parson solidly in the Republican column. Now, some Missouri Democrats say their party will get a boost that could shave the GOP edge.
Missouri is one of ...