With summer and campaign season in full swing, Matt and I are busy researching candidates for the Missouri House and Senate seats. The MIBA PAC has been active on behalf of MIBA allies, fielding and funding campaign contribution requests.

As expected, the big race this August is the Missouri U.S. Senate race, where former Missouri Governor Eric Greitens has a slim lead at this writing over Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler. Typically, voters move toward a single candidate in the last two weeks of the election.

As far as State House races go, we are watching all of the state senate races closely, as there are seven open seats (six Republicans and one Democrat) and 10 other seats where incumbents are running, with most facing either a primary challenge, a general election or both.

As far as the House is concerned, several contested primaries will decide 93 of the 163 seats up for election and 70 contested general elections in November. With the bulk of the House (93-seats) being decided by the primary election, I fully expect the House to stay in Republican hands.

The Missouri Primary Election is August 2nd, so get out and vote!