Lucas Kunce, a Navy veteran working in a nonprofit organization that advocates for the remodeling of corporate monopolies, jumped into the Missouri Senate race Tuesday a day after Sen. Roy Blunt
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Kunce joins what could be a full-fledged Democratic primary camp to replace Blunt and relies on his biography as a native, veteran Missouri to gain support for his nascent campaign.
In an interview with The Hill, Kunce noted his upbringing in a working-class family in Jefferson City, recalling how his parents died after the birth of his sister.
“The normal person in Missouri grew up just like me. We fought, we were all in a disaster of bankruptcy. So for my family it was medical bills, for another person it would be a car accident and for another person it could be a house fire. And I lived that struggle, I grew up in that struggle, ”he said.
Kunce was able to use Pell grants and scholarships to go to Yale University and the University of Missouri Law School before joining the Marines, and eventually deployed to Iraq once and for all. Afghanistan twice. He later left the military to work on the American Economic Liberties Project, a nonprofit organization that wants to reduce the power of corporate monopolies.
Kunce is taking advantage of this biography to push what he calls a populist agenda in his campaign, telling The Hill that he was disappointed with the amount of money spent abroad while communities in Missouri and across the country are struggling.
“I see that we spend, it turns out, it’s billions of dollars building these other countries, basically for nothing, and my colleagues and I risk our lives, to build places like Fallujah, Habbaniyah or Afghanistan Lashkar Gah when we should have He I’ve been spending that money here in cities like Independence where I live now, in St. Louis, which has been forgotten by globalization, and then in my hometown Jefferson City, ”he said.
Among Kunce’s policy proposals is a “Marshall Plan for the Midwest,” which he said would invest in well-paid jobs in Missouri, particularly in the energy sector.
“We were willing and will be willing, it seems, to spend trillions of dollars out there fighting for this resource to get energy when we could really build the energy of the future here in Heartland, Missouri, and create jobs of the future, where we can convert “That’s the kind of thing I want to do. So I want to take our money and not put it in inflatable asset bubbles, but put it into production,” he said.
Kunce is the third Democrat to join the Missouri Senate race, after former state Sen. Scott Sifton and gay rights activist Tim Shepard. Mayor Quinton Lucas, of Kansas City, USA, has also told The Kansas City Star that he is considering running for offices across the state.
Kunce said he is “starting talks” with national groups for support, but that he has already secured the endorsement of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, which has ties to Sen. Elizabeth Warren
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“As a sailor and crusader against corporate monopolies, Lucas Kunce is the kind of Democrat who can win in Missouri and fight for Missouri families against Big Ag, Big Pharma and other corporations that control our farmland and economy. said Stephanie Taylor, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, is expected to tell members of the organization on Wednesday that they will be launched.
Even with considerable support, winning statewide in Missouri will be a sharp boost for any Democrat. The Show-Me State has shifted hard to the right in the last decade and before President Trump
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The Republican who emerges as the party’s candidate will be considered the favorite in 2022 and the Republican Party is confident that Blunt’s seat will remain in his hands.
“The NRSC will work tirelessly to ensure that Senator Blunt’s successor maintains his legacy of free enterprise and small government and we will hold that seat. Any candidate who supports the Democratic Socialist agenda will fight to find votes in Missouri, a state that Donald Trump won four months ago by more than 15 points, “Sen. Rick Scott (Fla.), Chairman of The Republican Senate Committee (NRSC), said in a statement Monday.
Still, Kunce argues that a Democrat is very successful in winning statewide in Missouri, noting that voters have supported populist voting measures such as those that raise the minimum wage and legalize medical marijuana.
While Republicans have maintained the lead in the state in recent years, they will be left without Trump in office or with the ticket in 2022, depriving them of a candidate who would be able to succeed participation among the faithful of the party. The former president beat Missouri by nearly 20 points in 2016, but Blunt only screamed until victory by 3 points.
“What happened in 2016 was that Donald Trump was on the payroll, and even in 2016, the same seat I oppose right now, the Democrat only lost it by 3 points against a Republican incumbent. People are willing to split the tickets, ”he said. “And if Donald Trump wasn’t on the ticket in 2016, that seat would be occupied by a Democratic incumbent right now and he wouldn’t even be running.”