ST. LOUIS – The Democrat running for Senate, Lucas Kunce, stopped by a sheet metal workers union hall in south St. Louis on Monday to campaign.
Recent election cycles show that it’s hard for Democrats to win statewide races in Missouri. Kunce has made it a point to campaign in union halls because he thinks that the vote of workers will make a difference in November.
Kunce said, “Missourians have shown over and over that when we get the chance, we will take power back for ourselves.” This is why he thinks the labor vote will be so important in this race.
He was talking about the Missouri vote in 2018 that got rid of a right-to-work bill that former Gov. Eric Greitens had signed into law.
People in this country have power against forces that are much bigger than them because of this, Kunce said. “Being able to organize is really everything to me.”
Kunce also thinks that the current fights over abortion are something that most Missourians don’t agree with. People who backed him said they could count on him to vote for making abortion legal.
On Monday, Sen. Josh Hawley, who is running against Kunce, asked on social media why Kunce hasn’t backed Vice President Kamala Harris in her campaign for president.
Kunce replied, “He doesn’t want this race to be about Missouri.” “He wants it to be about the election for president because he knows I’ll be better for Missouri than him.”