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Aaron Joseph Metzger is not a career politician. He is a CT technologist who has worked the night shift at a Joplin hospital for 13 years, scanning patients through car wrecks, heart attacks, strokes, and every emergency that does not wait for daylight. Now he is running as the Democratic candidate for Missouri House District 161, which covers most of Joplin north of the Newton County line.

April 7 came and went. Some results hurt. Some inspired. And now, with August 4 on the horizon, southwest Missouri Democrats cannot afford to sit this one out. Here, we break down everything that happened on April 7 — from SB 3 to the Joplin City Council race that is still not officially called — and lays out exactly who we are voting for and why on August 4.

The Jasper County Municipal General Election is this Tuesday, April 7, 2026. Polls are open 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM. If you are white, you have something many of your neighbors, coworkers, and fellow Americans do not have right now: the ability to walk into a polling place without fear. Not because you are more of a citizen. Not because you have more rights. But because of the color of your skin and because this Regime has made it very clear that it intends to use that fear as a

Representative Burlison, We, your constituents from Missouri’s 7th Congressional District, submit this formal Notice following your public rejection of impeachment for President Donald Trump and your continued refusal to use constitutional remedies in the face of executive abuses.