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Aaron Joseph Metzger is not a career politician. He is a CT technologist who has worked at a Joplin hospital, scanning patients through every emergency that does not wait for daylight. Now he is running as the Democratic candidate for Missouri House District 161. Missi Hesketh is not a politician who came to southwest Missouri to run for office. She is from here. With elections around the corner, Missouri voters need to know the dates, deadlines, and requirements before the

Access. Affordability. Accountability. Southwest Missouri deserves all three from its representative in Congress. For three-plus years, Eric Burlison has delivered none of them. Missi Hesketh is running to change that.

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.

On February 26, 2026, approximately 1,700 transgender Kansans woke up criminals — not because of anything they had done, but only because of who they are.

Right now, if a state or local police officer violates your constitutional rights, you can sue them under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. But if a federal officer – from ICE, CBP, FBI, or another agency – does the same thing, your path to justice is far narrower and often blocked by judge-made limits and broad immunities. That gap leaves real people with life-altering harms and no meaningful remedy. This is where we come in.

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.