MO-02: Republican Wagner draws strong Democratic opponent.

[RandySF]

EFFERSON CITY — State Sen. Jill Schupp, a St. Louis County Democrat who flipped a Missouri Senate district from GOP control in 2014, is expected to launch a campaign in the coming weeks to try to unseat Republican U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, the Post-Dispatch has learned.

Her likely entry would follow last year’s unsuccessful effort by Missouri Democrats in Wagner’s 2nd Congressional District, which takes in suburban and exurban parts of the St. Louis metro area, including parts of St. Louis, St. Charles and Jefferson counties.

Schupp, 64, of Creve Coeur, did not return several requests for comment. She is a formidable fundraiser who has won the type of suburban swing district that has gravitated toward Democrats in recent election years.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which targeted the 2nd District in 2018, had been silent on challengers to Wagner throughout the summer as it scrambled to secure a candidate. The group declined to comment this week.




https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/a-st-louis-county-democrat-is-ann-wagner-s-likely/article_3b1b5517-d2e1-59bc-8ade-43e1daf61c15.html

[Kurt V.]

1. K&R

[BlueSpot]

2. Great news! n/t

[xmas74]

3. I'm excited about Schupp.

Met her a couple of times last session-really seems to know what's going on and has a plan. I just wish I could vote for her.

I'm in MO Fourth. We have Erich Arvidson and Lindsey Simmons in the primary. One of them will take on Vicky Hartzler. I like them both but Hartzler has people snowed and I'm not sure how she does it.

[lastlib]

4. Glad to hear it!

I'm on the other side of the state, but I'll at least chip in a little $$

[SWBTATTReg]

5. I hope that she's successful. I'm in STLMO, and it would be nice to get a democratic ...

candidate in office instead of Wagner...Wagner has sometimes been critical of rump, but never mentions him by name, and she always manages to blame 'both sides' in confrontations, like rump tried to do in Charlottesville. Hypocrite.

[Indykatie]

6. In The Trump Era Districts Like MO2 Are Being Won By Democrats

MO2 is is 80% White with a median income of $79,000 and rated as R+8 by Charlie Cook. There has been much written about how great Dems did in suburban high income districts in LA, KY and PA in the 2019 races. These White higher income districts were cited as being the primary factor in Beshears' win in KY. In PA Dems took control of suburban districts that the GOP had held for generations.