Editor’s note: This is one story in a series of stories over the November elections.
By Aizak Miller
The Jag
Less than a week away from the November election, the Republican incumbent Josh Hawley will take on Democrat Lucas Kunce. Tuesday, November 5th Missourians will be able to vote on the Missouri U.S. senate race between these two candidates and other candidates in Jared Young, Nathan Kline, and W.C. Young.
Hawley, the incumbent, is seeking re-election. The Lexington, Missouri, native graduated from Rockhurst High School. After high school, he graduated from Stanford University in 2002 and then from Yale law school in 2006. He is a constitutional lawyer, and he has served as Missouri’s attorney general.
Kunce, a Marine veteran, is looking to replace Josh Hawley in the U.S. Senate. He grew up in Jefferson City, Missouri. He graduated from Jefferson City High School. He then got his Bachelor’s degree from Yale in 2004, then his Juris Doctors degree from the University of Missouri. Finally, he received his master’s degree from Columbia Law School. He served one tour in Iraq where he led a police training team. He deployed twice in Afghanistan on Special Operations Task Forces.
Hawley is anti-abortion. He has been against abortion for some time and strongly believes that abortion is not right and thinks that it is a violent act against the defenseless, he said back in 2016 while running for Missouri Attorney General according to an article on columbiamissourian.com.
Kunce is for abortion rights. He wants abortion to get legalized this November in Missouri. According to an article on missouriindepedent.com Kunce told a rally of supporters in Jefferson City earlier this month that he would take back women’s reproductive rights from the government this November if elected.
Hawley opposes using federal spending to stimulate economic growth. He thinks it might lead to more national debt. Kunce supports federal spending to promote economic growth. He thinks investing more will improve the living standard.
Kunce supports the government reducing inflation. He believes we need to make more stuff in America again and not be reliant on overseas manufacturing and production. Hawley opposes the government reducing inflation. He thinks that the government could slow down the economy when trying to control inflation.
Both candidates agree on the increasing security along the southern United States border. They both want to control illegal immigration to protect the country.
Hawley and Kunce are scheduled to have a live debate at the KTVI-TV FOX 2/KPLR-TV studios in St. Louis on Thursday, October. 31 at 7 p.m. CT. It will be broadcasted on KTVI-TV (FOX) and KPLR-TV (CW) in St. Louis, WDAF-TV (FOX) in Kansas City, KRBK (FOX) in Springfield, and KSNF-TV (NBC) in Joplin.
