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Tuesday, November 3, 2026, is Midterm Election Day. Join KRCU Public Radio, along with staff from 'The Arrow', a student-run news organization at Southeast Missouri State University, for coverage of local races and ballot measures throughout the night and the week, as results are tallied.
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If you're in the Cape Girardeau area of Southeast Missouri like me, this week's day trip is a long haul, at about a 2.5-hour drive. But holy Ozarks, is it worth every gas station bathroom that you have to brave.
On this edition of the show, we get an update on the latest happenings with SEMO Alumni Director George Gasser; Nancy Palmeri tells us about "Innovation Dock" and how it gets high school students on campus to learn about what SEMO offers students on the River Campus and Brady Barke provides an update on SEMO Athletics.
The latest news from every corner of the state.
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Though it was not part of the last Olympics, olive oil wrestling is the national sport of Turkey, where an annual tournament has been held since 1346, making it the oldest continuously running, sanctioned sporting competition in the world.
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Democrat Amy Acton beat biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican backed by President Trump, in a race marked in the final weeks by a Ramaswamy attack ad that drew national criticism. -
The candidates tapped into voter frustration with the political status quo and will now look to translate their success into policy wins that push Democrats further to the left. -
Andrews, a pediatrician, defeated GOP Sen. Darline Graham, who was appointed to the seat after the death of her brother, longtime Sen. Lindsey Graham. -
Cleaver, a Kansas City Democrat, was the target of a Republican-led redistricting effort aimed at booting him from office. After a legal back-and-forth, residents voted using the 2022 congressional map that kept the Kansas City area intact. -
Alford easily won reelection in the district that includes portions of the southern and eastern Kansas City metro. Voters used a different map for the general than the primary, after the Missouri and U.S. Supreme Courts ruled Missourians must use the 2022 maps. -
Across the country, tens of millions of voters made their voices heard at the ballot box with no major disruptions from interference by the Trump administration. -
The 29-year-old Ethiopian immigrant was one of several candidates to win with backing from the Democratic Socialists of America or its local chapters.
Goal: $105,000 | Raised: $102,915 (98%)
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On this episode of 'Exposition: An Arts + Culture Podcast', we speak with Kurt Allen of the Kurt Allen Band. He previews the upcoming show at Scout Hall on Fri. Nov. 6th at 8 p.m.
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