Worth County grad Tracey Steele is running as a Democrat in House District 12, which is located just north of Kansas City. Mr. Steele, who now lives in Parkville, posted an announcement on his campaign Facebook page. It reads, in part:
“I grew up in the northwest Missouri town of Grant City. My dad was a farmer and a small business owner who dropped out of school after the eighth grade to help support his family before serving in World War II. Mom set aside her dreams of attending college and becoming a writer so she could raise a family as a Missouri farm wife.”
“They taught me the value of education; how to work hard; to keep fighting, even when times are tough; to help your neighbors when they can use a hand; and to treat everyone like the human beings they are. To me, that's always been what it means to be an American. Those are the values that helped make this country special.”
“The people who have been running our state for the past 2 decades lost those values along the way. Instead, they've tried to divide us and to demonize our neighbors. They're attempting to siphon funding from our schools to line the pockets of the private school interests who claim to be offering "choice", when it's obvious their goal is to add to their own fortunes. They're supporting radical plans to take healthcare away from millions of people even when Missouri's healthcare system is already ranked as one of the worst in America. They cheer while programs like Head Start and SNAP food assistance are decimated.”
“They've had their chance, and they blew it. The evidence is clear: the Republicans can't be trusted.”
The district will be one of the most heavily contested in the state. Safely in Republican hands for a while, it changed hands to the Democratic Party in 2022, only to flip back to Republican control in 2024 by a narrow margin.
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