By BRENT MARTIN
St. Joseph Post
Democrat Lucas Kunce stumps in St. Joseph, this time as the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, attempting to unseat first term Republican Josh Hawley.
Kunce accuses Hawley of neglecting Missouri, failing at the most basic level in the Senate, bringing federal money back to the state.
“We need a U.S. Senator who’s going to bring money back to our state, which we don’t currently have,” Kunce tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post before his rally in downtown St. Joseph. “We used to have that in Roy Blunt, he brought $300 million a year back to this state. Josh Hawley brings nothing. People see that. Our neighborhoods are falling apart. The one I grew up in fell apart. We need someone with a record of service who is going to change that.”
Kunce is a 13-year Marine veteran who now lives in Independence. He grew up in Hartsburg and Jefferson City.
Kunce addressed a packed crowd at the IBEW Local Union 545 Hall in St. Joseph Tuesday evening, his first campaign rally since winning the Democratic primary.
Kunce considers returning federal dollars to the state an investment in Missouri.
“Josh Hawley literally marks zero dollars for our state every year. We can’t afford another six years of Josh Hawley,” Kunce says. “We’re struggling to make ends meet here and he’s making hundreds of thousands of dollars in his book deal, selling his office out so that he can get rich while we suffer. If he’s vulnerable anywhere its on the fact that he refuses to invest in us.”
Kunce says he will work to bring federal money back to the state if elected.
“My goal is to bring that investment back to Missouri, put us first in the next generation of energy and manufacturing, and take care of places like St. Joe,” Kunce says. “I love coming here. I’m going to be back here. We’ve been here a bunch. And this is what I’m talking about; these are the types of places that I want to take care of when I’m a U.S. Senator.”
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