Kansas City-area Democrat Lucas Kunce will face Sen. Josh Hawley in November for Missouri’s U.S. Senate seat.
Kunce beat Missouri state Sen. Karla May, a veteran of the Missouri General Assembly and St. Louis politics, according to the Associated Press.
Kunce is an attorney and a U.S. Marine veteran who grew up in Jefferson City, Missouri. He graduated from Yale before going to law school at the University of Missouri-Columbia. As a member of the Marine Corps, Kunce served in Iraq and Afghanistan and was later stationed at the Pentagon. He lives in Independence, Missouri.
Kunce’s victory sets up a difficult battle to unseat incumbent Sen. Josh Hawley in November.
Shortly after the race was called, Hawley took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to challenge Kunce to a debate next week at the Missouri State Fair.
