Republican Chris Stigall will face Democrat Josh Smead in the race for Missouri's 6th District
Republican Chris Stigall and Democrat Josh Smead will face off in November to represent Missouri’s 6th Congressional District.
After 13 terms, sitting Republican U.S. Rep. Sam Graves announced in March that he would not run for reelection in the district. That opened the door for Republicans to showcase their loyalty to President Donald Trump, and for Democrats to blame Trump for economic woes in a bid for Missorians’ approval.
Republican barbs were sharpest between Kansas City Council member Nathan Willett and conservative radio talk show host Chris Stigall, who has Graves’ endorsement.
Willett has tried to cast that endorsement as anti-Trump because of a decision by Graves to hire one of Trumps’ perceived enemies as a political consultant.
And during Trump’s 2016 presidential run, Stigall called Trump a “political hazard” on his show.
“I hate what comes out of his mouth,” Stigall said at the time. “It embarrasses me that he's the front-runner.”
In the subsequent years, Stigall has ha…