They Showed Me
As of 9:26 p.m., with more than 1,200 precincts reporting out of more than 3,200 precincts statewide, right-to-work opponents had won 62 percent of all votes cast. The law’s proponents had won 38 percent of the vote.
The “no” side — in favor of killing the new law — had 273,499 votes compared to the “yes” side’s 173,614 votes, early returns showed. Voters in both rural and urban areas were coming out against the law.’
At issue is a ballot initiative that will determine whether a law signed by then-Gov. Eric Greitens, a Republican, stays on the books.
It's official: Missouri voters have STRUCK DOWN the state's right-to-work law, by a landslide.
— Dave Weigel (@daveweigel) August 8, 2018
As Erik said, it’s easy to get discouraged in the face of Janus, but you have to keep fighting. And this should be a lesson for Dems in marginal states that there’s real support for labor out there.
Alas, OH-12 is looking less positive, in part because of an asshole from the Consumerist Wankers For Republican Governance Party, but Erik is also right that the Missouri right-to-work vote was much more important.