Republican candidates won their election bids for five Missouri state offices, according to preliminary election results from the Secretary of State's website.

Mike Kehoe, who was appointed lieutenant governor in 2018, took an early lead Tuesday in the four-person race to become Missouri's 58th governor.

Republicans, eyeing such a close result, will try to overturn the state’s new right to abortion. It’s just a question of how.

Republican Mike Kehoe, who won the race for Missouri governor this week, acknowledged that some residents were uncomfortable with the state’s near-total abortion ban. He said that lawmakers are still discussing how they'll respond to the passage of Amendment 3.

Missouri voters have not elected a Democrat to statewide office since 2018, but often support more progressive policies via initiative petition.