Missouri presidential preference primary Archives

Biden, Sanders come to Missouri before Tuesday’s primary

March 6, 2020 By Ashley Byrd

(EDITOR’S NOTE: STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO INCLUDE THAT SENATOR SANDERS HAS CANCELED MONDAY’S RALLY IN KANSAS CITY)

Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders will make their appeal in person to Show-me state voters. The two remaining viable candidates to be the Democratic Party nominee will hold rallies in Missouri over the next few days.

Biden will hold two public events Saturday, March 7:

Doors Open: 11:00 AM CT
Where: Kiener Plaza Park, 500 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, MO 63101

Event with Emanuel Cleaver in Kansas City, MO
Doors Open: 4:15 PM CT
Where: WWI Museum and Memorial, 2 Memorial Dr, Kansas City, MO

Sanders’ public event will be in St. Louis on Monday March 9th at 11 a.m.
Stifel Theatre, 1400 Market Street, St. Louis. Doors open at 10 a.m.

** Senator Sanders has canceled Monday’s Kansas City rally due to scheduling constraints.

Missouri’s presidential preference primary is on Tuesday. Even though they’re no longer in the race, Missouri’s ballot will still include Amy Klobuchar, Tom Steyer, Cory Booker, Pete Buttgieg, Andrew Yang, Julian Castro, Mike Bloomberg and others.

Missouri Democratic Party cancels Sunday’s presidential candidate forum in KC

March 4, 2020 By Alisa Nelson

The Missouri Democratic Party has canceled Sunday’s presidential forum in Kansas City. In a statement today from the party, it says the Democratic presidential candidate field has narrowed significantly, with a possibility that it will continue to narrow even further in the coming days. The party says there are now too few candidates to make the “Show-Me Showdown” event viable.

Missouri Democratic Party cancels Sunday’s presidential candidate forum in KC

“Instead, we will welcome the remaining candidates to Missouri in the days ahead in preparation for the March 10 Primary,” the press release says.

Left in the race, as of now, include Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Tulsi Gabbard.

A press release from Biden’s campaign says the former vice president will be in Kansas City and St. Louis on Saturday. Sanders’s campaign says the Vermont U.S. Senator opened four offices in Missouri over the weekend – in Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield and Columbia.