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Sixteen years ago, I was a relatively new political reporter at the @columbiatribune. In an election season that included a nationally watched #MOSEN contest, there was one race I requested to cover: The 18th District Senate race between Wes Shoemyer and Bob Behnen.
The race was the most competitive legislative race in Missouri. Democrats were trying to bring a group of northeastern Missouri counties back into their fold after GOP started to make gains there in the early 2000s.
Shoemyer ended up winning every county except Marion, Putnam and Adair. He was helped by the fact that 2006 was a terrible year for the GOP (and, perhaps, that he was a farmer and his opponent was genealogist).
