On pre-existing conditions debates, St. Louis County turnout and Kander’s announcement

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies look at three things playing a big role in Missouri’s 2018 election cycle.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The first is debate over pre-existing conditions between U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill and her GOP opponent Josh Hawley. It stems from Hawley’s</span> <a href= "https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/05/politics/texas-affordable-care-act-obamacare-lawsuit/index.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">decision to be a part</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">of a lawsuit seeking to</span> <a href= "https://www.news-leader.com/story/opinion/2018/10/03/josh-hawley-obamacare-isnt-needed-protect-preexisting-conditions/1508838002/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">upend the Affordable Care Act.</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">McCaskill</span> <a href= "http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/mccaskill-offers-medicare-option-middle-aged-people-46th-town-hall#stream/0"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">made health care a signature issue of her re-election campaign</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">long before it became a trend among other Democratic candidate running in states where President Donald Trump is reasonably popular.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mannies and Rosenbaum also discuss the importance of turnout, and Democratic unity, in St. Louis County for candidates like McCaskill. They also reflect on former Secretary of State Jason Kander’s decision to bow out of the Kansas City mayor’s race to seek treatment for depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.</span></p>