U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill met with about a dozen supporters during a campaign stop in Sedalia on Sunday, telling the crowd that “this election will be about the middle class.”
McCaskill, a Democrat, faces stiff opposition — including more than $7 million in anonymous ads — as Republicans vie for control of the Senate, now comprised of 51 Democrats, 47 Republicans, and two independents (both of whom caucus with Democrats) in the November general election. Sunday’s stop at Scoops Frozen Custard was part of McCaskill’s statewide “In Our Town, On Our Side,” tour, which includes a week’s worth of stops in 24 communities.
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