COLUMBIA, Mo. — Leaders in Nicole Galloway’s campaign for Missouri governor are encouraged by high turnout in Jackson and St. Louis counties.
Those leaders said St. Louis County is seeing numbers near the 2008 level when Barack Obama first ran for president.
A high turnout in urban counties typically is favorable for Democrats like Galloway, who’s currently state auditor.
If elected, Galloway would become the first female governor in the Show-Me State’s history.
Last week, Galloway sat down with 41 Action News and talked about the prospect of being Missouri’s first female governor.
“I am running for governor, and I’m a woman," she said. "I’m not running for governor because I’m a woman. I would also be the first certified fraud examiner to serve as governor and I think that is really needed right now in Jefferson City because I’ve seen firsthand as state auditor just the corruption, the abuse that occurs in government.
Galloway made several stops in the Kansas City metro area during the closing days of the campaign.
Congressman Emanuel Cleaver helped fire up the crowd at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers at one of those stops in Kansas City, calling for a big turnout in Jackson County.
She stopped at that same union hall Monday night.
Galloway also visited a Kansas City record store Friday to highlight the impact of the pandemic on businesses. The store, Josey Records, only operated with online sales during the statewide shutdown in the spring.
Employees laid off are back at work, but sales are slow.
While Galloway hopes for a boost from Jackson County voters, she also said she won a statewide office as auditor, not just with urban county support.
"I won in places outstate that Democrats hadn't won a lot lately," she said. "Not just Boone County in the middle of the state where Columbia is, but also Cole and Howard and in Calloway County. So while I'm certainly spending a lot of time here in Kansas City and in St. Louis and Springfield, I also have been traveling outstate because every vote matters."
Galloway currently is the only Democrat to hold state-wide office in Missouri.
If elected governor, she’ll have to work with the Republican controlled General Assembly.
"I've already done that," Galloway said. "You can just look at my record. I have been in Jefferson City for five years as a state auditor and have passed 10 pieces of legislation working across the aisle finding good partners to get good things done."
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