Elections

State Sen. Cierpiot turns back primary challenge

mike.genet@examiner.net State Senator Mike Cierpiot appears primed to return for a second four-year term in the Missouri General Assembly after he emerged Tuesday from the primary elections. Cierpiot, of Lee’s Summit, won the Republican primary in Senate District 8, generally considered a safe Republican seat, and will face Antoine Jennings (D-Blue Springs), who ran unopposed, in November’s general election.

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