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Lucas Tyree Kunce (/ k uː n t s / KOONTS; born October 6, 1982) [1] is an American attorney, Marine veteran, and politician. He was the Democratic nominee for the 2024 United States Senate election in Missouri, losing to Republican incumbent Josh Hawley. [2] [3] Before entering politics, Kunce was in the United States Marine Corps.
Republican incumbent Josh Hawley was re-elected to a second term, defeating his Democratic challenger Lucas Kunce. Primary elections took place on August 6, 2024. [1] Hawley was the favorite in the polls throughout the cycle due to the state's Republican lean, though some polls showed a close race.
Internal polls from Kunce's campaign indicated he may be just 4 percentage points behind Hawley in the Republican-leaning state. However, independent polling puts Hawley at a safer distance .
Thanks to fundraising that occurred before Jan. 1, 2023, Hawley continued to hold a cash advantage in the latest filings, with $1.3 million on hand as the period closed compared to $427,729 for Kunce.
Sen. Josh Hawley kicked off the first debate in Missouri’s U.S. Senate race on Friday afternoon the way he’s spent most of his reelection bid – by attacking Democratic candidate Lucas Kunce.
Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican, holds a comfortable lead over Democrat Lucas Kunce in the poll. In the poll of 1,000 respondents, 47% said they support Hawley and 38% said they support Kunce.
Democrat Lucas Kunce will get his chance to challenge Republican Sen. Josh Hawley for one of Missouri's two seats in the U.S. Senate in the November general election.
Josh Hawley faces four challengers in his re-election bid for U.S. Senate. They include Lucas Kunce, Nathan Kline, Jared Young and W.C. Young.