St. Louis prosecutor launches campaign against Hawley, would be MO’s first Black senator

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell on Wednesday launched a campaign for U.S. Senate in Missouri as a Democrat, attempting to unseat incumbent Republican Sen. Josh Hawley in 2024. Bell, 48, the first Black county prosecuting attorney in St. Louis County history, would be the first Black senator from Missouri if elected. He will face former Marine Lucas Kunce and Columbia community activist December Harmon in the Democratic primary. Bell, who ran a campaign for prosecutor focused on policing reform, was elected in a landslide upset in 2018 against Bob McCulloch, the longtime Democ...