INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – Fresh off his election victory on Tuesday, incoming Mayor of Independence Rory Rowland is announcing his support for Lucas Kunce in the U.S. Senate race. Independence is the fifth-largest city in Missouri and the hometown of former President Harry Truman.
“Lucas Kunce is willing to fight for working people because he comes from working people,” said incoming Mayor Rowland. “That’s why I’m proud to be in this fight with him. People want someone who shares our Missouri values, who knows what it means to struggle, and who is going to represent this state honorably in the Senate. That’s Lucas Kunce.”
Already in this race, Lucas Kunce has earned the support of Councilwoman Katheryn Shields (Kansas City), Representative Michael Johnson (Kansas City), Mayor Reggie Jones (City of Dellwood), Kansas City entrepreneur Charlie Lowe, and Councilman Terry Wilson (City of Jennings) and from a number of Representative Rasheen Aldridge Jr. (St. Louis), St. Louis County Councilwoman Shalonda Webb, Bellefontaine Neighbors Mayor Tommie Pierson Sr., St. Louis Alderwoman Shameem Clark Hubbard, and St. Louis Alderman John Collins-Muhammad Jr.
He’s also earned endorsements from VoteVets, League of Conservation Voters, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, No Dem Left Behind, Taking the Hill, and We Have the People.
More About Lucas Kunce
Lucas Kunce is a 13-year Marine veteran, national security expert, and antitrust advocate running to take Missouri’s open U.S. Senate seat back for working people. After three deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Lucas was stationed at the Pentagon, where he served on the Joint Staff to contain the threat of nuclear and chemical weapons from around the globe, and later represented the United States in arms control negotiations with NATO and Russia. After active duty, he became the National Security Director for the American Economic Liberties Project, where he fought back against the corporate monopolists and corrupt politicians who strip our communities for parts while undermining our security.