ST. LOUIS — Missouri’s 2024 U.S. Senate race just got a little more crowded.
State Sen. Karla May, D-ºüÀêÊÓƵ, announced a bid for her party’s nomination at a Mound City Bar Association dinner Saturday night, according to multiple people in attendance.
May’s announcement follows more than a decade in Jefferson City, where she spent eight years in the Missouri House before winning a spot in the upper chamber in 2018.
She’s spent the past five years in the legislative minority there, mostly making headlines trying to stall Republican efforts to ban abortion, restrict teachings on racial issues and put a state board in charge of ºüÀêÊÓƵ’ police department.
In the most recent legislative session, May was also the sponsor of a bill to allow public schools to offer elective social studies classes on the Bible and other religious texts. The measure was among 31 signed by Gov. Mike Parson last week.
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May did not immediately return a call seeking comment Sunday.
May joins a Democratic field that already includes ºüÀêÊÓƵ County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, Columbia activist December Harmon, and Marine veteran Lucas Kunce, the runner-up in last year’s U.S. Senate primary.
The winner of the August 2024 primary will almost certainly face incumbent U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican, in the November general election.