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Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and voting is underway in Missouri. This is the whole race — the records, the claims, and what the sources actually show. Read the research, and decide which flaw you can live with.
The setup Geography is map-dependent, and this article uses the general-election map. Under the 2022 map that governs November, the district is predominantly rural west-central Missouri — Columbia, Sedalia, Warrensburg, Lebanon. The 2025 map used for the August primaries instead reached into Kansas City / southern Jackson County (Lee's Summit, Grandview) and south toward Springfield. Missouri map rule: primaries ran under the 2025 map; the general election runs under the 2022 map (Missouri Supreme Court, Sept. 3, 2026; U.S. Supreme Court stay, Sept. 25, 2026). Cook PVI is R+21 and Cook rates it Solid R. Incumbent Mark Alford (R), first elected 2022 and re-elected with 71.1% in 2024, is running. On the ballot, at compilation strength: Mark Alford (R), Jordan Herrera (D) and Thomas Holbrook (L). A certified Secretary of State pull is still owed.
Mark Alford (R) The record: Former Kansas City television news anchor (25 years at WDAF-TV Fox 4) and small-business owner before Congress. Serves on House Appropriations and Small Business per The Ballot Brief, citing his official House site — other compilations also list earlier Agriculture / Armed Services service, and committee rosters are to be re-verified pre-print. Renominated with 77.7%. Endorsed by President Trump, AIPAC and the Missouri Fraternal Order of Police. Campaign priorities per his site: pro-life, Second Amendment, parental involvement in education. Pros: In-tent incumbent; appropriations and small-business committee work. Cons: The file locates no proven in-service flaw heavy enough to contest the endorsement. The flaw, plainly: None demonstrated in this file.
Jordan Herrera (D) The record: Attorney; Air Force veteran of nearly 16 years; former assistant attorney general (campaign site via The Ballot Brief). Won a seven-candidate Democratic primary with a 30.5% plurality over radio host / tenants-union organizer Hartzell Gray (27.7%). Endorsed by Missouri AFL-CIO. Pros: Long military service and legal / assistant attorney general experience. Cons: No elected service is located in the file, and no proven break with his party on our values is documented. The flaw, plainly: A Democratic organizing vote with no Manchin-test exception in the file.
OUR CALL LiberalMind endorses Mark Alford.
An in-tent Republican incumbent with no proven flaw in the file, in an R+21 district read on the correct 2022-map geography. Thomas Holbrook (L), a document imaging specialist, is noted in the roster; the file gives him no fuller record.
This race is one of hundreds in LiberalMind's Election 2026 coverage. For the complete breakdown — every race, claim by claim — go to liberalmindhq.com.
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--- Sources - Wikipedia, "2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri" (compilation) — roster, primaries, Alford record; both map boundary versions - The Ballot Brief Missouri guide (sourced to the Secretary of State) — Alford committees, Herrera background - Cook Political Report race table — PVI R+21, Solid R rating - Ballotpedia News (Sept. 28, 2026) / Wikipedia, "2026 Missouri Proposition A" — 2025-map primaries, 2022 map for the general election
Winner: Mark Alford (Republican) — called by the Associated Press. This result was appended on November 4, 2026 (results wave 2); the original article above is unchanged, exactly as published before Election Day.
AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.