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Judge Sarah Castle (right) administers the oath of office to Gov. Mike Parson with first lady Teresa Parson on Monday during the Missouri Bicentennial Inauguration at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.
Updated at 5:05 p.m. Jan. 11 with post-inauguration comments from Parson
Gov. Mike Parson and four statewide officials took their oaths of offices on Monday ushering in four more years of near total Republican rule over Missouri.
It also marks what could be the last phase of Parson’s political career, which started as an elected sheriff of a small southwest Missouri county and eventually led to one of the largest electoral mandates ever for a Republican governor.
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St. Louis Recorder of Deeds Michael Butler, shown last year, recently was elected chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party.
Newly elected Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Michael Butler and Vice Chairwoman Genevieve Williams were both tapped for leadership positions to lead their struggling party into the 2022 election cycle.
But Butler and Williams say their goals are broader than just getting high-level Democratic candidates across the finish line. They want to build up the party’s local presence throughout the state so Missouri Democrats can regain their footing after yet another dismal election cycle.
“Donald Trump won our state with 57% of the vote. And he won the state of Mississippi with 59 percent of the vote,” Butler said. “What that tells me is we may be 2 points away from being Mississippi. And I don’t think we’re Mississippi. And I also feel that we as Democrats can get on the right track