KBIA reporting teams were out in full force throughout mid-Missouri and filed reports throughout the evening. KBIA News caught up with the following people at watch parties around the community:
- House Representative Mike Bernskoetter (R-i) at Capitol Plaza Hotel in Jefferson City. (Alexandra Olgin and Katarina Sostaric)
- Forty-Ninth District Representative Jeanie Riddle (R-i) at Post Office Bar & Grill in Fulton. (Wendy Mader and Ninh Pham)
- District 3 State Representative Candidate Nate Walker (R) at Steve's Garden Deli in Kirksville (Courtney Doll)
- Senator Kurt Schaefer (R-i) at his watch party in Columbia's Holiday Inn Expo Center (Andrew Yost)
- District 19 Senate Candidate Mary Still (D) at Broadway Brewery (Kellie Stanfield and Lee Jian Chung)
- Participants at the Cole County Democratic watch party at the Bones Restaurant & Lounge in Jefferson City (Mikkel Christiensen)