JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Democrats in the Missouri House have voted to retain their current leadership in next year's legislative session.
The caucus on Thursday elected Jacob Hummel of St. Louis as minority leader and Gail McCann Beatty of Kansas City as assistant minority leader.
Tuesday's elections and the decision by a Democratic incumbent to join the Republican Party widened the partisan gap in the 163-member House. Republicans gained eight seats this week and head into 2015 with 118 House members to the Democrats' 45.