Gas tax defeat means Missouri lawmakers will be seeking money for roads [View all]

Missouri voters’ rejection of a gasoline tax increase last week leaves state officials scrambling again for a successful route to solving the Missouri Department of Transportation’s chronic money problems.

The measure, Proposition D, was defeated by a vote of about 54 percent to 46 percent. The gradual 10-cent-a-gallon hike carried only in St. Louis city, three metro Kansas City counties and four outstate.

Rejection by voters in St. Louis, St. Charles, Jefferson and Franklin counties came despite bipartisan support from the top elected leaders in each one.

They joined Republican Gov. Mike Parson, Democratic Mayor Lyda Krewson and a long list of business and labor groups on the campaign.

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