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Messages from Trump backers prompt Missouri GOP resignation

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FILE - In this Friday, May 12, 2017, file photo, Rep. Crystal Quade, D-Springfield, speaks before the end of the last legislative session in the Missouri House in Jefferson City, Mo. After a record-setting election, women have made only modest gains among the top leadership positions in state legislatures. “We are constantly fighting up against the history of having older white men in these positions,” said Missouri House Minority Leader Quade, a social worker chosen for the top Democratic spot this session after serving just two years in the House. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP, File)

Missouri trails the nation in number of female lawmakers

By SUMMER BALLENTINE and DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press