Do you live in MO?
No, but I think MO is much like PA, where the Democrats are crammed into concentrated parasite nests ("cities") and normal, self-reliant people pay the freight for everything. For the past eight years we, too, had a scumbag Democrat governor but we've always had an overwhelmingly Republican state senate firewall against the worst of the Democrat socialism and lunacy.
For what it's worth, I too once voted for a Democrat for governor, back in 1990, when Bob Casey (Sr.) ran against abortion enthusiast Barbara Hafer. Hafer lost by 36%. A few years ago Hafer made her official conversion to the rat party. I don't think anybody noticed.