Emanuel Cleaver: “I think that my children's children, and even their children, will study this era and say: That is when it got started.”

Despite the cynical and deeply shameful attempt to silence many of our neighbors, the people fought back and won.

Right here in the middle of the country in the sometimes-cold Midwest, where people became so upset that they did what one can do only in a democracy, and they went out and organized.

Tonight, after more than 305,000 Missourians demanded a say, the Supreme Court has put this shameful and unlawful scheme to rest. Power to the people.

We're going to run, and we're going to run hard, no matter where we are.