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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — As he builds toward a potential bid to become chief executive of Missouri, Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder first is repositioning himself for a role as chief challenger to the current administration.
JEFFERSON CITY — Preparing for a potential bid to become chief executive of Missouri, Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder first is repositioning himself as chief challenger to the current administration. Since Democrat Jay Nixon became governor in January, Kinder's official responsibilities have declined — some by choice, others at Nixon's insistence — while Kinder's political duties have increased ...
An AP News Analysis As he builds toward a potential bid to become chief executive of Missouri, Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder first is repositioning himself for a role as chief challenger to the current administration. Since Democrat Jay Nixon became governor in January, Kinder's official responsibilities have declined -- some by his choice, others at Nixon's insistence -- while Kinder's ...
ST. LOUIS — Former Missouri Sen. Jeff Smith clung to a five-year lie even as his friends abandoned their deception to help investigators. Now Smith will have a year and a day to consider his decision.
As a political science major who is also a senior, I've been thinking a lot lately about the round of elections coming up, mostly wondering which ones I could work for after I graduate. We are going to have a really good Senate race between Democratic Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and come November 2010, Missouri could join the elite group of states with two female ...
University of Missouri senior Jack Buthod doesn’t think President Barack Obama or congressional Democrats are communists.
Southwest Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt visited media outlets Wednesday to answer back at a new television commercial that accuses Blunt of "turning his back on Missouri" in favor of big oil interests.
Immediately following Saturday night's passage of health insurance reform in the U.S. House, Missouri politicians, candidates and special interest groups began issuing statements responding to the narrow 220-215 vote.
(Updated 10 a.m. Sun., Nov. 1) Posted 12:48 p.m. Fri., Oct. 30: Doug Hoffman (left) is a Conservative Party candidate for Congress in upstate New York who's competing in a special election next Tuesday . But his candidacy appears to be a touchstone for Missouri conservatives , including some Republicans who are rejecting their party's moderate nominee. State Sen. Chuck Purgason , a Missouri GOP ...
ST. LOUIS — In many other cities, it would be a boon to the opposition party: Two sitting Democratic lawmakers convicted of corruption, opening up their seats to fresh competition.
Doug Hoffman's insurgent campaign in New York's special House race, which had already split national Republican leaders, is now turning into a litmus test for other Republican congressional candidates running in 2010 to prove their conservative credentials. Liz Lauber, running in the Republican primary for a House seat in Missouri, this week made support for Mr. Hoffman a campaign issue, calling ...