McCaskill reintroduces measure to ban earmarks
Sen. Claire McCaskill is making another run at ending earmarks after she tried but failed during her first term in Congress.
Ed Martin
New Missouri GOP chair Ed Martin plans more aggressive approach
Gov. Nixon, Lt. Gov Kinder win re-election in Missouri
Gov. Jay Nixon cruised to victory Tuesday, defeating his Republican opponent to earn a second term in office.
Missouri attorney general race gets personal
Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster hopes his message of “all prosecutor, no politics” will earn him a second term on Nov. 6. …
New poll has McCaskill up 6, Nixon's leading (but not by as much) and Kinder-Montee in a knott
Akin’s favorable total: just 31 percent
Rand Paul on way to Missouri to campaign for Ed Martin
Paul is the Tea Party king
Nixon on cruise control to a second term, new poll finds
He’s up 19 points
Lastest Koster ad focuses on 2009 death penalty conviction
Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Carl Graham was murdered in 2005.
Koster wins NRA endorsement, Martin up with new TV ad
The incumbent attorney general is the only statewide Democrat in Missouri to receive an “A.”
Blog Watch: Wednesday, September 26
National pundits react to U.S. Rep. Todd Akin staying in the race and Missouri Auditor Thomas Schweich slams the Department of Economic Development over the Mamtek deal.
National Republicans coming to the aid of Ed Martin in Missouri
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and an Iowa-based nonprofit are assisting Martin.
Democrat Koster gets $250K donation from Rex Sinquefield
Incumbent attorney general also got big checks from national Democratic group and former congressman.
In Missouri statewide races, Democrats lead in fundraising
In the five campaigns for Missouri statewide offices on this fall’s ballot, Democrats hold a significant fundraising edge over their Republican rivals, according to disclosure reports filed this week.
Missouri Democrats hold cash lead over GOP in statewide races
Campaign finance reports were filed this week.
AG Koster won't appeal ruling on health care ballot measure
Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, a fellow Democrat, had urged Koster to appeal.
Upset in the works in Missouri Senate race?
Akin appears to be surging; race still close
Chris Koster, a political survivor, goes for re-election
Nearly five years ago, Chris Koster left the Republican Party, explaining that he no longer was a good fit. “My vision for …
Ed Martin launches TV ad promising to stop 'Obamacare'
The GOP attorney general candidate says he’ll launch new legal strategy the first minute in office.
Missouri candidates try to turn health care court ruling into cash
Several Missouri candidates have tried to turn the U.S. Supreme Court’s health care ruling into campaign cash, asking potential donors to support efforts to “throw out Obamacare” or stand with a congressman whose “vital voice and courageous vote” …
Audit hits AG Koster for contracts and contributions
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster’s office kept a thumb on the process of awarding contracts for legal services even after farming out that responsibility to a separate agency—something Missouri law doesn’t specifically condone, according to a new state …
Ed Martin named GOP campaign chair
AG candidate to double up with party duties
Schoeller picks up Missouri Senate endorsements
HANCOCK: Two Republicans endorse the House Speaker Pro Tem over their Senate colleagues.
Ed Martin gets $250K from Joplin businessman
HANCOCK: Republican candidate for attorney general had only $300K cash on hand as of April.
Rural prosecutor enters Missouri attorney general race
Rural prosecutor Adam Warren on Thursday became the second Republican to enter the attorney general’s race in Missouri and pledged to fight against the federal health care law signed by President Barack Obama.
Ed Martin pulls the ol' switcheroo, will drop congressional bid to run for Missouri AG
Kraske: Ed Martin is ending his campaign for Congress and launching a new one for Missouri attorney general.
Missouri’s Rep. Akin runs for U.S. Senate
U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a St. Louis-area Republican with a 98 percent lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union, said Tuesday that he’s running for a Senate seat.
Attorney drops Mo. Senate bid to run for Congress
Republican attorney Ed Martin is dropping his challenge to Democrat Claire McCaskill in Missouri’s 2012 U.S. Senate race.Martin announced in a Monday email to supporters that he will instead run for…
McCaskill raises $1 million
WASHINGTON | Sen. Claire McCaskill raised more than $1 million for her re-election campaign during the first quarter of 2011, her campaign said on Monday. The announcement was a strong showing for the first-term Democratic incumbent.
Analysis: Damage control in the McCaskill camp
WASHINGTON | Sen. Claire McCaskill’s use of her private airplane has turned into a $400,000 mistake, but the political costs could run even higher.
McCaskill owes nearly $300K in back taxes on plane
WASHINGTON | Sen. Claire McCaskill said Monday that she owes nearly $300,000 for four years’ worth of back taxes on a private airplane which has become a source of political turbulence.
McCaskill says she owes nearly $300,000 in back taxes on airplane
Sen. Claire McCaskill said Monday that she owes nearly $300,000 for four years’ worth of back taxes on a private airplane that has become a political headache. McCaskill said she’d pay the bill…
Mo. US Rep. Emerson decides against US Senate bid
U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson announced Tuesday that she will not seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2012, saying she can best serve Missouri and her district by remaining a…
Emerson decides against US Senate bid
U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson announced Tuesday that she will not seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate in 2012, saying she can best serve Missouri and her district by remaining as…
US Rep. Graves of Mo. won't run for Senate in 2012
U.S. Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri has chosen a committee chairmanship over a Senate campaign, removing himself from a potential Republican primary for the right to challenge Democratic Sen. Claire…
GOP attorney Ed Martin to run for Mo. Senate
A Missouri Republican who narrowly lost a bid for Congress in November says he will seek Democrat Claire McCaskill’s U.S. Senate seat in 2012.Attorney Ed Martin announced his candidacy Monday and…
Talent, Steelman consider challenging McCaskill in 2012
JEFFERSON CITY | Fewer than 50,000 votes separated Democratic challenger Claire McCaskill and Republican incumbent Jim Talent in Missouri’s 2006 U.S. Senate race — a difference of only about a dozen votes from each precinct. McCaskill won.
Blue buoys in a sea of red
Missouri’s Democrats are searching for a new role — and attempting to distinguish themselves from Washington — in a state where most people are seeing red.
Ed Martin concedes in Missouri's 3rd District
Republican says his staff evaluated results and found no wrongdoing on the part of Russ Carnahan’s campaign.
Missouri, Kansas feel GOP’s high tide
Republicans and Democrats in Kansas and Missouri saw red almost everywhere they looked Wednesday.
GOP candidate wants investigation after loss
Ed Martin was narrowly defeated in 3rd Congressional District race against U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan
Skelton falls to Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler — taking advantage of central Missouri’s anger toward and distrust of government — decisively upset 34-year U.S. House veteran Ike Skelton on Tuesday. With all precincts reporting, unofficial results showed Hartzler with 113,500 votes, or just …
Longtime U.S. Rep Ike Skelton falls to Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler — taking advantage of central Missouri’s anger toward and distrust of government — decisively upset 34-year U.S. House veteran Ike Skelton on Tuesday.
Hartzler upsets Skelton in Missouri’s 4th District
Vicky Hartzler — taking advantage of central Missouri’s deep anger and distrust of government — decisively upset 34-year House veteran Ike Skelton on Tuesday.
Carnahan: Anti-Martin attack site creators acted solo
After a site was created to attack congressional candidate Ed Martin, Russ Carnahan’s campaign denied that it was their doing. Instead, it was made by researchers gone rogue, they said.
Outside groups spend $12M-plus on Missouri Senate race
Democratic Missouri Senate candidate Robin Carnahan claimed Friday that special interest groups are trying to “buy themselves a senator” by spending millions of dollars on ads attacking her and…
This year, candidates and groups are getting involved in guarding against voting fraud
WASHINGTON | If this election season weren’t already tense enough, fears about voter fraud — and some of the steps being taken to combat it — are creating even more worries.
Concerns grow about election fraud, voter intimidation
As if this election season weren’t already tense enough, fears about voter fraud - and some of the steps that are being taken to combat it - have created more worries. With control of Congress in…
Boehner offers plum committees to GOP challengers
Deep in rural Georgia, the Republican who may become the next speaker of the U.S. House is playing let’s-make-a-deal with voters.
Online game puts heat on congressional candidate
Technology is changing political campaigns. This week, Russ Carnahan used a Pacman spoof to poke fun at opponent Ed Martin.
Robin Carnahan on ethics: Get rid of leadership funds, lawmakers who become lobbyists
Democratic Senate hopeful Robin Carnahan laid out an ethics plan this week aimed at putting her Republican rival on the hot seat — but she may also have tweaked a member of her own family as well.
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