Do Republicans really have a primary problem? Less than a month after prominent losses in several Senate races, including Rep. Todd Akin’s shellacking in Missouri, some GOP leaders say the answer is yes.
But first, a quick look back at 2012
Call it “McCaskill’s miracle.” Considered a likely loser just three months ago, Democrat Claire McCaskill was swept to victory Tuesday over Republican …
Missouri remained in the center of the political universe for the fourth straight day Wednesday as U.S. Rep. Todd Akin struggled to …
Confirms that Paul Ryan asked him to exit the race
Republican Todd Akin insists he won’t withdraw from Missouri’s Senate race despite pressure from his own party following his remarks on rape.
Worries about the political fallout from his remarks about abortion and rape
With his first words of an election night speech, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin thanked God for hearing the prayers of his supporters and granting him victory in Missouri’s Republican U.S. Senate primary.
Brownback wins again, Kinder wins (but loses)
Legions of Democrats on Wednesday were re-energized about Claire McCaskill’s chances after months of dispiriting news that the senator from Missouri was …
St. Louis area U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a staunch conservative who refused to attack his opponents, on Tuesday won Missouri’s Republican U.S. …
Akin tops Brunner, Steelman
Akin appears to be surging; race still close
Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin urged Missouri Republicans on Friday to pick a “mama grizzly” — Sarah Steelman — in the …
GOP Senate candidate meets with Riverside business owners
Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will campaign in the Kansas City area Friday night on behalf of U.S. Senate candidate …
Barbara Gardner of Lee’s Summit calls them three peas in a pod. Sarah Steelman, Todd Akin and John Brunner are the three …
Former Alaska governor to visit KC area Friday to stump for Steelman
Incumbent draws closer to her 3 leading GOP rivals
Brunner declines to take part
A poll shows Republican Mitt Romney leading Democratic President Barack Obama in Missouri. The poll shows Romney with 51 percent support, compared …
She has problems with independents
With 10 days to go, Akin and Steelman said to be still in hunt
St. Joseph contractor Stan Herzog in for $250K
Continued tax cuts, less scrutiny of Wall Street and a repeal of the president’s health-care law. On those economic issues in these …
U.S. Senate race and others being waged elsewhere — for a reason
New farm bill could be caught up in drought relief vs. food stamps argument
St. Louis businessman discounts Palin nod to opponent Steelman
Businessman John Brunner poured more than $2.5 million into his campaign for a Missouri Senate seat during the past quarter.
…and comes up empty
Campaign calls that a record for April-June fundraising
Like McCaskill, all three GOP Senate hopefuls have missed tax deadlines
The three leading Republican Senate candidates in Missouri traded charges on debt and spending Friday night, but they agreed on a general …
Steelman, Brunner, Akin all say Obamacare must go
St. Louis businessman John Brunner decided to run for the U.S. Senate after taking a long look at his potential opponents.
Trained as an engineer, Republican Senate hopeful Todd Akin sees politics as the practice of defining a problem and finding a way …
Sen. Claire McCaskill on Monday set a feisty, defiant tone for her re-election campaign, declaring that Republicans are “spinning distortions and lies” about the health care law.
Comes out swinging during Independence stop, says Rs are “lying” about health care bill
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” …
McCaskill differs from three GOP rivals on need to give a little, take a little
Standing in front of about 100 supporters seated on the folding chairs of a Teamsters union hall, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill recently laid out the centerpiece of her re-election strategy in Missouri. It was prefaced with a warning …
First time group has endorsed in contested primary
Platte County GOP HQs to open this weekend, too
U.S. Senate hopeful Sarah Steelman earlier this week said she never voted for a tax increase, setting off a furious debate with an opponent over whether she previously raised taxes or just kept them the same.
Health care, federal spending and Syria are biggest issues
A campaign ad from John Brunner has jolted an otherwise somnambulant GOP campaign to replace embattled U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri.
Says GOPers would let big banks decide who goes to college
Only seven months after critical news stories about unpaid taxes on a private airplane, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was late paying property …
Says Brunner, Steelman and Akin make John Ashcroft “look like a liberal”
Wasn’t meant as a threat, Tea party activist says
Who’s really waging the so-called “war on women”?
The Missouri Senate race won’t be decided for seven months, but the two sides already have filed three ethics complaints between them.
Committee pulls in $376,000 in March
In the race for U.S. Senate in Missouri, largely conservative outside groups favorable to Republicans have so far outspent those favoring Democrats
Sen. Claire McCaskill posted her best fundraising quarter yet
Lots of thoughts, too little space
Aide says Steelman “lacks clarity” on international issues
First-time candidates tend to struggle big-time in wild and wooly world of polltics
ST. LOUIS | Republican Senate hopeful John Brunner offered the faintest of praise for the president’s health care plan at a forum Friday with his rivals for the GOP nomination.
MO Senate hopeful to raise money in KC and announce two well-known backers
The Tea Party Express is out for the former Missouri treasurer
The field remains at 3 leading candidates as Missouri state auditor declines to run
All three hopefuls cite wrong figure, Dems chuckle; but poll shows McCaskill losing to any of them
The undertow of dissatisfaction that haunts the GOP presidential field appears to extend to the Republican lineup for Missouri’s U.S. Senate seat.
Turmoil throwing a lifeline to incumbent McCaskill
Via Combest, from Bloomberg: Tom Schweich supporters filing paperwork to get in
Speaker Steve Tilley named Steelman campaign chairman in hotly contested GOP Senate primary
U.S. Senate hopeful rips rival Steelman for boosting expenditures in treasurer’s office by 40 percent, but that MISLEADS
A few months ago Harold Hoflander hadn’t heard of Dave Spence. But earlier this month, Spence, a Republican from St. Louis County, took his fledgling campaign for governor to Lafayette County, where Hoflander is presiding commissioner and an …
In Missouri, Barack Obama has hardly been popular and Claire McCaskill faces a tough challenge this fall to hold on to her …
A congenial forum of Republican hopefuls for the U.S. Senate from Missouri turned nasty Saturday during its final minutes when John Brunner’s …
Pleasant event turns negative when Brunner aide distributes statement at end of 90-minute session in KC
Formally debating for the first time, Missouri’s three Republican U.S. Senate candidates sought to distinguish themselves by highlighting their differing backgrounds Saturday …
Missouri U.S. Senate candidate says KC’s highway infrastructure should translate to better job numbers
Santorum up in Michigan AND Ohio, which means trouble for Mitt. Former Kansas Rep. Dennis Moore is being hailed as a hero….and …
Republicans plan a busy 48 hours in the KC area; Sebelius in KC today
Randles, Kinder leading in races for governor and lieutenant governor.
ST. LOUIS | The son of Republican Sarah Steelman — who also happens to be running her bid for U.S. Senate — is seeking to make sure that a DUI arrest last month does not limit his mobility …
First impressions are important in politics.
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.
Republican Congressman Todd Akin has entered Missouri’s U.S. Senate race while casting himself as “the literal, exact opposite” of Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.Akin described himself as a…
