Arch City Chronicle: Attorney General Jay Nixon’s Former Deputy Chief Counsel Steve Brown Files For 73rd District Nephew of Sue Shear Runs for Her Old Seat ST. LOUIS — Steve Brown, former deputy chief counsel for Attorney General Jay Nixon and nephew of legendary Representative Sue Shear, announced today his intention to run for Shear’s […]

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Secretary of State Robin Carnahan has exercised tremendous liberty in drafting the language for the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative, so much in fact, that organizers will mount a legal challenge to amend the official ballot title through the circuit court of Cole County as prescribed in Missouri Revised Statute 116.190. “We have ten days to […]

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Missouri Pulse: “Since he filed his April 2007 report, Nixon’s expenditures have grown from accounting for 25% of his donations to nearly 50%….” “Nixon’s mismanagement of past campaigns, coupled with his alarming burn rate and a bevy of out-of-state consultants, have some inside the Democratic Governor’s Association getting very nervous about their chances in Missouri. […]

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“Where was the Governor when Ed Martin – his chief of staff – hired Gentry Trotter as an assistant? That’s a puzzlement to me.” ( 7/12/07) Martin Duggan – Host of Donnybrook Host of Donnybrook The Missouri Political News Service can hazard a guess that Mr. Duggan will have even more questions for Mr. Martin […]

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Just when you thought the “Kings of the Hatorade” couldn’t sink to any new lows, the St. Louis American has found a way to out do even themselves. In a distasteful and insulting attempt at humor, the Political Eye today plays on the spelling of state rep candidate Shamed Dogan’s first name to highlight Dogan’s […]

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Looks like Speaker Jetton has more ethics issues: Did Jetton send this out to the entire caucus? Can he sign items as Speaker when it is for his personal business? Didn’t Griffin get in trouble for signing legal documents as Speaker? From: Rod Jetton [mailto:rodjetton@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:50 PM To: XXX Subject: […]

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As we are all aware by now, the second quarter ended recently, which means a flurry of campaign finance reports have floooded the newspapers and the blogosphere. The Missouri Political News Service has purposely failed to mention or report the results. One, as we wrote above, other publications will report the results to you. And […]

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Photo courtesy of FiredUp Missouri FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: (573) 636-6060 Missourians Encouraged to Take Action: Stop Judges from Legislating from the Bench Advocacy Effort Hopes to Shine a Light on Appellate Judicial Commission by Encouraging Citizens to Say NO to an Activist Court (Jefferson City) – The non-partisan, not-for-profit Adam Smith Foundation announced a […]

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JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Matt Blunt’s support for hard-working Missourians was reflected today in campaign finance reports showing that the governor widened his fundraising lead over Jay Nixon, a candidate who prefers to hide from Missourians rather than discuss his liberal vision for the state. Today’s quarterly campaign finance reports show that Gov. Blunt increased […]

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Peter Kinder’s campaign learned a hard lesson today. They learned what can happen when you hire out of town “whiz kid” consultants who don’t have a lay of the political landscape of their clients. David All, Kinder’s “new media” consultant, has been very aggressive at courting the Missouri blog-o-sphere – so aggressive in fact – […]

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