Category Archives: Missouri Senate Race

New Poll Shows Akin up by Four

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 15, 2012   New Poll Shows Akin up by Four St. Louis, MO: In case you missed it, a new poll by Citizens United has Todd Akin ahead of Claire McCaskill by four percentage points, 49% to 45%. This is after weeks of Claire McCaskill outspending Akin by seven to [...]

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GOP leaders on Todd Akin: ‘We’re done’

Akin says his decision to run is being guided by faith and belief in God. | AP Photo   By MANU RAJU  Texas Sen. John Cornyn doesn’t want to talk about Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin.   “We’re done,” Cornyn, chairman of the powerful National Republican Senatorial Committee, responded when asked whether the committee would [...]

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Newt Gingrich Shows “Meet The Press” Panel Why He is one of the GOP’s Best Debaters

Take a few minutes to watch this YouTube video of Newt Gingrich totally dominating the “Meet The Press” panel with his wonderful debating skills. He wasn’t my pick in the Primaries, but he is one of, if not the best debater we have in the GOP. ~~John Cronin~~   Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin [...]

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McCaskill ups security after tea partier comments

By JOHN BRESNAHAN   POLITICO Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is getting additional security after a tea party-affiliated activist backing one of her GOP opponents publicly declared that they “have to kill the Claire Bear.” The U.S. Capitol Police contacted local police in Kirkwood, Mo., and asked them to step up patrols near McCaskill’s home. McCaskill also [...]

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AULA President and CEO Calls on Congress to Support the “SAFE Act” and to Halt “the largest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade”

On Tuesday, Dr. Yoest joined Missouri Rep. Todd Akin (both at left) for a news conference at the Robert A. Young Federal Building in St. Louis, asking members of the U.S. Congress to pass H.R. 4971, the “Stop Abortion Funding in Multi-State Exchange Plan Act,” or the “SAFE Act.” “The healthcare law signed by President [...]

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John Bruner’s Running for the U.S. Senate, with a sense of humor,too!

[Editor's Commentary....I opened this email today from the John Bruner campaign and I liked the tongue-in-cheek approach they used to point out how ironic it would be for Democrats like Claire McCaskill to actually tell the voters the truth about what they have done, rather than the outrageous "spin" they use to cover their real [...]

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Martin May Switch to Missouri Governor’s Race

By: David Cantanese Former U.S. Senate candidate and current Missouri congressional candidate Ed Martin is now considering his third contest of the 2012 cycle: A race for governor. Appearing on Mark Reardon’s St. Louis radio program Tuesday afternoon, the conservative talk show host asked Martin to get in the race and Martin replied, “I will [...]

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Romney impresses Missouri state auditor

Possible presidential candidate appeared in town on Monday. Written by Roseann Moring  NewsLeader.com News-Leader JEFFERSON CITY — State Auditor Tom Schweich lauded former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney after his fellow Republican came to Springfield on Monday to talk to supporters about a potential presidential bid. Schweich said in an interview that he was impressed with [...]

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McCaskill admits to $287,000 in unpaid taxes on personal plane

Senator Claire McCaskill Gulfstream G650: File Photo admitted Monday that she had failed to pay about $287,000 in property taxes on a plane she and her husband partly own. It was the latest controversy involving the plane in recent days, complicating the Missouri Democrat’s preparations to run for reelection. “I have convinced my husband to [...]

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Ann Wagner Considering Missouri Senate Bid

By:  Tricia Miller ROLL CALL Ann Wagner, who lost a bid to be chairman of the Republican National Committee a week ago, is seriously considering running against Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), she told Roll Call on Saturday. “Exactly a week ago today we got back from the RNC race, and I’ve kind of reflected and [...]

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