Ed Martin

Ed Martin Becomes MO Republican Party Chairman; Everyone Makes Exact Same Joke

After failed attempts to become a Missouri (1) congressman, (2) senator, (3) congressman (again) and (4) attorney general, Ed Martin has at last found success. On Saturday he was elected as chairman of Missouri's Republican Party. It's considered a victory for the more extreme elements of the state ... More >>

Ed Martin Won't Meet With Editorial Boards: A Rare (and Probably Smart) Move

So far this year, most candidates for statewide office have made the pilgrimage. They've stepped into the inner sanctums of the Post-Dispatch and The Kansas City Star. They pow-wowed with the editorial boards, fielded uncomfortable questions, asked for a kiss on the forehead.&nbs ... More >>

Butcher Shop That Packaged Beef Hearts as "Ground Beef" Settles with State for $50k

This just in from Attorney General Chris Koster's office: The state has settled with John's Butcher Shoppee, a meat processor in Overland and Festus sued by the government in June 2011 for passing off heart muscle as "ground beef" and "sausage."

Guns Blazin' n' Insults Flyin', GOP Candidates Wrap Up "Victory Tour" in STL County

We didn't find Abby Wambach amid the stacks of GOP yard signs, but 300 or so STL-area Republicans were on hand to celebrate their slate and revel in partisan glory... however premature.

Ed Martin's Pledge to Thwart Obamacare From His "First Minute in Office": Will It Resonate?

Tea Party darling and GOP candidate for attorney general Ed Martin just released this new TV spot, which begins: "Almost 30 states filed lawsuits to stop Obamacare. Not Missouri. Our attorney general sat it out." That's technically true, but slightly misleading.

Ed Martin To Run for ... Something

​Republican Ed Martin has kiboshed his plans to run for Congress, because the Missouri Attorney General's job seems more appealing. Or more attainable, maybe. Martin has previously announced his intentions for Congressional seats in Missouri's 2nd and 3rd districts, as well as one in the U.S. Sena ... More >>

Tea Party favorite Ed Martin has some explaining to do

Ed Martin Denies Disparaging Former Elections Worker; We've Got the Tape

Photo by Jennifer SilverbergEd Martin, 2010 Congressional candidate can't recall what he told us​For an attorney and Congressional hopeful, Ed Martin sure has a funky memory. The Tea Party favorite can't seem to get his story straight when it comes to Jeanne Bergfeld, whom he fired from the St. Lo ... More >>

Claire McCaskill Third Most Vulnerable Senator, Washington Post Says

Claire McCaskill: Vulnerable, but not because her challengers are so awesome or anything.​So Todd Akin is a smug know-it-all convinced that only those with his political beliefs are capable of respect for the Almighty. And so what if Sarah Steelman's campaign thinks 100 x 1,000 = 10,000?Never mind ... More >>

Rematch for Ed Martin and Russ Carnahan?

Carnahan v. Martin: Once more with feeling?​Ed Martin announced today that he's running for Congress in Missouri's newly reconfigured 2nd Congressional District. Last November, the Republican with strong ties to the Tea Party lost a close race against incumbent Democrat Russ Carnahan for the 3rd C ... More >>

Ed Martin Announces Candidacy for U.S. Senate

Well, Ed Martin didn't tease us for very long. A week after making a non-announcement announcement about his bid for U.S. Senate, Ed Martin today made it official. He's in.

Ed Martin Senate Bid Seems Likely

Apparently he just can't get enough of the campaign trail.​Just three months after losing his U.S. Congressional race to Russ Carnahan (and not being a good sport about it), Ed Martin seems poised to jump into the 2012 senate race against incumbent Claire McCaskill. Yesterday the Tea Party politic ... More >>

Ed Martin Maintains Online Presence, Rhetoric

​Ed Martin is not going away. But really, did you think he would? After barely losing his bid for Congress, the Republican from Missouri's Third District launched a new website this week to focus on two efforts near and dear: killing the federal health care overhaul and monitoring local elections. ... More >>

Missourians Are Schizophrenic About Earmarks

Image via​Our state can't get its story straight.  Yesterday, The New York Times' unpacked the debate over earmarks (are they good or evil?) by focusing on the St. Louis experience. Here's a quote from our mayor, Francis Slay, on Senator Kit Bond's love of federal $$$ and how Bond corralled i ... More >>

Ed Martin Concedes -- But Not Before Taking Swipes at Election Process

Martin concedes even while continuing to suggest the election was stolen. ​Six days after the election, Ed Martin has conceded that he does not have enough votes to win the Third District race for U.S. Congress. The Republican challenger phoned incumbent Congressman Russ Carnahan this morning to c ... More >>

Swing Vote: Readers weigh in on candidate Ed Martin's past and the Beautiful Kind's sexcapades

Ed Martin Alleging Voting Irregularities; Still Not Conceding Defeat

Ed (s)Martin: Not ready to accept sting of defeat. ​The unofficial results have Republican Ed Martin losing to Russ Carnahan by a margin of 4,418 votes in the race to represent Missouri's Third Congressional District in Washington D.C.Carnahan has 48.9 percent of the vote compared to Martin's 46.7 ... More >>

What Options Does Ed Martin Have Left?

Photo by Jennifer SilverbergMartin's gonna have to go to court to avoid a loss.​UPDATED below the jump. As Daily RFT reported earlier today, Republican challenger Ed Martin has refused to concede the 3rd Congressional District race to incumbent Democrat Russ Carnahan. But does it even matter? By a ... More >>

Ed Martin Sued by Former Board of Elections Employee for Comments in RFT

​Four years ago, Jeannie Bergfeld, who was once a high-ranking former employee at the city's bipartisan board of elections, filed suit against its two commissioners and then-chairman Ed Martin. (Y'all know Ed -- he's the conservative sparkplug now running for Congress against Russ Carnahan, and is ... More >>

Ed Martin: Site Suggests He Knew About Pedophile Priests but Did Nothing

threaledmartin.com Click here to watch the site's video.​Heard about therealedmartin.com?It's a website that argues -- albeit indirectly, and with loads of documents -- that GOP congressional candidate Ed Martin, while employed at the Archdiocese of St. Louis, was in a position to have inti ... More >>

Clergy Sex Abuse Victim Didn't Know His Video Interview Involved Ed Martin

therealedmartin.com Click here to watch the site's video.So you've seen therealedmartin.com, the website implying that congressional candidate Ed Martin knew about "pedophile priests" being shuffled around from parish to parish, but failed to do anything about it. But how did this website com ... More >>

Tea Party Crasher: Hard-charging Ed Martin wants to win your vote — and Russ Carnahan's congressional seat

Okay, Who Inserted the Word "Blow" in the Sign Reading: "Ed Martin 4 Jobs"?

Update 9:54 a.m. with comment from Martin campaign.Right-wing blogger Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit was first to report the news yesterday with the headline: Awful Liberals Turn Classy Ed Martin Sign Into Vulgar Sexual Display. Yep, it seems someone has defaced a campaign sign for Martin along Interst ... More >>

Pupocalypse Now?: Local Blogger Imagines Disastrous Repercussions of Prop B

What horrible fate lies ahead for this little pup?​We've got less than a month to go till Election Day now, when Missourians will go to the polls and determine the fates of Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt, Ed Martin and thousands of puppies. If Prop B, officially known as the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prev ... More >>

Shocking: Ed Martin Picks Up Tea Party Endorsement

Calling him an "original Tea Partier" and someone who will do the "patriotic thing" in Congress, the St. Louis Tea Party has officially thrown its support to Ed Martin.In the video below, St. Louis Tea Party founder Bill Hennessy adds that he'll even contribute $52 dollars to Martin's campaign -- on ... More >>

Just to Clarify, Russ Carnahan Opposes Puppy Mills

And they call it puppy love...​Updated at 1:58 p.m. with comment from Ed Martin's campaign.We weren't able to attend last Friday's debate between Congressman Russ Carnahan and Republican challenger Ed Martin (and token Constitution Party candidate Nicholas Ivanovich). That said, one thing from the ... More >>

Russ Carnahan, Ed Martin Debate Tonight!

Yep that's right. Tonight is the real debate (not the fake ones) between Congressman Russ Carnahan and Republican challenger Ed Martin. The debate gets underway at 7 p.m. at the auditorium at Forest Park Community College. (Map here.) Another debate takes place Sunday at 7 p.m. at the community rec ... More >>

Ed Martin Video Game: Gobbles Emails, Wastes Tax Dollars

edhackmanmartin.com​Russ Carnahan's congressional campaign today debuted an online video game featuring Republican challenger Ed Martin. Dubbed "Ed Martin is Hackman" the game is a riff on the '80s mainstay Pacman. Carnahan communication's director Angela Guyadeen says of the game: "The website us ... More >>

Martin and Carnahan Agree to Real Debates

​Unlike Ed Martin's faux debates last month (that he scheduled before giving Russ Carnahan time to respond), the Republican and Democratic congressional candidates have agreed to a pair of face-offs for later this month. The debates hosted by the League of Women Voters will also include the candid ... More >>

Ed Martin FOIA Request Reeks of Hypocrisy; Earns Great Zinger from Carnahan Campaign

Ed Martin: All about transparency​So, let's get this straight. Back in 2007 political reporter Tony Messenger (then with the Springfield News-Leader) exposed how Ed Martin was deleting political emails sent from his government computer as chief of staff for Gov. Matt Blunt. Blunt told Messenger th ... More >>

Justice Department Sues Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Early Endorser of Ed Martin

Sheriff Joe​The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit alleging that Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio is blocking its investigation into possible civil rights violations within his Maricopa County Sheriff's Department. Arpaio is well known in Arizona -- and increasingly nationwide -- for his sweeps ... More >>

Brian Nieves: Ass Clown of the Week

I'm Brian Nieves, and I do NOT support this message. Ass Clown? Moi!? ​Congratulations to State Representative Brian Nieves (R - Union) for winning his second election this month. The first came August 2 when Nieves won the G.O.P. primary for state Senate District 26. The second came this morning ... More >>

Who is Daily RFT's "Ass Clown of the Week" -- August 6 - 13?

​Whoa! It's nearing quittin' time and we've yet to post this week's Ass Clown of the Week nominations! You know the rules, vote for the person or group whose words/actions brought them the most shame and/or embarrassment this week. 1. Brandon Phillips: The Cincinnati Reds infielder was left eating ... More >>

Ed Martin Continues to Publicize Debates That Were Never Confirmed

Martin: Bike rack, five minutes. If you're not there, I win!​Republican contender Ed Martin isn't backing down from the political debates he says he scheduled with Congressman Russ Carnahan -- even though it's doubtful that Carnahan's campaign ever agreed to the dates. In an email blast this morni ... More >>

Queer Debate: Did Ed Martin Inform Russ Carnahan Before Scheduling Face Off?

edmartinforcongress.comEd Martin (left) wants his friend Martin Duggan to host the debates.​So, you'd think that a candidate for Congress would inform his challenger before scheduling a public debate between the two. But that's not what apparently happened when GOP challenger Ed Martin issued a pr ... More >>

Ed Martin: Ass Clown of the Week

Winner of the losers: Ed Martin​Ed Martin can only hope he does as well in November's election versus Russ Carnahan as he did during last week's Ass Clown of the Week vote. The Republican candidate for Congress took more than 70 percent of the vote this weekend for comments he made last week sayin ... More >>

Henry Rollins Schools Missouri Republican Congressional Candidate Ed Martin

Sarah ParadoskiHenry Rollins at the Pageant in 2008​On Monday, local Republican Congressional candidate Ed Martin appeared on the "Dr. Gina Show" on KJSL (630 AM). As Daily RFT reports, Martin accused the Obama administration and incumbent Congressman Russ Carnahan of "taking away...The freedo ... More >>

Ed Martin: Carnahan and Obama Want to Deny You God

Ed Martin: Holier than thou.​So this is what it's come to? On Monday Republican candidate Ed Martin was on the "Dr. Gina Show" on 630 AM KJSL when the conversation with his fellow Tea Party patriot, Gina Loudon, turned to religion. As Martin puts its, one of the objectives of the incumbent he's ho ... More >>

Ed Martin Responds: "I Stand by What I Said; Carnahan and Obama Contemptuous of Liberty"

edmartinforcongress.com​This morning Ed Martin fired off a statement of his own, defending the allegations he made this week that Obama and Congressman Russ Carnahan are covertly working to deny Americans the chance to discover God. Martin's response comes after he was ridiculed last night on MSNB ... More >>

Dana Loesch's Husband Calls $2,500 Check From Ed Martin a "Non-Story"; Tutors Daily RFT on Journalism

Photo: Jennifer SilverbergChris and Dana Loesch: Got each others back.​I just got off the phone with Chris Loesch, the husband of Tea Party personality Dana Loesch. Chris is upset with a post I published yesterday drawing attention to a $2,500 check that Republican candidate Ed Martin's campaign p ... More >>

Payment of $2,500 at Center of Latest Dana Loesch Pissing Match

Dana Loesch: Tea'd off, again.​There's some interesting bickering underway in the G.O.P. primary race for Missouri's 3rd Congressional District. And contrary to what you might expect, it doesn't involve the candidates hurling insults at each other -- at least not directly.The controversy surrounds ... More >>

Controversial Arizona Lawman, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Endorses Ed Martin for Congress

Sheriff Joe Arpaio wants you to vote for Ed.​The latest endorsement (not from a dead man) for Ed Martin comes from Joe Arpaio the self-branded "World's Toughest Sheriff" out of Maricopa County, Arizona. The Republican congressional candidate looking to unseat Russ Carnahan announced Arpaio's endor ... More >>

Harry Truman Endorses Ed Martin -- No Not That Ed Martin

When Harry Met Ed ... on the Internetz.​Ed Martin, the Republican candidate who seeks to dethrone incumbent Russ Carnahan in Missouri's Third Congressional District recently posted an interesting letter of support on his campaign website. It's an endorsement (of sorts) from Harry Truman (posted on ... More >>

Ed Martin: Congressional Candidate (and Parrothead) Re-Writes Jimmy Buffet

​Those winds out there today? They're the tropical breezes blown in special for Jimmy Buffet's concert tonight at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. And one of Buffet's fans who plans to attend the show is Republican congressional candidate Ed Martin, who is hosting a concert pre-party (and fundra ... More >>

St. Louis Tea Party to Slowly Roll Through St. Charles Saturday

Epic Eagle.​The St. Louis Tea Party is planning a circuitous route (here's a map) through St. Charles County on Saturday, leaving at 10 a.m. from the Target parking lot in O'Fallon (2300 Hwy K.)Anyone who's been in a Target parking lot on a Saturday knows it's nothing short of bustling, so t ... More >>

Meanwhile, Ed Martin Responds to Allegations Against Right-Wing "Patriots"

Ed Martin​The allegations are flying this week that the Tea Party and other right-wingers have reached a new low in boorish behavior. These include accusations that they spit on a black Missouri congressman and allegedly called him the N-word in Washington D.C. Also this week, the St. Louis Tea Pa ... More >>

Ed Martin's Race to Unseat Russ Carnahan Gains Traction, Attention

edmartinforcongress.com​Got an email the other day from Ed Martin with some "big news" for the Republican candidate for Missouri's 3rd Congressional District (map here). According to a non-partisan report issued last week, Martin is now being pegged as a somewhat legitimate threat to unseat Democr ... More >>

Ain't No Party Like a Patriot Party, Because a Patriot Party ... Involves "Celebrity Readings of the Bill of Rights"

You could spend your New Year's Eve at a variety of parties in St. Louis. There's Western-themed hoedowns, rollerskating soirées, arts galas and more.But before you finalize your NYE plans, think about a party that involves local celebrities reading aloud from the Bill of Rights. We've seen th ... More >>