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Missouri Democratic Party

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Former Gov. Roger Wilson & Edward Griesedieck Indicted for Campaign Contributions

    Former Missouri Governor Roger B. Wilson, 63, and attorney Edward J. Griesedieck III, 53, were indicted by the united States Attorney's Office on Wednesday, April 10, on a single charge of misappropriation of insurance funds. The money was allegedly used to make a $5,000 political contribution to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Treasurer's Race Heats Up: Wessels Files Suit Against Williams A Week After Calling for Wahby to Step Down from Party Post

    ​It seems as if 13th Ward Alderman Fred Wessels is trying to pick-off his opponents in the race for City Treasurer like it's a dodge ball game. First he called for candidate Brian Wahby to step down from his current position of Democratic Central Committe chairman after a conveniently-timed polic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    What's Worse than a Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Who Frequented Strip Clubs? How About One Who Supports TARP?

    Image viaRepublican leaders hope personal care packaging mogul Dave Spence can be a more attractive gubernatorial candidate than Lt. Governor Peter Kinder.​Big news yesterday on the Missouri gubernatorial election front. Dave Spence, a businessman from St. Louis, has jumped into the race. Spence ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Peter Kinder's Campaign Spends More Than It Earns

    teamkinder.com​Update 12:22 p.m. The Missouri Democratic Party reports that Jay Nixon's campaign raised $1.5 million in the third quarter to bring its cash on hand total to $4.2 million. Original post follows...The "Friends of Peter Kinder" political campaign filed its third quarter fund-raising r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2011

    John Brunner Officially Enters U.S. Senate Race

    Albert SamahaJohn Brunner's anti-establishment credentials make him a formidable candidate in the GOP Senate primary.​ Updated 11:30 a.m. to show that FEC guidelines do not make a distinction between money spent from contributions and money spent out of pocket when it comes to campaign disclosure ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    (Unofficial) Senate Candidate John Brunner Could Shake Up GOP Primary

    When will John Brunner officially enter the Senate race?​St. Louis businessman John Brunner's political advisor John Hancock says that Brunner will announce his candidacy for Claire McCaskill's U.S. Senate seat "soon." It seems like Brunner has been on the verge of entering the race for months n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Todd Akin: Doubts Climate Change, Constitutionality of Medicare

    Akin touts his Tea Party credentials.​Congressman Todd Akin showed off his conservative bona fides Saturday in a meeting with Tea Party activists in Fulton. Akin, who's hoping to win the Republican primary for Senate, told the group that global warming is "highly suspect" and that he's proud of hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Dems Demand Explanation from Peter Kinder

    The Lt. Gov is allegedly so bad, Werner Herzog should make a movie about him!​Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder still hasn't gotten back to us with any sort of denial, rebuttal or explanation for the allegations coming from ex-stripper Tammy Chapman, who told Daily RFT that the Republican offered t ... More >>

  • News

    June 30, 2011

    It's Already 2012 for Claire McCaskill: Attack ads circulating online and on the radio

    The Lt. Gov is allegedly so bad, Werner Herzog should make a movie about him!​Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder still hasn't gotten back to us with any sort of denial, rebuttal or explanation for the allegations coming from ex-stripper Tammy Chapman, who told Daily RFT that the Republican offered t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    How Much Does American Crossroads Hate Claire McCaskill?

    Watch your back, Claire. They're already out to get you.​You may have heard that Claire McCaskill, Missouri's senior senator, is running for re-election in 2012. She doesn't know who her Republican opponent is yet. (Congressman Todd Akin and former state treasurer and gubernatorial candidate S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Citizens For a Stronger St. Louis: Pro-Tax Group Spent $417K

    Rex Sinquefield: Billionaire spent $11 million, apparently to help a few Dems make a quick buck.​Rex Sinquefield may have been hoping to kickstart a discussion about whether the city's earnings tax is a good thing -- a discussion Mayor Francis Slay has indicated he's willing to have. But in the me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Missouri Democrats Unhappy With Koster's Brief Over Health Care

    Chris Koster: Missouri Democrats are not smiling back.​If you haven't heard yet, yesterday Missouri's Democratic attorney general, Chris Koster, filed a friend of the court brief in a Florida lawsuit in which 26 other states attorneys general are suing to block enforcement of the federal health ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 4, 2011

    Missouri Democratic Party Calls on Peter Kinder to Reimburse Tax Payers for Lavish Hotel Stays

    Peter Kinder appearing in a 2010 interview about his lawsuit to stop "Obamacare."​If you didn't see yesterday's article on Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder, stop what your doing and give it a read. Post-Dispatch reporter Jake Wagman provides a text-book example on how to nail a double-tal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Effort Underway to Shrink Missouri House From 163 Reps to 103

    Missouri voters would be asked to trim the fat. ​If you work in the private sector in Missouri, chances are pretty good that your business experienced some downsizing (a.k.a. layoffs) over the last few years. That's not the case, though, for those public sector employees who happen to work on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Missouri Democratic Party Flat Broke, Says New Chairwoman and Former Missouri Auditor

    Susan Montee: "There is no money."​In one of her first tasks as the new chair of the Missouri Democratic Party, Susan Montee returned to her roots as state auditor to review the agency's finances, including its checkbooks, planning documents, payrolls. Conclusion: The cupboards are bare. "The insp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    New Dem Party Chair Susan Montee: "We're Down About as Far as We Can Go"

    Can she bring her party out of the doldrums?​One month after Missouri's Democratic candidates suffered a series of bruising defeats in the midterm elections, the party swiftly moved to make a change at the helm. Out as party chairman is Craig Hosmer, who held the post for two years. In his p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    Poll Suggests Robin Carnahan is Closing the Gap vs. Roy Blunt; Is Fox News to Thank?

    Carnahan never looks a Fox News gift horse in the mouth.​First a caveat, the following poll was conducted at the behest of the Missouri Democratic Party. Assuming, then, that their pollsters got it right, Democratic candidate Robin Carnahan is now neck-and-neck with her Republican rival Roy Blunt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Missouri Democratic Party Files Complaint vs. Joe the Plumber, But Why?

    ​So, I'm a little late to the game here. The reason? I just can't get my head around the latest political skirmish pitting the Missouri Democratic Party against Joe the Plumber and G.O.P. Senate hopeful Chuck Purgason. Purgason, something of Tea Party extremist (though grudgingly appreciated here ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2010

    Kinder Finally Files that Lawsuit vs. Health Care Reform

    Peter Kinder​He's been huffing and puffing about it since April. But will the lawsuit Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder filed yesterday be enough to blow health care reform down? Probably not. But, hey, it makes for good political theater. In his federal lawsuit filed yesterday in Cape Girardeau, Kinder argue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Karl Rove Swinging Through Missouri Today in Support of Roy Blunt

    ​Republican strategist Karl Rove was in St. Charles this morning for a $500 per-plate breakfast in support of Congressman Roy Blunt and his campaign for Senate. For $2,400 attendees got the privilege of sitting near Rove. For a mere $1,000 they could get their picture taken with George W. Bush's t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Who's Funding Lt. Governor Peter Kinder's Lawsuit Against Health Care Reform?

    Kinder has set up a limited-liability company to fund his lawsuit. ​That's the question the Missouri Democratic Party is asking of the state's top Republican, who last month announced his plans to file a lawsuit to stop federal health care reform. In a statement yesterday, Brian Zuzenak (head of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2010

    Imagined TV Show About Roy Blunt and Lobbyists Plays Out Like The Sopranos

    theveryworstofwashington.com​Do you like The Sopranos? How about The Wire? Then chances are you'd be a big fan of Washington Insiders, an imagined television show crafted by the Missouri Democratic Party.

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2009

    What the Post-Dispatch Missed About Milton "Skip" Ohlsen

    Ohlsen's mug shot as it appears in an arrest report from March 2008 when police in Ladue found him in possession of a stolen .40 caliber Glock handgun. ​If you didn't see it yesterday, the Post-Dispatch ran a front-page article on Milton "Skip" Ohlsen, the man behind a federal probe into state Sen ... More >>

  • News

    December 14, 2005

    Rapid Fire

    Where's the line between political blogging and political journalism?

  • News

    February 4, 2004

    Maximized

    Look for local knockout Katina Mitchell at the newsstand (and up on roofs); plus, we're feeling the Joe-mentum and want to see how John Edwards measures up, and Sanford-Brown coach John Campbell gets the kudos he deserves

  • News

    November 20, 2002

    Slaphappy

    The mayor of tony Creve Coeur and her husband found a novel way of handling political disputes -- they sue critics

  • News

    July 25, 2001

    Really Strange Bedfellows

    With good guys like this, who needs bad guys?

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