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Lawmakers captive in D.C.
Time is running out for Missouri's Capitol Hill lawmakers to get in some campaigning prior to...
Nixon touts accomplishments
Medicaid fraud convictions are one of the feathers in the cap of Jay Nixon. The incumbent attorney...
Graves promises watchful eye
A pledge from one of the candidates for State Treasurer to keep a close watch on state spending,...
Libertarians cite 1992 ballot case
Missouri libertarians say democrats aren't having to jump through the hoops they had to jump...
Wilson adjusts to office demands
Governor Wilson says he hasn't been this busy since he was the chairman of the state senate...
Record turnout predicted
Hot races and major issues are considered factors that could drive Missourians to polling places...
Carnahan strategy in question
Jean Carnahan says the democratic campaign to get out the vote for her late husband will not be a...
Gaw touts experience
City attorney. State lawmaker. Then speaker of the Missouri house. Steve Gaw thinks he has the...
Talent skips Washington rancor
With just a week to go before Election Day, you'd expect to see those running for public office...
Gov hopefuls debate school funding
A dispute on the role of gambling revenue in public education intensifies in the gubernatorial...
Blunt focuses on youngsters
Schools play a big part in Matt Blunt's voter turnout plans. The republican candidate for...
Graves pledges aggressiveness
It's a position that's unfamiliar to many Missourians -- the post of state treasurer. In a...
Gephardt criticizes tax tactics
Republican tactics used in pushing a 240-billion dollar tax bill through the House have been...
The widow surrogate
It's not unheard of for the widow of a political candidate to serve as a stand-in. A 1972 plane...
Ashcroft response muted
In response to Jean Carnahan's announcement she'll accept appointment to the senate if her husband...
Billboard fight nears conclusion
It's an election issue that hasn't received as much attention as its opponents and proponents had...
Jean Carnahan -v- John Ashcroft
Jean Carnahan has accepted. At the family farm in Rolla, Mrs. Carnahan made her announcement to a...
Ashcroft holds business support
A group representing small businesses refuses to give its support to compromise health-care...
Ads not as negative, professor says
The negative Presidential campaign ads aren't quite as thick on the airwaves as four years ago....
Jean Carnahan leads polls
A new statewide survey done for the Kansas City Star shows the leading candidates in the U.S....
Opponents say Prop-B effort flawed
Some of the opponents to Proposition B, Missouri's campaign finance initiative, are calling for an...
Talent, Gephardt debate taxes
Congressman Jim Talent of Chesterfield hopes democrats and the President will accept a big tax cut...
Carnahan fire is burning
"Don't let the fire burn out" is the apparent theme for Democrats running for statewide offices in...
Gore touts economy in MO stop
In a stop in Kansas City, democrat presidential candidate Al Gore harkens back to the 1992...
Ashcroft slow to campaign
John Ashcroft is trying to get his face back on the campaign trail, without having to discuss...
GOP steamed over Carnahan move
The head of the Republican Party in Missouri claims Governor Roger Wilson might be moving...
Gubernatorial hopefuls left in spotlight
The two men who hope to follow in the footsteps of Governor Carnahan think he'll be remembered for...
Reporters remember skilled Carnahan
A veteran political reporter says Mel Carnahan had considerable political skills that his formal...
Jean tapped for husband’s role
It's been known since Governor Carnahan died in that plane crash south of St. Louis that his name...