Election ’08

Gov. Matt Blunt today issued a fiery statement responding to remarks by a St. Louis University political scientist in a St. Louis Beacon article. Professor Ken Warren told the Beacon that “unequivocally that the racist…

What a sharp contrast to 2004 when John Kerry pulled out of Missouri four weeks before Election Day. It was just a little more than a week ago that 100,000 people greeted Obama in downtown…

We’re heading to the Mile High City next week for the Democratic National Convention. We’ll be following the Missouri delegation, as well as the action inside and outside of the Convention as the world prepares…

CNN’s exit polls show Barack Obama won among Missouri women (53%-46%) and narrowly among men (50-49). While Obama expectedly won the black vote (just 14% of those polled) by 91%, he lost Missouri’s white vote…

DENVER — Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton and State Auditor Susan Montee headlined today’s breakfast of the Show-Me State’s delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Montee, an early supporter of Barack Obama, said she was moved…

[CORRECTED] St. Louis Congressman Lacy Clay is calling on all the elected officials in his district to come to a phone bank at his office Monday to call through St. Louis City’s and St. Louis…

According to a new survey from Politico.com, Democrat Barack Obama is leading Republican John McCain by a sizable margin in St. Louis County. Sen. Barack Obama holds leads in four key counties that will go…