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Filed November 7, 2006 by Antonio French

PUB DEF EXCLUSIVE VIDEO The first votes have arrived at the St. Louis City Board of Elections. Election judges arrived at in police cars around 12:30 carrying white boxes filled with optical scan ballots. Election…

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VIDEO: Obama’s Iowa Victory Speech

Filed January 4, 2008 by Antonio French

PubDef had a front-row seat to history last night. Keep up with St. Louis politics at www.pubdef.net

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From 2005 to 2008, PubDef.net was St. Louis’ pioneering political blog — one man with a camera, beating the legacy media to the story with more than 1,200 articles and 500 YouTube videos.

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