WASHINGTON–With the primary contest barely over, new battle lines are already being drawn in the 9th District contest to succeed Rep. Kenny Hulshof, R-Columbia, who last night snagged the GOP gubernatorial nomination.

In Washington, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has already reserved nearly…

WASHINGTON–Don’t ask Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, for her take on Missouri’s hotly contested Republican gubernatorial contest. Unlike other Missouri Republican insiders, Emerson is steering clear of the showdown between Rep. Kenny Hulshof, R-Columbia, and state Treasurer Sarah Steelman.

Emerson,…

WASHINGTON—“Missouri Republicans are burdened with so many sins, what’s one more?”

That provocative charge comes from the conservative Wall Street Journal in a sharp-tongued piece taking the Show-Me state’s GOP establishment to task for its role in the governor’s race. Specifically, for…

WASHINGTON—The conservative Club for Growth has launched a blistering ad criticizing former State Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, one day after it endorsed his GOP rival, state Rep. Bob Odner, in the five-candidate Republican primary for the 9th Congressional District.

The Club for…

WASHINGTON—State Rep. Bob Onder got a boost today from the conservative Club for Growth PAC, which endorsed him in the GOP primary to replace Rep. Kenny Hulshof, R-Columbia.

The Club for Growth has waded into numerous House and Senate races across the…

WASHINGTON–The contest to replace Rep. Kenny Hulshof, R-Columbia, is already a 10-candidate brouhaha. Now comes the news that it could get even more hotly-contested—or at least more expensive.

The AP reports that Missouri Republican Bob Onder might put more of his own…

WASHINGTON–Just because the bi-state region’s members of Congress are all in pretty safe seats doesn’t mean they’re not busily raising and spending campaign cash.

Here’s a quick run-down of what local House members reported raising and spending in their first…