Five months after jettisoning the GOP, Chris Koster paid a visit to a building dominated by Democrats – with a few new friends in tow.
A candidate for Attorney General, Koster made the rounds at St. Louis City Hall on Friday, accompanied by a trio of pols who know the territory well: former Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. along with State Reps. Talibdin El-Amin and Rodney Hubbard.
Koster, who I caught up with on the Clark Street steps, said he was introducing himself to various aldermen. Though he did not mention names, it’s a good guess they included Board President Lewis Reed, who has developed close ties with Bosley and Hubbard since they helped his underdog victory against Jim Shrewsbury last year.
Though at one time it might have seemed inconceivable that St. Louis Democrats would back a Republican expatriate from the Kansas City area, Koster has generated a buzz since his party switch. It also doesn’t hurt his chances for local support that he is a University City native whose father, Rich, was a familiar face on “Donnnybrook.”
Koster is the third attorney general candidate to pay tribute at City Hall. Margaret Donnelly visited a board meeting in October, while Jeff Harris bought the aldermen breakfast a week later.
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