Baker, Harris, Donnelly join Jay Nixon’s transition team
Gov.-elect Jay Nixon is making sure some Missouri politicians who lost election efforts in November (and August) are keeping busy.
Today, Nixon announced his full transition staff and various transition deputy directors that will help him fill Cabinet positions and prepare to take over for Gov. Matt Blunt.
The big three names are all outgoing Democratic state representatives: Judy Baker of Columbia, who lost the 9th District congressional race to Blaine Luetkemeyer; and Margaret Donnelly and Jeff Harris, who lost the Democratic attorney general primary to Attorney general-elect Chris Koster.
Other deputy transition directors include Susan McCollum of St. Louis, who will lead recruitment efforts; Dr. Jon Hagler, Garry Kemp, Daniel Burkhardt and the previously announced Wayne Goode, a former state senator.
And he was doing so well until he picked three people rejected by the voters for their respective posts.