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11.05.2008 12:51 am

Luetkemeyer keeps 9th in GOP hands

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Blaine Luetkemeyer kept the 9th District U.S. House seat in Republican hands on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Judy Baker in a high-spending battle featuring numerous negative television commercials.

Luetkemeyer carried most rural counties and the metro St. Louis portion of the district to beat Baker,…

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11.04.2008 10:04 pm

Luetkemeyer still ahead

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer had a 51-47 percent lead over Democrat Judy Baker in the Missouri 9th District U.S. House race with about half the precincts reporting.

The vote count was 81,634 to 75,581.  Luetkemeyer had big leads over Baker in Franklin and…

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11.04.2008 9:23 pm

Luetkemeyer keeps lead

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer’s lead has grown as returns continued to amass in Missouri’s high-spending 9th Congressional District race.

With votes counted in about a fifth of the district’s precincts, Luetkemeyer had 40,205 - or about 51 percent - and Democrat Judy Baker 36,555 - about 46.5…

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11.04.2008 8:36 pm

Luetkemeyer has slight early lead over Baker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer took a slight early lead over Democrat Judy Baker in the hotly-contested, high-spending race to succeed Rep. Kenny Hulshof in Missouri’s 9th Congressional District.

Partial returns showed Luetkemeyer had 9,728 votes and Baker 9,574 votes - a lead of…

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10.27.2008 7:39 pm

Luetkemeyer personal-money total tops $1 million

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer has dipped $200,000 deeper into his own wallet - increasing to $1.12 million the total in personal funds he’s kicked into his fight to win Missouri’s 9th District Congressional seat.

Luetkemeyer on Saturday donated $200,000 to his campaign according…

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10.20.2008 4:48 pm

McCaskill defends Baker, hits opponent’s audit ad

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Here’s the latest in the contentious 9th District Congressional race in northeast and central Missouri, courtesy of The Associated Press:

Sen. McCaskill endorses fellow Dem in Mo.’s 9th
 
BY ALAN SCHER ZAGIER
Associated Press Writer
 
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Sen. Claire McCaskill has waded into the…

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10.15.2008 3:43 pm

Luetkemeyer gets ad boost from national GOP campaign

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The National Republican Congressional Committee has produced an ad targeting Democrat Judy Baker, who is running against GOPer Blaine Luetkemeyer in the 9th Congressional District.

For the results of their debate today, see our earlier post from…

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10.14.2008 1:42 pm

Baker campaign tweaks opponent over Cheney help

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As Political Fix first reported Monday, Vice President Dick Cheney will be in Clayton next Monday to headline a fundraiser for Republican 9th District congressional hopeful Blaine Luetkemeyer.

Paul Tencher, the spokesman for Democratic rival Judy Baker, sent over this response today: “I’m…

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09.09.2008 10:43 am

Jean Carnahan steps up for Baker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan will lead a group of female supporters for Columbia Democrat Judy Baker, who is vying to replace Kenny Hulshof in Congress.Jean Carnahan

Carnahan, the campaign announced this week, will chair “Women for Judy,” aimed at cultivating Baker’s appeal among female…

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08.11.2008 10:33 am

Were Republicans rooting for Baker to win in 9th?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Could Democrat Judy Baker’s primary victory in the 9th Congressional District last week been a victory for Republicans, too?Judy Baker

Perhaps, according to an item in the Politico news site, which suggests that the GOP was hoping Baker, a state representative from Columbia, would…

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