Schweich

ST. LOUIS — There should not be any doubt who St. Louis’ Republican establishment is supporting in the race for state auditor.

The Ladue branch at least.

On Sunday evening, GOP auditor candidate Tom Schweich was feted at a Ritz-Carlton fundraiser thrown by former…

Hearnes

Warren E. Hearnes — a man who has done just about everything possible in Missouri politics — is gravely ill, according to the Southeast Missourian.

The newspaper quotes a family spokesman as saying that Hearnes’ wife and three daughters are near his…

Ashcroft

Roy Blunt continues to unite disparate factions of the state’s Republican Party.

Over the weekend, the candidate for U.S. Senate announced the support of former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent and current Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, the only GOP statewide official in Jefferson City.

Today,…

Talent, left, and Roy Blunt

Roy Blunt’s campaign for Senate has called a press conference for tomorrow in Frontenac where the Republican is poised to add another prominent name to his endorsement roster.

Blunt will be joined by former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent,…

Don’t turn down the bass on your speakers — that familiar baritone is just GOP Lion Jack Danforth last night endorsing Roy Blunt for the U.S. Senate, where Danforth served for about 20 years.

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JEFFERSON CITY — In what Sen. Kit Bond’s office pitches as an endeavor that could “break barriers to U.S. energy independence,” Missouri’s senior senator, federal officials and representatives of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center will announce a joint venture related…

Schweich

ST. LOUIS — Thomas Schweich, the former State Department official and visiting professor at Washington University who is mulling a bid for Senate, has shot back at Roy Blunt, his could-be rival in a GOP 2010 primary.

Late last week, the…

Schweich

What’s more interesting — that potential GOP Senate candidate Thomas Schweich contributed to Democrat Claire McCaskill in 2001, or that Roy Blunt has taken his first shot at the could-be rival?

The right-leaning blog Red State reported this week that Schweich, in 2001, gave $500…

Clay, left, and Danforth

ST. LOUIS — U.S. Rep. Lacy Clay and former U.S. Sen. John Danforth will share a panel this evening for a session of the NewsHour being filmed in St. Louis.

The popular PBS show hosted by veteran broadcaster Jim Lehrer…

A voter registration worker for the group ACORN has been indicted on charges of fraud, U.S. Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway announced today.

Deidra Humphrey of East St. Louis is charged with two counts of voter fraud, which each carry a maximum penalty…