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02.11.2009 8:53 am

Suite victory: Nixon enjoyed Mizzou win from “Governor’s Box”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A room with a view at Mizzou Arena

A room with a view at Mizzou Arena

Monday we told you that Gov. Jay Nixon — a die-hard Tiger fan — was poised to attend his first Mizzou-Kansas basketball game as the state’s fan-in-chief.

And what a game it was.

One question we were…

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02.06.2009 7:44 pm

Missour-EE? Missour-AH? Nixon can’t decide

Now that Jay Nixon is the chief executive of Missouri, perhaps he could issue an executive order about how to pronounce the name of the state.

This Political Fix blogger hopes that was worth a laugh.…

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12.06.2008 2:05 pm

Craig Hosmer named new chairman of Missouri Democratic Party

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Springfield lawyer Craig Hosmer was named the new chairman of the Missouri Democratic Party today at a meeting of Democratic leaders in Columbia.

Hosmer, who served as treasurer of Gov.-elect Jay Nixon’s election campaign, replaces attorney John Temporiti of St. Louis.

For the party, the…

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07.31.2008 2:02 pm

New video on Dem site: Call it “Tracker’s campaign compendium”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Missouri Democratic Party has posted a video on its Website portraying the Republican candidates for governor as, well, not ready for prime time. The video (see below) is a collection of shots taken mostly by tracker Vinay Vaz, who has…

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04.07.2008 11:10 am

Gephardt’s alter-ego: The caped crusader?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

At Saturday night’s Jefferson-Jackson dinner, honoree Dick Gephardt confessed to having a face that many Americans know - though they are sometimes not quite sure from where.

Gephardt acknowledged he has been mistaken for the weather man, and even Dan Quayle.

The…

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03.25.2008 2:20 pm

Labor strife leads Dems to change dinner venue

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Missouri Democratic Party will move its signature gala away from the America’s Center because of the facility’s dispute with unions.

On Monday, the downtown St. Louis convention center locked out three locals representing audio-visual workers, the culmination of 16-months of…

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03.17.2008 12:24 pm

Lions club: Three senior Dems highlight Jeff-Jack dinner

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A trio of three former members of Congress highlight the Missouri Democratic Party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner next month.

Speaking under the the theme of “Legacy of Leadership,” this year’s edition of the gala will feature a former U.S. Senator, Jean Carnahan,…

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01.18.2008 11:01 pm

Temporiti, Mo Democratic Party, blast effort to eliminate affirmative-action

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The Missouri Democratic Party issued a statement this afternoon emphasizing its objections to “a proposed ballot initiative that would deny opportunities to Missouri women, students and minorities.

 ”The initiative would eliminate all affirmative action programs that currently exist in Missouri and that…

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