Kelly, left, and Martin

Should lawmakers be given an open ended ticket to Jefferson City? Or should their stay be capped at a set number of years?

Those are the questions that will be argued tonight by a pair of politicians from…

Sessions

CLAYTON — Texas Congressman Pete Sessions, head of the committee charged with electing Republicans to the U.S. House, is in town tonight, hosting a high-dollar fundraising dinner for Capitol Hill hopeful Ed Martin.

Sessions, head of the National Republican Congressional Committee,…

Kirk

WASHINGTON — Did somebody say government-run?

That’s the refrain sounding from just about every Republican in Washington, and the GOPers who would like to get to D.C., in response to the latest version of a Democratic health insurance plan, this one offered by…

Ed Martin in DC today

WASHINGTON — Nobody has sent Ed Martin to Washington yet, but here he was this afternoon declaring to a roomful of GOP funders and heavyweights how he plans to return as a new congressman from St. Louis.

Martin,…

Ed Martin

WASHINGTON — Predictions of a big anti-incumbent election in 2010 might or might not be valid given the many advantages sitting members of Congress hold at re-election time.

But the anti-government sentiments afoot in recent months are providing a bounty…

Pelosi

ST. LOUIS — Days after a Republican opponent entered the race, U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan is bringing in a big name for his own event.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is due in St. Louis on Saturday evening, headlining Carnahan’s annual fundraising gala…

ST. LOUIS — There were no custom Ed Martin cookies when the Republican lawyer officially announced his bid for Congress Wednesday night in the parking lot outside of McArthur’s Bakery in Lemay.

The candidate didn’t even jump…

Ed Martin

ST. LOUIS — The big question about GOP lawyer Ed Martin’s bid for Congress is whether a Republican can turn a staunchly Democratic district into the red.

It’ll be tough — if not impossible. But, boy, it should be fun to watch.

The…

After a downtown fundraiser that included a host of GOP luminaries, Republican lawyer Ed Martin is poised to make his Congressional bid official next week.

Martin, the former chief of staff to ex-Gov. Matt Blunt, will formally launch…

JEFFERSON CITY — The lawyer for the former chief of staff to ex-Gov. Matt Blunt weighed in on the latest, and perhaps final, twist in the Scott Eckersley saga, criticizing Attorney General Chris Koster for writing a letter clearing Eckersley.

Eckersley was the…