Rep. Mike Sutherland arrived late yesterday to a House committee hearing. He explained that he had been attending a press conference with “the next governor.”

“How is she?” inquired a smiling Rep. David Day, R-Dixon.

Day, of course, knew that…

Before officially filing for governor, U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof headlined an old-fashioned rally in the Capitol’s historic House lounge (the one with the Thomas Hart Benton mural) where family and friends extolled his virtues as the son of a hard-working farming…

Missouri state Treasurer Sarah Steelman, now a candidate for governor, announced this morning that she’s hired “two nationally respected political consultants to her team.”

They are:

–Doug McAuliffe of McAuliffe Message Media, who will serve as the media consultant.

–Glen…

About 35 Republican state legislators have thrown their support behind U. S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof in his bid for the party’s nomination for governor.

House Speaker Rod Jetton, R-Marble Hill, and Sen. John Griesheimer, R-Washington, led the cheering group during…

State Democratic Party chairman John Temporiti is heralding Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s decision not to challenge Attorney General Jay Nixon for governor.

Temporiti — who has made a point of trying to prevent multi-candidate Democratic primaries — said he had no hand in…

Democrat Robin Carnahan, who has been toying with jumping into the governor’s race, just took her name out of the running and will seek re-election as secretary of state instead.

In a statement released tonight, Carnahan said: “After careful consideration…

Count Charlie Shields out of the run for the Republican nomination for governor.

The Senate Majority Leader said Wednesday he would not run. Instead, he’ll try to become the Senate president pro tem. The St. Joseph lawmaker had considered a bid…

Republican Kenny Hulshof began his quest for governor today with a statement emphasizing his ethics and conservative values.

“We need a state government that knows its place, does its job well, and then gets out of the way of the…

U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, told reporters in a conference call this morning that she has decided NOT to run governor.

Emerson is among the crowd of Republicans who have/had considered running this fall, since Gov. Matt Blunt took his…

And then there were two: State Treasurer Sarah Steelman said Friday afternoon that she will run for governor.

A release sent by her campaign said that Steelman will formally announce tomorrow morning at the home of Tom and Leigh Anne…