Murphy

New Democratic congressman and Columbia, Mo. native Scott Murphy has learned quickly that Capitol Hill can be a rough place.

Murphy, a former aide to governors Mel Carnahan and Roger Wilson, now represents New York state in Washington. Earlier this year, he won…

Murphy

Looks like the close race between Columbia, Mo. native Scott Murphy and his GOP rival won’t quite make it to Franken-Coleman territory.

While the Minnesota Senate seat still has not been officially filled, Murphy has expanded his lead over Republican state legislator…

Democrat Scott Murpy, a native of Columbia, Mo., is claiming victory in a too-close-too call Congressional race in upstate New York.

Murphy was his party’s nominee to replace Kirsten Gillibrand, who was appointed to the U.S.…

Democrat Scott Murphy — a Columbia, Mo. native who worked for governors Mel Carnahan and Roger Wilson — is running for Congress in upstate New York.

Murphy is vying to replace Kirsten Gillibrand, who was appointed to replace Secetary of…

Clay

WASHINGTON — When members of Congressional Black Caucus visited the White House this afternoon, it wasn’t entirely clear how it would go.

As a senator even before running for president, Barack Obama was not especially close to the caucus. Members used to complain that…

Murphy

Democrat Scott Murphy, running for the upstate New York Congressional seat vacated by Hillary Clinton’s successor, is a Missouri native — though you would never know it by his campaign biography.

Murphy’s website says he “grew up in a small town in…

Storch

Missouri State Rep. Rachel Storch has been recognized by a national group that supports moderate Democrats.

Storch has been named “New Democrat” of the week by the Democratic Leadership Council, which seeks to guide the party towards the political center.

The group, once chaired…

Bond with Parents as Teachers head Susan Stepleton last week

When U.S. Sen. Kit Bond visited Parents as Teachers national headquarters in Maryland Heights as part of a statewide farewell tour last week, he vowed not to take the last two years…

Limbaugh

Cape Girardeau native and conservative icon Rush Limbaugh loves Barack Obama’s selection of Hillary Clinton, but not necessarily because he’s a fan of either Democrat’s policies.

For Obama to appoint his former rival to a key post in his administration, Limbaugh says, is a…

Bond

U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee and Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, praised president-elect Barack Obama’s decision today to retain Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense.

Though a statement his office sent over today offered nothing about Obama’s other major…