JEFFERSON CITY — Let it be very clear. Sen. Kurt Schaefer, R-Columbia, and Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, don’t seem to like each other very much. And according to their just-finished exchange, neither do their favored political consultants.

Schaefer, who wrote…

Sarah Steelman

Outgoing Missouri Treasurer Sarah Steelman, who lost a bruising Republican primary for governor to Kenny Hulshof, said this afternoon she will take a look at running for the seat vacated by Sen. Kit Bond in 2010.

Bond announced in the Missouri House…

Sen. John Loudon will unveil a campaign Tuesday to preserve the requirement for secret-ballot elections to certify labor bargaining units.

Loudon’s group, which calls itself Missouri Save Our Secret Ballot, plans to present petitions to the secretary of state to change…

It’s good to be a bellwether state. Yet another national publication filed an election story from Missouri this weekend. This time it’s the Wall Street Journal taking a look at the lure of the diner in election cycles.

The story is…

Roe

In what can only be described as a nasty, personal feud between two Northwest Missouri political rivals, political operative Jeff Roe took aim through his blog The Source at Auditor Susan Montee today, suggesting the Democrat is voting fraudulently.

Only problem is,…

‘Tis the season for robocalls, those automated political calls that flood the phone lines right before an election.

This time, Democrats contend there’s a new twist — namely, that Republican campaigns are calling Democratic households, to try to influence Democratic primary…