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10.21.2009 8:14 am

Jim Talent’s new showcase: Free market advocacy group

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Talent

ST. LOUIS — So far, the highlight of former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent’s post-Congressional resume has been his role on a panel formed to prevent the spread of powerful weapons.

Now, he’s got a new line. The St. Louis County Republican this…

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09.08.2009 9:25 am

Count him in? Ex Sen. Norm Coleman to raise cash for Ed Martin

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Coleman

ST. LOUIS — The man who refused to lose his seat on Capitol Hill is coming to town to help another Republican who’s hoping to get there for the first time.

Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, who lost a protracted recount…

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07.01.2009 3:18 pm

Roy Blunt touts his insider support; Democrats do, too

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

JEFFERSON CITY — Congressman Roy Blunt wants to make sure he controls the news cycle this quarter.

The Republican from Springfield who is running for U.S. Senate in 2010 took a first quarter beating in the political press in Washington, D.C.,…

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05.20.2009 4:28 pm

“Hot air” tour opposing cap and trade legislation set for St. Charles

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Americans for Prosperity, a national pro-business group, is bringing to Republican-oriented St. Charles County its Hot Air Tour opposed to a Democratic plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The rally, which will feature free refreshments and rides on a 70-foot-tall hot air balloon…

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02.21.2009 9:05 am

Lincoln Days themes: Stimulus, Reid, Pelosi bad; GOP good

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

KANSAS CITY– in a cavalcade of speeches from the Missouri GOP elite, (minus, quite conspicuously, Sarah Steelman), the theme of the GOP’s plan to keep the senate seat that Sen. Kit Bond called “my seat” is clear. Republicans from the top…

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01.24.2009 11:31 pm

Steelman going to D.C. to prepare for Senate challenge?

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According to the KY3 blog in Springfield, Mo., former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman is heading to Washington  next week to meet up with some high-profile GOPers and make her case that she’s the strongest potential U.S. Senate candidate in Missouri.

Steelman’s trip would…

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01.19.2009 10:11 am

Col. Jack Jackson: Hey, don’t forget about me!

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Col. Jack Jackson

While most of the speculation over the Republican candidates for 2010 U.S. Senate centers on Congressman Roy Blunt, former U.S. Sen. Jim Talent, and former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman (probably in that order), one prominent Republican issued a news…

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01.14.2009 4:13 pm

Poll: Robin Carnahan front runner in 2010 Senate field

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Robin Carnahan

A poll done right after U.S. Sen. Kit Bond announced he would not seek re-election in 2010 has found Secretary of State Robin Carnahan as the early front runner to replace him.

A North Carolina automated survey firm, Public Policy Polling, asked 867…

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01.12.2009 2:09 pm

UPDATE: Carnahan being drafted for Senate run on Facebook

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Robin Carnahan

In the new world of political marketing, social networking sites such as Facebook are all the rage, and in that regard, Democrat Robin Carnahan, or those backing her at least, has a leg up in her run for U.S.…

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09.19.2008 3:05 pm

Parker was 9th black Republican House member

Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau

There’s been some discussion from posters about whether former Rep. Sherman Parker, who died suddenly this week, was the first black Republican to serve in the House.

Parker was one of three black Republican legislators in the last 60 years…

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