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After Democrat Joan Barry announced this week she was seeking a recount in her narrow State Senate loss to Jim Lembke, the State GOP chided her for forcing the state to pay for a new tally — evoking, of…

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Democrat Joan Barry is seeking a recount in her razor-thin loss to Republican Jim Lembke for the State Senate representing south St. Louis city and county.

Barry lost the contest by just 76 votes out of 88,362 cast — a difference…

Be sure to check out Jo Mannies’ story this morning, where she reports that Missouri may yet be able to retain its bellwether status — though it could be until after Thanksgiving that we find out for sure.

Since last week, Barack…

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State Sen. Harry Kennedy — already on the way out because of term limits — is leaving  the capitol a little early.

Kennedy is set to resign from office today, in order to take a job at City Hall working for Board…

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State Senate hopeful Joan Barry is targeting Bosnian voters with an ad in their native language.

The minute-long radio spot is set to run on 770 AM, which has two Bosnian-themed shows. Barry, a Democrat, is running against Republican Jim Lembke in a…

Democrat Joan Barry is running against Republican Jim Lembke for the First District Senate seat, which covers parts of south St. Louis city and county. In this new ad, she seems to be making a pitch to…

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is in Missouri today, honing fellow Chicagoan Barack Obama’s pitch to female voters.

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St. Louis lawyer Paul Passanante is apparently organizing a 527 group,  “The Committee to Stop Lembke,” to campaign against state Rep. Jim Lembke’s bid for the 1sth District state Senate seat, which takes in part of far south St. Louis and south St.…

Former state Rep. Joan Barry, D-Oakville, today announced that she’d hired a campaign manager and finance director for her bid this fall to win the state Senate seat now occupied by Democrat Harry Kennedy, D-St. Louis, who is being forced out by term…

When Lewis Reed loaned his campaign more than $85,000 of his own money last year, he was essentially betting on himself to beat incumbent Board President Jim Shrewsbury.

The gamble paid off - Reed pulled off an improbably victory - but now…