Kezer, left, and Hulshof

JEFFERSON CITY — In his first interview since Joshua Charles Kezer was released from prison, former special prosecutor and one-time gubernatorial candidate Kenny Hulshof defended his performance in the case and said he “stands by” the jury’s verdict.

Hulshof had…

KANSAS CITY — Sen. Kit Bond, who turned the political world in Missouri upside-down by deciding not to run for re-election in 2010, is continuing with the rest of the Republican establishment to subtly put pressure on Sarah Steelman to not…

Kinder

The recent news that Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond  will not run for re-election overtook fellow Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s asthma news conference I posted about yesterday.

But Kinder was closed-mouthed about whether he would try to replace Bond, saying, “I’m not going to…

The 30-day after election reports are filing in with the Missouri Ethics Commission today, and the top of the ticket shows no surprise.

Gov.-elect Jay Nixon, who won the governor’s race over Republican Kenny Hulshof by more than 18 percentage points, raised…

Gov.-elect Jay Nixon

The polls in the Missouri governor’s race showed Democrat Jay Nixon with a big lead heading into Tuesday’s vote, but I’m not sure anybody saw the race ending with a margin of 18 percent, almost 19 percent.

According to the…

Exit poll news on the governor’s race from reporter Tim O’Neil:

The first release of an exit poll of Missouri voters projects a big victory for Attorney General Jay Nixon in the race for governor and indicates he led among all age…

Kenny Hulshof’s campaign manager John Hancock has all but conceded the governor’s race.

While saying AP had called the race for Nixon too early in the evening, Hancock just told reporter/videographer Tim Barker that Hulshof has a bright future…

Wow, that was fast. This is based on exit polling, but it’s not a huge surprise if it holds up:

From the Associated Press:

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democrat Attorney General Jay Nixon has defeated Republican congressman Kenny Hulshof in Missouri’s…

Gov. Matt Blunt just took to the Capitol steps to fire up the crowd at the Jefferson City event where Gov. Sarah Palin will be speaking in about 45 minutes.

Here’s Blunt on Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama:

“Our opponent is a celebrity…