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01.19.2009 12:25 pm

Bring on the funk: Roberts Bros. to party with (George) Clinton

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

WASHINGTON — St. Louis developers and former aldermen Mike and Steve Roberts have been waiting for this moment for a long time — and they plan to celebrate it in style.

The brothers were vocal and early Barack…

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09.17.2008 4:11 pm

Blunt appoints Steve Roberts to Harris-Stowe board

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri Democratic party leaders may still hold some animosity towards the Roberts Brothers, but Republican Gov. Matt Blunt apparently doesn’t. Steve Roberts

Blunt today appointed Steve Roberts — who, along with older brother Mike, runs a multi-million dollar hotel and television empire — to the…

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08.05.2008 11:14 pm

Wright-Jones wins a squeaker; Storch rolls

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

In two races of key interest in St. Louis, Rodney Hubbard lost a squeaker — 111 votes! — to fellow State Rep. Robin Wright-Jones.

Expect a recount?

Maybe, but not in the 64th District, where incumbent Rachel Storch coasted to victory against Mike…

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08.05.2008 8:33 pm

Absentee lead: Hubbard, Storch, Nasheed

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As results trickle in from around the state, the city elections board has already posted the returns for absentee ballot.

In the 64th State House district, incumbent Rachel Storch had 141 ballots compared to 47 for rival Mike Roberts Jr.

Farther north in the…

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08.04.2008 11:30 am

Roberts Jr. ad calls Obama “my political mentor”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mike Roberts Jr. continues to bank on Barack Obama’s star power in his bid to unseat an incumbent in tomorrow’s Democratic primary.

Earlier, Roberts Jr. featured a picture of he and Obama in a piece of campaign literature sent to voters. Over the…

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08.01.2008 12:53 pm

Chappelle-Nadal and Storch hope to share victory slice

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Democrats Maria Chappelle-Nadal and Rachel Storch are planning an election night event together on the Loop, an event they hope will become a joint celebration.

Storch and Chapelle-Nadal, both elected to the State House in 2004, are facing perhaps stronger primary opposition than…

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07.25.2008 1:10 pm

Roberts Jr. goes negative, irks incumbent Storch

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mike Roberts Jr. may not have the support of party leaders, but that has not stopped him from going all out to unseat incumbent State Rep. Rachel Storch in next month’s Democratic primary.

Roberts — who is using much of his own…

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07.16.2008 1:20 pm

Roberts Jr. puts face, personal cash into billboards

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

For commuters who take what’s left of Highway 40 downtown, the smiling countenance of State House hopeful Mike Roberts Jr. is hard to miss. Mike Roberts Jr.

Roberts, son of developer and former alderman Mike Roberts, is super-sized to larger than life on…

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06.09.2008 1:02 pm

Picture time: Roberts Jr. rocks the party

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

One of the great new additions at the revamped STLtoday.com is a feature called iParty, which allows the local nightlife set to get the paparazzi treatment at events around town.

This week’s photo album is from “Asian Night” at Xes, a…

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06.03.2008 2:47 pm

Roberts Jr.’s campaign gets on the board

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

State House hopeful Mike Roberts Jr. may not have the blessing of Democratic powerbrokers in his bid to unseat incumbent State Rep. Rachel Storch in the August primary, but that doesn’t mean he is without resources.

Roberts recently put up a campaign billboard…

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