Brock Olivo, the football star who didn’t make it this week in the congressional big leagues (Tuesday’s GOP primary for the 9th District nomination) just e-mailed his public thanks.

Here’s his parting post-primary thoughts:

To the Editor,

I would like to thank all the…

Though Brock Olivo’s campaign for Congress has stayed away from television advertising, this weekend he hit the air — literally — in an attempt to get supporters to the polls tomorrow.

The former Mizzou football star has commissioned a fleet of planes…

Looks like Mizzou football favorite Brock Olivo isn’t the only former college athlete running for Congress in the state’s 9th District.

In a post yesterday, we used a baseball reference to describe Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer’s formation of a group of agricultural supporters.…

Congressional hopeful Brock Olivo says that a personal stake in immigration won’t stop him from taking a tough stance on those in the country illegally.

The former Mizzou gridiron star is the great-grandson of Italian immigrants.

After his stint in the…

Mark another career first for former Mizzou football star Brock Olivo: He finally voted.

The tailback turned Republican Congressional contender drew scrutiny for his previous record at the ballot box, which was nil.

This week, Olivo ended that streak, making his…

The Congressional bid of former Mizzou football star Brock Olivo landed its first political endorsement this week: State Sen. John Griesheimer.

Is it a major endorsement?

I don’t think so - Olivo has far more name recognition than Grieshemier. But,…

Stymied by conventional political methods, State Rep. Jeff Harris did what so many of his colleagues have already done: Make his own video.

A farm-animal cartoon, no less.

Though it may not have the same appeal as the, say, now infamous…

Brock Olivo appears poised to bank on his Mizzou fame in hopes of securing a seat in Congress.

The first clue: His new campaign Web site, which features the former Tiger tailback standing next to a fresh campaign logo.

The colors?…

Brock Olivo wants supporters to do for him something he has never done: vote.

Olivo, the former Mizzou football star now running for Congress, has never voted before in an election, public records show.

Reached today, Olivo confirmed that he has…

As a tailback at Mizzou, Brock Olivo carried defenders on his back on the way to breaking school rushing records - but can that collegiate fame get him to Capitol Hill?

Over the weekend, Olivo, a former Tiger football star who…