Ed Martin

WASHINGTON — Predictions of a big anti-incumbent election in 2010 might or might not be valid given the many advantages sitting members of Congress hold at re-election time.

But the anti-government sentiments afoot in recent months are providing a bounty…

Secretary of State Robin Carnahan may have no well-known opponents on the Nov. 4 ballot, but that’s not keeping her from shoring up her campaign finances.

Carnahan, who has $787,000 in the bank already, will host an ice-cream social fundraiser Sunday afternoon…

DENVER — Looks like those “Rednecks for Obama” from Rolla, Mo. are all over the convention — even Jay Nixon has been caught up in the frenzy.

DENVER — Remember these guys: “Rednecks for Obama,” the Rolla, Mo. Democrats who debuted outside a Barack Obama event last month.

They’ve taken their show on the road to Denver, where Tony Viessman, a 74-year-old retiree from the state Highway Patrol, and…

U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-8th, had some words for Sen. Barack Obama as he toured parts of southwest and central Missouri, especially her own district.  While the senator was still in Springfield, Emerson spoke to reporters on a conference…