JEFFERSON CITY — U.S. Senate candidate Robin Carnahan, a Democrat, continued her campaign strategy of avoiding direct positions on legislation under debate in Congress yesterday.

Carnahan, the Secretary of State, was asked at a news conference…

Wagner

FRONTENAC — Former Missouri State GOP chair Ann Wagner is back in the U.S. and ready to be part of Republican politics once again.

Wagner, who recently returned from a four-year ambassadorship in Luxembourg, will serve as campaign chair for U.S.…

UPDATE: Glenn Burleigh, the head organizer of the St. Louis ACORN group, said the GOP is off base on its criticism of Carnahan over her communication with his group: “If she had not been in communications with a group involved…

JEFFERSON CITY — The fund-raising would come, Congressman Roy Blunt promised earlier this year after a lackluster first quarter performance in his race for U.S. Senate against Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan.

Indeed, it has. For the second quarter in a…

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri Republicans continued to push one of their top 2010 campaign themes today, releasing a new Web site and YouTube ad tying Secretary of State — and U.S. Senate candidate — Robin Carnahan to ACORN.

Carnahan, a Democrat, is running…

JEFFERSON CITY — The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza calls Missouri Democrat Robin Carnahan “a star” in the making, but not all the news in his Friday column is good for the U.S. Senate candidate.

Carnahan, Missouri’s Secretary of State, is the Democratic candidate for…

UPDATE: The GOP’s Lloyd Smith, who filed the complaint, weighs in: “Robin Carnahan was forced to come clean and report Juan Carlos Antolinez’s company, which three months ago she claimed didn’t even exist.  Her new filing raises more questions about…

Blunt, left, and Carnahan

A Rasmussen poll released this week shows Republican U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt and Democrat state Secretary of State Robin Carnahan tied in the race for the U.S. Senate seat up for grabs in 2010. The survey, highlights of…

Purgason

JEFFERSON CITY — There wasn’t much news at state Sen. Chuck Purgason’s news conference this morning.

Purgason, R-Caulfield, had promised a “major announcement,” prompting the capital press corps to wonder if he was dropping his long-shot bid for the U.S. Senate.

He…

JEFFERSON CITY — State Sen. Bill Stouffer, R-Napton, made official today his plans to run for Congress against incumbent Congressman Ike Skelton of Missouri’s 4th District.

Stouffer will have to get past fellow Republican Vicky Hartzler in a primary for the right…