Steelman

Former Missouri state treasurer Sarah Steelman has decided she won’t run for the Senate next year.

Had she decided otherwise, it could have set up another divisive Republican primary since Rep. Roy Blunt announced he would seek the seat being vacated by…

JEFFERSON CITY — Congressman Roy Blunt wants to make sure he controls the news cycle this quarter.

The Republican from Springfield who is running for U.S. Senate in 2010 took a first quarter beating in the political press in Washington, D.C.,…

JEFFERSON CITY — Sarah Steelman is still waffling. Thomas Schweich is out. But Congressman Roy Blunt hasn’t necessarily cleared the field in the race for U.S. Senate yet.

State Sen. Chuck Purgason, R-Caulfield, is considering a race for the U.S. Senate. Purgason, a…

JEFFERSON CITY — Say this about Roy Blunt: He knows the art of the deal.

A few weeks ago, when I wrote about the impending train wreck facing the Missouri GOP — last night’s Spirit of Enterprise fund-raiser honoring former Sen.…

WASHINGTON — A new Democracy Corps poll out today gives Secretary of State Robin Carnahan a lead over both Rep. Roy Blunt, a declared GOP candidate for the Senate, and Sarah Steelman, who has explored a candidacy.

The poll of 800 likely Missouri voters April 28-30…

JEFFERSON CITY — After getting hammered over his poor fund-raising showing in the first quarter, U.S. Senate candidate Roy Blunt is seeking to change the momentum by announcing the support of Missouri’s Republican elite.

First, earlier today, Blunt, the Republican congressman from…

JEFFERSON CITY — Black elected officials will meet Friday to brainstorm about African-American candidates who could step into Secretary of State Robin Carnahan’s shoes if she is elected to the U.S. Senate next year.

The meeting, organized by Sen. Robin Wright-Jones,…

JEFFERSON CITY — Democrat Robin Carnahan raised more than $1 million in the first quarter for her race for U.S. Senate, according to a summary of her filings with the Federal Election Commission.

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

David Steelman

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Jay Nixon has chosen former foe David Steelman, a Republican from Rolla, to help lead the charge for change at the state retirement system.

The governor said at a news conference today that he was appointing…

If you’re getting annoyed with all the talk of Twitter, move along to the next post.

But in Jake Wagman’s last post about Twitter, a commenter asked which legislators have Twitter accounts. Below is a list, although probably not comprehensive, of the Missouri public officials I…