The updated syllabus for Campaigning 101 should make learning how to handle “trackers” a required part of the curriculum.

And Kenny Hulshof might just be able to teach that part of the course.

In political parlance, a tracker is a member…

Kenny Hulshof picked a postcard-perfect day downtown to pitch his plan for helping Missouri’s seniors and vets.

Hulshof, vying for the GOP nomination for governor, would seek to freeze property tax assessments for Missourians over 65 who make a household income…

State Treasurer Sarah Steelman was in town today for a variety of activities, some official and some tied to her campaign for governor.

At 10:30 a.m., she showed up in front of the downtown hole that is supposed to be part…

Forget the birthday candles — Sarah Steelman‘s kids want friends to celebrate their mom’s birthday with a special campaign season gift.

Steelman turns 50 today, her three sons tell us in an e-mail sent from the campaign.

“Please join us today…

State Treasurer Sarah Steelman announced this morning that she has added “prominent Republican consultant James Harris as a political advisor” to her campaign for governor.

Harris had been a key operative for Gov. Matt Blunt, first with his campaign and later in…

As Jo previewed (and I hinted at), Kenny Hulshof unveiled a package of ethics proposals today.

The take away news is that Hulshof now supports keeping campaign finance limits – he just wants them higher. But, he said a repeal of…

U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof, a Republican candidate for governor, came out today with what a spokesman called his first bloc of specific proposals.

That bloc focuses on ethics issues.

Key among them is a call to increase Missouri’s campaign-donation limits. …

State Treasurer Sarah Steelman, a Republican running for governor, lent her campaign an additional $500,000 — bringing her family’s total contribution to $570,000.

Including the loan, she reported raising $1,699,787 all told, including $1,159,103 since Jan. 1 (that includes the first two…

Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon was first out of the box today, with the Democratic candidate for governor firing off by noon a summary sheet of his campaign-finance report that shows him with  $2,703,066.92 in the bank.  (This is a slight…

Veteran business owners and farmers will have a better chance of qualifying for low-interest loans under an expansion of the BIG Missouri program, State Treasurer Sarah Steelman announced Monday.

That program allows banks to offer low-interest loans to qualifying business owners…