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09.17.2008 4:11 pm

Blunt appoints Steve Roberts to Harris-Stowe board

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri Democratic party leaders may still hold some animosity towards the Roberts Brothers, but Republican Gov. Matt Blunt apparently doesn’t. Steve Roberts

Blunt today appointed Steve Roberts — who, along with older brother Mike, runs a multi-million dollar hotel and television empire — to the…

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08.24.2008 4:41 pm

Missouri at the back of the pack — on the convention floor

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DENVER — For all the talk about the insider connections of U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., that influence apparently didn’t extend to floor location at the presidential convention.

At the Pepsi Center, the Missouri Democratic delegation isn’t even on the floor…

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08.04.2008 11:30 am

Roberts Jr. ad calls Obama “my political mentor”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mike Roberts Jr. continues to bank on Barack Obama’s star power in his bid to unseat an incumbent in tomorrow’s Democratic primary.

Earlier, Roberts Jr. featured a picture of he and Obama in a piece of campaign literature sent to voters. Over the…

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06.03.2008 11:03 pm

Temporiti, Wahby headline Obama victory party

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Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon, who’s running for governor, led a list of unaligned Missouri superdelegates who announced Tuesday night that they’re now with Barack Obama.

Also endorsing Obama: Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and state Democratic Party chairman John Temporiti.

Their support…

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06.03.2008 10:50 pm

It’s official: Nixon, Carnahan and Temporiti with Obama

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Three high-profile Missouri Democratic superdelegates — previously uncommitted — announced tonight they are now behind Barack Obama as he declares himself the party’s nominee. Barack Obama

Attorney general and candidate for governor Jay Nixon, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and party Chairman John Temporiti…

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05.30.2008 2:30 pm

Mike Roberts, state rep? Not so fast

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mike Roberts Jr., the 29-year-old son of former alderman and millionaire developer Mike Roberts Sr., was spotted at a function near the Loop this week wearing a name tag identifying himself as the state representative for the 64th District.

Thing is, Roberts…

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05.22.2008 7:29 am

Storch courts supporters in enemy territory

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As the campaign chief for State House Democrats, Rep. Rachel Storch has spent the last several months recruiting candidates in vulnerable Republican districts.

Then she got an opponent of her own — and got to work.

Storch was feted Tuesday night at a…

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04.06.2008 2:19 am

Live from Jeff-Jack, it’s Saturday night

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri Democrats held their annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner on Saturday night, honoring a trio of party stalwarts and gearing up for the November election.

Receiving the “Legacy of Leadership” nod were three lions of Show-Me politics: Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan and Bill Clay…

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03.25.2008 2:20 pm

Labor strife leads Dems to change dinner venue

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Missouri Democratic Party will move its signature gala away from the America’s Center because of the facility’s dispute with unions.

On Monday, the downtown St. Louis convention center locked out three locals representing audio-visual workers, the culmination of 16-months of…

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01.19.2008 9:37 pm

Clinton Time returns

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(From Jo Mannies on the scene of the Clinton rally at McCluer North High School.)

The doors for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign rally at McCluer North High School didn’t officially open until 8 pm. Saturday, but people started arriving around…

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