Republican Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder was the lone "no" vote on a Missouri Housing Development Commission proposal that would use state dollars to pay the property taxes of income-eligible homebuyers next year. The vote on the $35 million dollar plan was 7 to 1. The [...] JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Republican Party pointed out in a news release today that another recent winner of a driver’s license fee office — this one in Clayton — is run by donors to Gov. Jay Nixon’s campaign.
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Lt. Governor Peter Kinder says the Missouri Housing Development Commission's plan to provide tax breaks for homebuyers is a "half-baked proposal" that amounts to "welfare."
Rich AuBuchon, Kinder's Chief of Staff, says the entire program is a "waste of money."
Back on the Planet Earth, Republicans generally [...]
And hHuntingtoner name is Terrie Huntington.
She's from Fairway. She's a veteran member of the state House.
She was elected Thursday by a Republican convention of northeast Johnson County precinct leaders.
Huntington succeeds David Wysong, a Mission Hills Republican who resigned this month.
Wysong was elected to a second four-year term in the 2008 general election.
Although [...]
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Four-term state Rep. Jason Brown, who had been bearing down hard on a race for the state Senate, announced today he will run for Platte County presiding commissioner.
Brown, a Platte City Republican, will be attempting to succeed 16-year Presiding Commissioner Betty [...]
I'm struggling to wrap my head around the hypocrisy exhibited in this gambit by Kit Bond and his GOP colleagues:
Senate Republicans said Thursday that they would try to filibuster a massive Pentagon bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an unusual move that several' [...]
Rasmussen has issued a new poll in the Missouri Senate race. It puts Robin Carnahan, the Democrat, at 46%, and Roy Blunt, the Republican, at 44%.
In September, the pollster says, the two were tied. These results, of course, are well within the margin of error, so the [...]
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Kansas' two Republican senators, Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback, today endorsed Derek Schmidt for attorney general.
The incumbent in the race is Democrat Steve Six.
The Senate narrowly turned back an effort Tuesday to make it easier to get cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and overseas.
It failed 51-48. The opponents included both Republican senators from Kansas, Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback.
Missouri's two senators, Republican Kit Bond and Democrat Claire McCaskill, backed the amendment. [...]
UPDATE: State Sen. Karin Brownlee, a prominent Republican conservative from Olathe, tells Prime Buzz today she will NOT enter the 3rd District race.
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A source close to former KCK Mayor Carol Marinovich says she has "not ruled out" a campaign for the 3rd district House seat now held by Rep. Dennis Moore.
It's [...]
Tom Wiggans is out of the race for Kansas governor, not even a month after he announced his campaign.
His departure leaves the Democrats without a major candidate - again - to take on Republican U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback.
Here's the announcement:
"For a candidate who has recently returned to his home state [...]
U.S. Senate hopeful Todd Tiahrt today added two prominent Johnson County conservatives to his list of endorsers.
House Majority Leader Ray Merrick, a Stillwell Republican, and Speaker Pro Tem Arlen Siegfreid, an Olathe Republican, signed on the dotted line for Tiahrt.
"Todd has the best interests of Kansas in mind in everything he does," said Merrick. [...]
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FouYoderr-term Kansas state Rep. Kevin Yoder will run for Congress, Republicans told Prime Buzz this morning.
Expect a formal announcement later today.
The 33-year-old Overland Park Republican enters a burgeoning GOP 3rd District primary that already includes former state Sen. Nick Jordan and former [...]
Cynthia Davis says Thomas Schweich should have filed as a Democrat in the State Auditor's race.
Speaker Ron Richard and House Republicans hinted at an incentive package to keep a Ford plant in Claycomo, northeast of Kansas City.
Majority Leader Steve Tilley is expected to offer his own ethics bill [...]
JEFFERSON CITY | A far-reaching ethics bill cracking down on transfers between campaign committees and beefing up state penalties for political crimes was filed in the Missouri House today.
The bipartisan bill is sponsored by Reps. Tim Flook, a Liberty Republican, and Jason Kander, a Kansas City Democrat.
Most significantly, the bill [...]
Rep. Cynthia Davis is no longer running for State Auditor, as she's told the Missouri Ethics Commission. Instead, she's endorsing House Budget Chair Allen Icet over the insufficiently conservative (in her mind) Thomas Schweich. KY3's Dave Catanese has the details:
"I don't understand how Republican voters could support' [...]
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A new poll on Illinois’ top election races for the Feb. 2 primary shows Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan leading their respective parties for the nomination for governor.
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[...]State Sen. Chuck Purgason doesn't appear to be letting up in his criticism of Rep. Roy Blunt's leadership as GOP Whip and Leader from 2003-2008. Speaking Friday on 97.1 FM Talk's "Allman in the Morning" program, Purgason reiterated his concerns with Republican deficit spending and Blunt's unapologetic defense of' [...]
Another Republican has taken himself out of the running in the race to replace Rep. Dennis Moore in Kansas' Third Congressional District.
This time it's State Sen. Jeff Colyer, who made the announcement in a release that includes an endorsement of Nick Jordan, the GOP candidate in 2008.
“I [...]
I don't disagree with the thrust of this editorial in the Post-Dispatch about Republican fearmongering in the health care debate.
What campfires are to spooky ghost stories, Congressional Republicans have become to frightening, fabricated urban legends about health care reform. Death panels! Rationing! Medicare cuts!
But at the same time, I don't understand [...]
