CHESTERFIELD — Bolstered by thousands of small individual donations, embattled Republican Congressman Todd Akin reaffirmed his commitment to his U.S. Senate campaign Friday while re-emerging publicly in Missouri for the time since making inflammatory remarks about rape and pregnancy.
UPDATE: Akin makes first Missouri appearance since rape remark
Friday, August 24, 2012 | 6:11 p.m. CDT;
updated 8:33 a.m. CDT, Saturday, August 25, 2012
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