Elections

Sid Sullivan is challenging incumbent Karen Miller for the post of Boone County Southern District commissioner.

Boone County Southern District Commissioner Karen Miller is seeking another four-year term after 16 years in office

U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof and Treasurer Sarah Steelman held a debate on St. Louis radio station KMOX to compare their positions to each other’s and Democratic Attorney General Jay Nixon’s.

The attorney general promised if he's elected governor, he'll restore the Medicaid cuts signed into law by Gov. Matt Blunt.

Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama each tried to lay claim to the support of Missouri veterans on Tuesday.

Four Missouri House district candidates attend news conference to support former death row inmate Joe Amrine’s call for a halt on executions.

Ashland alderwoman is incumbent Tom Schauwecker’s first challenger in 19 years.

The 24th district race for the Missouri House of Representatives, which was the most expensive in state history in 2006, is gearing up for more of the same this year. Both candidates have amassed more money than the 2006 candidates had raised at this time during that race.

The Washington-based Club for Growth, which has endorsed Republican rival Bob Onder, says it is spending $100,000 for the ads to attack Luetkemeyer as a supporter of higher taxes. A Luetkemeyer spokesman blasted the ad as ”a politically motivated distortion of Blaine Luetkemeyer’s record."

Sharon Schauwecker has seen her husband through his entire professional career: from his business classes at MU where he realized his love of real estate, to his first run for Boone County Assessor in 1988, when he visited thousands of homes campaigning door-to-door, to today, as he faces his first re-election battle in 19 years. With just two weeks left before the Aug. 5 Democratic primary, Schauwecker continues his fight to keep his seat as Boone County’s tax man.

The Democratic candidate for attorney general unveiled plans to expand the state’s no-call list and crack down on e-mail spammers.

The six candidates for governor seeking party nominations in the Aug. 5 primary offer a summary of where they stand on topics that drive the campaign.

The 10 candidates for lieutenant governor competing for party nominations on the Aug. 5 primary ballot outline their positions on key issues.

Their campaign agenda includes making government more transparent and accountable, increasing funding for higher education, focusing on economic development and increasing access to affordable health care.

The five candidates for attorney general on the Aug. 5 primary ballot explain their positions on some of the more important issues in the race.

The lieutenant governor is scheduled to appear with the congressman on Monday in Cape Girardeau for the announcement.

Gov. Matt Blunt said Friday that he has signed legislation repealing the limits on campaign contributions. The change in the rules goes into effect Aug. 28, in plenty of time to affect the November elections.

The League of Women Voters held a public forum where voters could meet and question any of the five candidates seeking the Democratic nomination in the 23rd and 25th Missouri legislative districts.

An initiative to allow high-stakes gambling in Missouri overcame a court challenge Thursday from opponents who claimed its official ballot summary could mislead voters.

Obama held a roundtable discussion at the University of Missouri-Kansas City on Thursday.