Missouri Politics Information Directory

We are all tired of the excuse that though politics may be corrupt it is simply the nature of the game. It is not a game, and it is not only about DC politicians out of touch with their constituents. Our state and local officials may be ...

In honor of John Boehner's visit to Missouri, we bring you this clip from the C-SPAN archives. As you'll recall, Boehner defeated Roy Blunt in the 2006 leadership elections after Tom DeLay stepped down. ...

As was the case last week when a political firestorm erupted after a consortium of environmental groups petitioned the EPA to seek a ban on lead ammunition. The right spun this as an unelected, unaccountable, Democrat-dominated branch ...

George Connor, a Missouri State University political scientist, isn’t so sure.

“Even though Roy Blunt might be the prototypical Washington insider, that’s still preferred over (House Speaker Nancy) Pelosi, ...

The consequences of political speech are often high for businesses and it's uncommon that even a week goes by where I don't here the words of a citizen begging to keep their opinion off the record. After all, they're scared about what ...

It took only a single term for Roy Blunt to become more than just a congressman from small-town Missouri. Just that quickly ... political fall- out as a practitioner of a style of politics the public professes to ...

JEFFERSON CITY -- Missouri's director of the Department of Natural Resources is trading one water controversy -- E. coli -- for one of a larger magnitude: the BP oil spill. Templeton survived a rocky patch ...

COLUMBIA, Mo.—Missouri linebacker Will Ebner returned to the practice field, two days after being arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Ebner, a junior, was third on the team with 78 ...

... in Missouri and who have shown a taste for non-establishment candidates across the country. Though Mr. Blunt has held the more prominent elected offices, both candidates have deep family ties in state politics.

according to poll averages compiled by the website Real Clear Politics. Republicans must sweep nearly all the competitive races ... Missouri (Republican) - Republican Roy Blunt leads Democrat Robin Carnahan by 6.7 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — It’s been three years since Scott Eckersley was fired after pointing out that his then-boss, former Gov. Matt Blunt, and others in Blunt’s administration should not be ...

In an effort to encourage the same level of civil dialogue among Politics Daily’s readers that we expect of our writers – a “civilogue,” to use the term coined by PD’s Jeffrey Weiss – we are ...

An independent political group devoted to helping Republican candidates is spending more than $2 million for television ads in Nevada and Missouri that criticize Democratic Senate candidates. The ads are part of an ...

Missouri already posed the same question to voters on the mandate to ... Kratovil says he makes decisions based on 'facts not politics,' which is why he 'voted against the three trillion dollar budget, the big bank ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri's congressional campaigns are not quite negotiating over the ... A debate over debates is a tradition in politics. Challengers frequently scratch and claw for as many forums as possible ...