JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — The Latest on the Missouri Senate candidates and the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Republican Missouri Senate candidate Josh Hawley is calling for an investigation of how Democrats handled allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Hawley on Monday called…
ST. LOUIS, MO (AP) — Missouri’s Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley opposes a federal provision that bars religious organizations from political endorsements, and his upcoming appearance at a Baptist university may provide a test case for the future of the measure. Hawley, the state’s attorney general, is scheduled to speak Wednesday during chapel at Hannibal-LaGrange…
KANSAS CITY, MO (AP) — A coalition of nonprofit groups that has registered more than 87,000 new Missouri voters — most of them black residents — says it is not working for Sen. Claire McCaskill, but its effort could help her campaign against Republican challenger Josh Hawley. The nonpartisan coalition called Missouri Black Votes wants…
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Republican Missouri Senate candidate Josh Hawley says a hearing of Judge Brett Kavanaugh and an accuser against him is a “circus.” Hawley at a campaign event in St. Charles told reporters he had only seen snippets of the Thursday Senate hearing. But he says Democrats have “launched an ambush on…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump is coming to Missouri as he pushes for Republican Josh Hawley to unseat Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in a critical Senate race. Trump’s campaign on Friday announced the planned Sept. 21 rally in Springfield, Missouri. McCaskill is a top target for Republicans seeking to expand the party’s…
Maryland Heights, MO (KTRS) The candidates vying to become Missouri’s next U.S. senator took center stage in their first debate. The Missouri Press Association hosted a forum in Maryland Heights on Friday featuring the two major party candidates along with two minor party candidates. Healthcare was among the topics addressed. G-O-P candidate Josh Hawley, who…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s U.S. Senate candidates Democrat Claire McCaskill and Republican Josh Hawley have released their 2017 tax returns. The candidates released their taxes Wednesday. McCaskill filed separately from her husband, wealthy businessman Joseph Shepard. McCaskill’s return shows she brought in a roughly $86,000 pension on top of her $174,000 salary. She…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will urge the defeat of Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill during a campaign rally next week in her Missouri home state. Trump’s campaign says he will rally supporters Sept. 13 in Cape Girardeau and urge them to replace McCaskill with Republican Josh Hawley, the state attorney general who has Trump’s…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill says she supports measures on Missouri’s November ballot to increase the state’s minimum wage and hike the gas tax. McCaskill recently told reporters that she also supports medical marijuana. She said she “couldn’t be more enthusiastic” about another proposal that would change redistricting and limit lobbyist…
By SUMMER BALLENTINE , Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill’s hopes of winning a third term in Republican-dominated Missouri could depend both on convincing voters she’s sufficiently moderate and how voters feel about President Donald Trump, who is backing her presumptive Republican challenger. It’s not an easy task considering Trump…