JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A former consultant for Republican gubernatorial candidate Eric Greitens is complying with a subpoena as part of an investigation involving Greitens’ campaign and a charity he founded. Michael Hafner appeared at the Missouri Ethics Commission office Thursday in Jefferson City in response to a subpoena. He says he is “complying…
CHICAGO (AP) – The race for comptroller, usually a low-profile contest coinciding with Illinois’ gubernatorial campaigns, is in the spotlight during a presidential year with a big money special election offering Democrats an unusual chance to oust Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s hand-picked candidate. The office that controls Illinois’ checkbook is open mid-term because incumbent Leslie…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr is apologizing after he was caught telling Republican supporters that he was surprised Hillary Clinton appeared on the cover of a gun magazine without a bull’s-eye on her face. Burr issued a statement shortly after CNN reported his comments Monday, saying they were inappropriate. Democratic challenger…
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Jason Kander, who is involved in a tight race with incumbent Republican Roy Blunt in Missouri, has written a $25,000 check to the U.S. Treasury as a way of turning back questionable campaign donations. A report in the Boston Globe found that the Thornton Law Firm in…
Maryland Heights, MO (KTRS) Missouri’s gubernatorial candidates continue to hit the campaign trail as the race winds down. Eric Greitens held a town hall meet and greet Monday afternoon at the Sheraton Westport Plaza Hotel in Maryland Heights. The G-O-P candidate says he wants to drive this message home to the undecided voters. “If you’re ready…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Democratic and Republican governors associations are dumping money into the Missouri race for governor in the final days leading up to the election. Campaign finance reports show the Republican Governors Association gave GOP newcomer Eric Greitens $1.5 million on Friday. That’s on top of $2 million the group gave…
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois election officials say the number of registered active voters in the state is at its highest since 1970. Illinois State Board of Election spokesman Jim Tenuto said Tuesday morning that there are 7.9 million registered active voters in the state. That’s more than the 7.8 million who were registered in 2008…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The clamor for change that’s fueling Donald Trump’s presidential campaign may help a little-known Democrat upset a powerful Republican senator in red-state Missouri on Election Day. And with just a few competitive Senate races around the country, the outcome in Missouri could help determine which party controls the Senate. The…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A recently found recording shows Democratic attorney general candidate Teresa Hensley criticizing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Koster. Former Cass County Prosecutor Teresa Hensley said in a Wednesday statement that the video was taken during a 2006 debate after she succeeded Koster as prosecutor. In the video, Hensley says the prosecutor’s office…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Democratic Party chairman is claiming that Republican Eric Greitens broke campaign finance laws by using a list of charity donors to raise money in his campaign for governor. Roy Temple filed an ethics complaint Wednesday against Greitens, a former Navy SEAL officer who founded a veterans’ charity called…