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As Political Fix first reported Monday, Vice President Dick Cheney will be in Clayton next Monday to headline a fundraiser for Republican 9th District congressional hopeful Blaine Luetkemeyer.

Paul Tencher, the spokesman for Democratic rival Judy Baker, sent over this…

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If Democrats gain Congressional seats in Missouri, they will likely come from a pair of women contenders.

You already know about Columbia State Rep. Judy Baker, fighting former state tourism director Blaine Luetkemeyer to…

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Brock Olivo, the football star who didn’t make it this week in the congressional big leagues (Tuesday’s GOP primary for the 9th District nomination) just e-mailed his public thanks.

Here’s his parting post-primary thoughts:

To the Editor,

I would like to

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Former State House speaker Steve Gaw, part of a crowded field of Democrats running for Congress in the 9th District, has a new ad targeting one of his opponents, State Rep. Judy Baker from Columbia.

Gaw criticizes Baker’s vote on…

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The Associated Press is reporting that the latest federal campaign-finance filings show that the 9th District congressional battle is attracting more money from some candidates’ pocketbooks.

As the AP states:

Former state tourism director Blaine Luetkemeyer loaned his

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Looks like Mizzou football favorite Brock Olivo isn’t the only former college athlete running for Congress in the state’s 9th District.

In a post yesterday, we used a baseball reference to describe Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer’s formation of a group of…

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Steve Gaw, the former Democratic state House speaker who’s now running for Congress in the 9th District, has launched a new TV ad.

The ad was produced by a Nashville-based political media consulting firm, Fletcher Rowley…

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Don’t believe everything you read — especially in political press releases.

Witness the headline over a release from former state senator Ken Jacob, who today debated other Democrats running for Congress in the 9th District:

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Debate? District? From someone…

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Former state Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-St. Elizabeth, apparently is the only Republican in the 9th District congressional race to snag the endorsement of Missouri Right to Life, which Luetkemeyer’s campaign says raising questions about the validity of  the anti-abortion credentials of one of…

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Two of the candidates for the 9th District congressional seat — state Rep. Bob Onder, R- Lake St. Louis, and former state Sen. Ken Jacob, D-Columbia, will hold their second debate on abortion rights and Onder’s proposed bill — which…

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