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It's open seat season in Cape Girardeau County
Posted Friday, February 5, at 6:06 PM
In just a few weeks, filing opens for offices on the partisan primary ballot for 2010. On Sunday, I'll have a rundown of who's retiring, who's not and who wants the open jobs in Cape Girardeau County government.
A preview: Rep. Scott Lipike, R-Jackson, will be forced out of the Missouri House due to term limits. Associate Circuit Judge Peter Statler will retire because he can't complete the next four-year term without passing the mandatory judicial retirement age of 70. So Lipke, who has made criminal law and court procedure his specialty in the Missouri House, announced Friday that he intends to run for Statler's job. And Circuit Clerk Charles Hutson, the longest-serving county officeholder at 36 years, said Friday that he is almost sure not to seek another four-year term. His chief deputy, Patti Wibbenmeyer, said she intends to run for her boss's job. So Tuesday's Cape Girardeau municipal primary was just the start. The next big day will be a rush to the county clerk's office on Feb. 23 when filing opens. After that comes local nonpartisan elections on April 6, partisan primaries on Aug. 3 and, finally, the general election on Nov. 2.
Eighth District fundraising maps I'll have a story in Friday's newspaper detailing some of the interesting things I found when I looked closely at the fourth-quarter fundraising reports of U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson and her Democratic rival, Tommy Sowers of Rolla. As a preview, it seems both campaigns are relying heavily on donors that are outside of the 28-county Eighth Congressional District and even outside the state. ...
Emerson has strong fundraising quarter while Sowers continues to do well After being surprised by the unexpectedly strong initial fundraising effort by her Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson responded by nearly doubling her treasury in the final three months of 2009. Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, raised $318,000 in the last quarter of the year, aide Josh Haynes said on behalf of the campaign. That brings her total for 2009 to more than $686,000...
Catching up in the Eighth Congressional District Keeping up with the sniping going on back and forth between the campaigns in the Eighth Congressional District could be a full-time job. Unfortunately, it is only a part of my job and that means I occasionally have to play catch up. For those who haven't paid any attention at all, our Republican U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson is being challenged within her party by cattle farmer Bob Parker of Texas County and Democrat Tommy Sowers of Rolla, a former U.S. Army major and college instructor...
Sowers in the area for "Boots on the Ground" tour Democratic Congressional candidate Tommy Sowers will be in Cape Girardeau, Bollinger and Scott counties over the next three days. The visits are part of his campaign's Boots on the Ground tour of the Eighth Congressional District, where Sowers intends to visit all 28 counties of the district in 28 days...
Emerson distances herself from harshest attacks on Democrats at Patriot Rally In an interview after she attended the Patriot Rally held Saturday in Poplar Bluff, U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, said she does not agree with some of the most damning attacks on Democratic policies made at the rally. As noted in my Sunday morning report on the rally, former Marine sergeant and Republican legislative candidate Paul Curtman of Pacific, told the crowd they were being robbed of their sovereignty and rights by a government indifferent to restraints in the Constitution.. ...
Emerson speech mixes policy with courting In her speech to the crowd at Saturday's Patrot Rally in Poplar Bluff, U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson mixed statements about why she votes the way she does in Washington with digs at Democratic leadership from "Beverly Hills and San Francisco." The rally wasn't a campaign event for Emerson -- organizer Eddie Justice said he tried to get U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill to attend -- but the people on hand are voters she must keep...
Auditor candidate Icet courts Tea Party voters I attended the Patriot Rally held Saturday in Poplar Bluff and filled a notebook with quotes from speeches and interviews. I collected so much that when it came time to write a report for Sunday's newspaper I could only give the flavor of what occurred but had to leave out much that was exceptionally interesting...
Report: GOP lawmaker wants new leadership A "Dear Colleague" letter sent to Republican members of the Missouri House asks them to find new leadership in the wake of criminal charges against former House Speaker Rod Jetton. In the anonymous letter, posted by the Kansas City Star, the writer argues that the current leadership -- House Majority Leader Steve Tilley is mentioned by name -- must be changed...
Cape GOP chairman Voss questions Sowers ties to Texas Obama supporter In a news release issued late Monday evening, Cape Girardeau County Republican Party Chairman John Voss sought to tie Democratic congressional candidate Tommy Sowers to a controversial wind power project being built partially with federal stimulus funds...
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Rudi Keller is a reporter with 19 years experience covering government from city councils to the Missouri Legislature and politics from school board races to statewide political campaigns. A native of Louisville, Ky., Keller has worked at the Southeast Missourian since July 2005.
Hot topics Emerson has strong fundraising quarter while Sowers continues to do well(  17 ~ 7:09 PM, Feb 7)
It's open seat season in Cape Girardeau County
Eighth District fundraising maps
Catching up in the Eighth Congressional District
Emerson speech mixes policy with courting
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