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Gingrich raising cash, profile for Akin Senate bid

Associated Press — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:48:58 +0000

Shunned by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin is instead turning to former presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich to help raise his profile and cash in the closing week of his campaign.

Santorum, DeMint endorse Akin in Mo. Senate race

Associated Press — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 22:53:49 +0000

Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin has won two high-profile Republican endorsements a day after guaranteeing his candidacy would continue.

Paul takes contentious St. Charles Co. caucus

Associated Press — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:47:11 +0000

On the day Rick Santorum dropped out of the presidential race, Ron Paul — not presumptive frontrunner Mitt Romney — has stolen the show at the do-over Republican caucus in one of Missouri's largest and most conservative counties.

Santorum takes Missouri primary

Rachel Lippmann — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:05:18 +0000

Although Tuesday’s presidential primary amounts to only a public opinion poll, it was not front runner Mitt Romney who took the Missouri, but Rick Santorum.

Former St. Charles County executive Joe Ortwerth heads the Missouri branch of Focus on the Family, a conservative activist group.

He says Missouri is known as a state that likes to send strong messages.

'Obamacare' opposition helps Santorum in primary

Jacob Fenston — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:00:01 +0000

Rick Santorum trounced Mitt Romney yesterday in Missouri's "beauty contest" presidential primary. The state's delegates won't be chosen until caucuses on March 17, but the vote added to Santorum's momentum as he also swept Minnesota and Colorado. In this week's Health & Wealth update, how conservative opposition to Obama's Affordable Care Act may have helped Santorum in the Show-Me State.

Missouri primary gives Santorum a boost

Jacob Fenston — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:46:41 +0000

Missouri voters gave Rick Santorum a symbolic victory tonight. The former senator handily beat Mitt Romney, winning in every county, with 52 percent of the total vote, compared to Romney's 25 percent.

Low turnout for Missouri's "beauty pageant" of a primary

Jacob Fenston — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:54:31 +0000

Polling places are quiet today as voters trickle in for Missouri’s non-binding presidential primary. As KBIA’s Jacob Fenston reports, the election will cost taxpayers an estimated 7 million dollars, despite having no direct effect in choosing the Republican nominee.

Newscast for February 3, 2012

Brian Pepoon — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:46:19 +0000

Regional News Coverage from the KBIA newsroom, including:

Former Senator Santorum's Missouri campaign trail
Missouri's congressional map upheld
Columbia Housing Authority reform

Santorum continues his campaign in Fulton

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:19:14 +0000

Former Senator Rick Santorum spoke to a crowd of several hundred people at William Woods College Friday.

Santorum swings by Missouri

Rachel Lippmann — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:09:59 +0000

An overflow crowd piled into an auditorium at St. Charles Community College Monday for an appearance by Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum.