Tagged: politics

A St. Louis County State Senator will not seek re-election in the district she currently represents.   Jane Cunningham had initially filed to run for the 7th District seat, even though the new Senate map places that district in the Kansas City area.

Regional news coverage from the KBIA News  room, including:

• A St. Louis Co. state senator decides to not run for re-election
• Columbia hosts renewable energy conference
• A new GOP candidate enters race for Mo. governor.

With a victory in Kansas under his belt, Republican Presidential hopeful Rick Santorum is looking to the next round of primary states. As Isabel Hohl reports from Cape Girardeau, that includes the battleground state of Missouri, where Santorum toured over the weekend.

A bipartisan redistricting commission reached an agreement over Missouri's 34 state Senate districts.

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