MO-GOV: Hulshof Gets a Much Needed Boost

By: Brian Simpson (Diary)  |  October 4th at 09:11 PM  | 

Republican candidate Kenny Hulshof has been badly trailing Democrat candidate Jay Nixon for the entire campaign season. Nixon started the season with a considerable advantage following a bitterly contested Republican primary between Hulshof and State Treasurer Sarah Steelman. Since the repeal of Missouri’s campaign finance law restricting contributions, Nixon has continued his fund raising advantage. He has collected $3.3 million in large sized contributions (those | Read More »

MO-GOV: Kenny Hulshof Gets Bit By Campaign Stupids

By: Brian Simpson (Diary)  |  September 12th at 09:37 AM  | 

Republican gubernatorial candidate Kenny Hulshof (current U.S. House of Representative from MO-09) unveiled his education plan today. Republican gubernatorial candidate Kenny Hulshof said Missouri has a problem. The state ranks 47th in expenditures for higher education. Hulshof said that is unacceptable and that if elected he would funnel more money to the state’s colleges and universities as well as increase scholarships to needy students. ~snip~ | Read More »

MO-GOV: Hulshof v Steelman Debate II

By: Brian Simpson (Diary)  |  July 24th at 01:44 AM  | 

Sarah Steelman and Kenny Hulshof met for their final debate before next month’s primary. The debate was hosted by KY3, a Springfield, MO NBC affiliate. As with the KMOX debate I took down some notes on their responses to the questions. I have also included my thoughts (including an endorsement) at the end. I have included links to the video of each question. Just follow | Read More »

MO-GOV: Hulshof v Steelman Debate Notes

By: Brian Simpson (Diary)  |  July 23rd at 05:28 PM  | 

GOP Gubernatorial candidates Sarah Steelman and Kenny Hulshof debated today on KMOX’s Mark Reardon Show. You can find audio of the debate on the show’s website. I’ll include a few of my own comments at the end along with a few other items of interest.

MO-GOV: Show-Me the Money [Update: Hulshof Garners Another Endorsment]

By: Brian Simpson (Diary)  |  July 15th at 08:55 PM  | 

Today was campaign finance filing day in MO and all three candidates released their numbers. There is a lot of bad news in here for the Republicans.

MO-GOV: Steelman v. Hulshof for the Republican Nomination [Updated: Kinder Endorses Hulshof]

By: Brian Simpson (Diary)  |  July 13th at 11:19 PM  | 

Since the surprise announcement by Missouri Governor Matt Blunt that he would not seek re-election, the race for the GOP nomination has been anything but ordinary. The two candidates are U.S. Representative Kenny Hulshof (MO-09) and Missouri State Treasurer Sarah Steelman. A local blog, the Relevant Elephant, has conducted interviews with both candidates. Rep Hulshof’s can be found here while Steelman’s can be found here. | Read More »