Kansas City Star
| 7 months ago
A group that calls itself the Now or Never Political Action Committee announced Wednesday it will spend $800,000 on television ads to back Todd Akin for the U.S. Senate in Missouri.The organization also is sponsoring TV ad buys in several other...
Kansas City Star
| 7 months ago
The Associated Press-GfK poll on gridlock in Washington was conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs & Corporate Communications from Oct. 19-23. It is based on landline telephone and cellphone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of...
Politico
| 7 months ago
Rep. Todd Akin and the Missouri Republican Party are launching a nearly $700,000 TV ad blitz in the closing days of his challenge to Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, but the source of the funds for the effort is unclear. These are the first ads run...
Miami Herald
| 7 months ago
A Republican-leaning political group that once opposed Missouri Rep. Todd Akin's Senate bid is launching the biggest ad buy on his behalf since the national GOP abandoned Akin for his comments on "legitimate rape."
SF Gate
| 7 months ago
Mo. (AP) Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill is back on the campaign trail for the first time after the death of her mother. Betty Anne Ward McCaskill died Monday after a long struggle with heart and kidney problems. The Democratic senator stopped...
Miami Herald
| 7 months ago
A first-thing-in-the-morning rally at Union Station in Kansas City for Todd Akin today drew nearly as many protestors as it did backers of the Republican Senate candidate. This suburb in a battleground state is pockmarked with half-built subdivisions,...
Los Angeles Times
| 7 months ago
The race for the Senate has intensified, with big-name surrogates and new money and ads moving into critical battleground states in this final week of the election. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will cast his early vote Wednesday at Cardenas...
Kansas City Star
| 7 months ago
Former presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich said Wednesday that Missouri voters can send a powerful signal to "the moneyed Republican establishment" by electing congressman Todd Akin over Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill.Gingrich joined Akin for a...
Kansas City Star
| 7 months ago
Akin rally draws nearly as many protestors as supporters Akin greets supporters Akin greeting supporters Akin backers Protestors at Akin rally Newt Gingrich and his wife at this morning's rally Akin speaks at Union Station Oct. 31 Steve Kraske The...
