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Missouri

iris27

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1. Well, I guess I'll start with the obvious. McCaskill's up for re-election to the Senate.

Reply to xmas74 (Original post)

Thu Jan 19, 2012, 08:43 PM

Jan 2012

Last edited Sat Jan 21, 2012, 03:41 PM - Edit history (1)

Missouri lost a congressional seat in the census, so there will only be 8 House districts to run for. Mostly, the district that went away was Russ Carnahan's District 3 in St. Louis. Akin is expected to try to run for Senate, in which case Carnahan might run for the 2nd, though it is more conservative, being composed of the wealthier western parts of STL and its exurbs. But apparently he hasn't decided for sure whether to do this, or instead challenge Clay in the primaries for the 1st district.

ETA: "Composed", not "composted", lol...

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Offices up for election or re-election [View all] xmas74 Jan 2012 OP

Well, I guess I'll start with the obvious. McCaskill's up for re-election to the Senate. iris27 Jan 2012 #1

I'm hoping for more posts here. xmas74 Jan 2012 #2

Carnahan is challenging Clay in 1st eom lastlib Mar 2012 #5

nm feat12515si Feb 2012 #3

Teresa Hensley is running for Congress in 4th to unseat Congressworm Hartzler lastlib Mar 2012 #4

I'm really excited about this. xmas74 Mar 2012 #6