By Antonio D. French
Filed Friday, August 18, 2006 at 6:22 AM
HAM MAKES IT OKAY - U.S. Senator Jim Talent and his Democratic challenger Claire McCaskill may not be each other's favorite people right now, but it was all smiles yesterday at the State Fair's annual ham breakfast.About 900 people attended the event -- with nearly all of them clearly already supporting one candidate or the other with a t-shirt or sticker proudly planted on their chests. For their part, Talent and McCaskill bumped into each other a few times and spoke cordially about family, the weather, and of course, ham.
HOUSE OF CLAY - Congressman Lacy Clay is hosting a free conference on homeownership starting this weekend. "10 Weeks to Homeownership" is being held at Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, 1444 S. Compton, in cooperation with FannieMae, CitiMortgage, New Day Realty and With Ownership Wealth (WOW).Word on the street is Congressman Russ Carnahan may be needing those services as he packs up and moves to a newly purchased home in Washington D.C. [UPDATE: Joel Jennings, Carnahan's communications director, tells us that the Congressman has only secured a larger apartment "to better accommodate his family when in D.C." and not actually bought a house.]
CROSSING $2M BRIDGES - Gov. Matt Blunt told reporters this week that he has not decided yet whether he will be running for re-election in 2008. But there is one thing he (and now we) definitely does know: he is "absolutely not" interested in running for a seat in the U.S. House or Senate.As for what he'll do with the nearly $2 million he has already raised should he decide not to run: "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," he told the Columbia Daily Tribune.
Labels: Events, Governor, U.S._Senate_Race
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