For a woman who wants to be Congressman, Kay Barnes certainly stays home a lot. Just last week she skipped her own hastily called lunch with veterans. As it turns out it was supposed to be more of a private chat with a tiny group of hand-picked supporters. Once the press got wind of her […]

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We can’t wait for the comments on this piece! By Debbie Coleman Kay Barnes claimed rural, suburban roots when she brought her congressional campaign to Blue Springs Tuesday night. The 6th District congressional candidate and former mayor of Kansas City was quick to point out that her formative years, and even some beyond, were not […]

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By Nathan L. Gonzales “In Missouri’s 6th district, former Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes is one of the Democratic ongressional Campaign Committee’s prize recruits. But you wouldn’t know it at first (or second, or third) glance. She didn’t mention the words “Democrat” or “Democratic Party” in her May 14 announcement. And the only way you […]

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GOP House Speaker Rod Jetton is term-limited and therefore cannot seek re-election next fall. But you’d never know it from his most recent Missouri Ethics Commission filing, which reads like the report from a burgeoning young campaign that’s just getting its feet underneath it and its office set up. Read more… Related: Tip Line: Reader […]

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As we are all aware by now, the second quarter ended recently, which means a flurry of campaign finance reports have floooded the newspapers and the blogosphere. The Missouri Political News Service has purposely failed to mention or report the results. One, as we wrote above, other publications will report the results to you. And […]

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JEFFERSON CITY – A federal budget bill approved by Democrats in which taxpayer dollars would be used to pay for a needle-exchange program in Washington, D.C., is exactly the kind of radical proposal supported by Kay Barnes, who publicly backed a similar idea during a 1999 mayoral forum. The approval of funding by the U.S. […]

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The Missouri Political News Service has seen quite a few methods of fundraising for Congressional candidates in its’ day, but soliciting support via a homosexual e-mail server is certainly not one of them. The Kansas City Pride Club, a group dedicated to fighting for the rights of Lesbian/Gay/Bi-Sexual/Transgender (LGBT) individuals, informed their membership this week […]

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MOGOP press release: JEFFERSON CITY – In a stunning example of hypocrisy, Kay Barnes today decried higher gas prices even though she backed a 4 percent tax increase on motor vehicle fuel in 2002. Not surprisingly, voters overwhelmingly disagreed with Barnes’ position by rejecting Proposition B at the polls. But if Barnes had her way […]

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The Missouri Political News Service has learned that the leader of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., will be campaigning tomorrow in Kansas City for Kay Cronkite Waldo Barnes. After the Barnes’ campaign bumbled and stumbled out of the gate last week, Democratic party leaders – who have targeted Missouri’s […]

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First is was this. And now another gaffe. From The Source: In a speech to the Heritage Group in St. Joseph last week, former Kansas City Mayor, Kay Barnes spoke of the progress recently made in downtown St. Joseph. When discussing the need for planning in redevelopment, Barnes specifically mentioned the Heartland Regional Medical center […]

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