Hulshof is from the Northeast. Jo Ann Emerson is from the Southeast/Bootheel.
Thanks for clearing that up. (But Steelman’s hometurf is Rolla- south central Mo. Don’t you lump us all in with those bootheelers! lol.)
Where did I get the notion that he was from the bootheel section??!! Must have misread his website stuff...
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Hulshof is from the Northeast
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More fully...Hulshof grew up in the Bootheel (or so he said in the
current TV ads).
Wikipedia says he was born in Sikeston, which is close to the bootheel
(link below)
(but I don’t know if there is some technical borders to the bootheel,
so I’m not sure if Sikeston is technically in or out of “the bootheel”)
Hulshof was the rep for Missouri’s Ninth Congressional district...
which stretches from Jeff City and up to the northeast edge of MO
(link below).
Funny thing is, local radio hosts here in Columbia often say “Hulshof
being from Colubmia, maybe the University of Missouri will be well
treated if he’s elected Gov.” (and Hulshof is a UM-Columbia grad).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Hulshof
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikeston%2C_Missouri
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri%27s_9th_congressional_district