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Louisiana Governor sits down with KRCG's Mark Slavit on elections and Missouri's heroesCOLUMBIA -- One of the nation’s up-and-coming political stars was in Columbia to show his support for Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Kenny Hulshof. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal says Hulshof is the best candidate for ethics reform in the Show-Me State. He said Hulshof would force Missouri elected leaders to serve the public and not themselves. Jindal says Americans have seen corruption scandals in both our state capitols and our nation’s capitol. Jindal worked with Hulshof for several years in congress and says his friend works well with both parties....

Raleigh, N.C. – John McCain has expanded his lead over Barack Obama in Missouri, according to the newest survey from Public Policy Polling. McCain’s advantage is 50-40, a seven point increase from PPP’s July poll, which showed him leading by just three points. Obama’s biggest issue is with white voters, who support McCain by a 56-35 margin. “There aren’t enough black voters in Missouri for Barack Obama to win it if he can’t make things more competitive among white voters,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public Policy Polling. “That’s going to be his challenge if he wants to have any...

KANSAS CITY - Congressman Kenny Hulshof defeated state Treasurer Sarah Steelman in Tuesday's Republican primary. Hulshof will take on Attorney General Jay Nixon in November's general election. Hulshof received 49.2 percent of the vote to Steelman's 44.7 percent - a margin of more than 17,000 votes.

U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof, one of two Republicans running for governor, sent out an e-release this morning challenging rival “Sarah Steelman’s newfound commitment to repeal the state’s renewable fuel directive…” Hulshof’s campaign contended that Steelman’s call to eliminate Missouri’s ethanol mandate could hike gas prices at a time when Missouri’s are the cheapest in the nation. (Many experts tie Missouri’s low price, in part, to our lower gas taxes.)

The race for Missouri governor is getting crowded. U-S Representative Kenny Hulshof announced, he's throwing his hat into the ring for the Republican nomination. That now adds up to three Republican running for the office, and one Democrat. Hulshof does have a local connection, his wife, Renee grew up in Hannibal.

Mr. Speaker, On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln rose on the platform at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, following a two-hour oration by Edward Everett, and gave a brief but eloquent discourse that has become a prominent part of our country's heritage. At the dedication of the Gettysburg National cemetery, he acknowledged: "The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is, for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced." Can we find...

Rep. Kenny Hulshof wanted to see firsthand what American troops have to deal with on the ground in Iraq. But on a trip over the Christmas break, the Missouri Republican got more insight than he bargained for. In a one-day stay in Iraq, the base that Hulshof and four other members of Congress were visiting was hit by a mortar attack. Hulshof and his colleagues were put on lockdown for 30 minutes while a series of five blasts hit the military installation, Balad Air Base, about 40 miles north of Baghdad. "The sirens went off," Hulshof said. "There were multiple...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Congressman Kenny Hulshof today issued the following statement: “John Kerry is trying to mislead Missouri voters with his attacks on health care costs even though he voted five times for higher Medicare premiums. Kerry opposed the President’s Medicare bill guaranteeing affordable prescription drugs, calling it a ‘phony’ bill. He even called the passage of separate legislation requiring Medicare premium increases a ‘day of vindication.’ The true day of vindication for Missouri doctors and patients will come when Kerry and his Democratic colleagues stop opposing the President’s reforms to curb the medical liability lawsuits that are costing...