Hanaway had a cleared field for Secretary of State in 2004, fresh off of serving as the 1st GOP House Speaker in MO since 1929, but she still lost by 5% even as Matt Blunt took the Governor’s race (against Robin Carnahan). That she’s running now 12 years out of elective office is bizarre, because I wouldn’t consider her a first-tier candidate (add to that, the individual Schweich cited as a donor to Hanaway also is bankrolling Koster, which is troubling).
Schweich was so formidable in 2014 that the Dems didn’t even run a candidate against him. One big thing the state GOP should do under a Gov. Schweich (and I’ve mentioned it before), is that all statewide offices should shift to off-year elections.
I didn't know that. That changes things for me.
The leg could pass a constitutional amendment now they wanted to (put it on the ballot) it doesn't even take a supermajority. I agree, they should.