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  • Planets Aligning for Jacob Turk in Missouri's Fifth District

    03/12/2012 11:31:47 AM PDT · by Bodhi1 · 6 replies
    All American Blogger ^ | 3-12.2012 | Duane Lester
    On December 12, 2011, Jacob Turk entered Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, stood before a microphone and asked those who had gathered before him, "Has our economic outlook improved over the past year? Have we revived the job market? Has our national debt declined? Unfortunately, the answer to all three questions is No." Turk then announced he would be challenging Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's hold on Missouri's Fifth District for a fourth time. You read that right. Jacob Turk has run for Congress three times before and lost, each time against Emanuel Cleaver. That hasn't dissuaded Turk in the slightest....