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Category: Widgets: Candidates 2018

Hazel

Robert Hazel: New Deal Democrat

August 6, 2018 Claire Stolze 2018 Election, Democrats, Widgets: Candidates 2018 Leave a comment

On a noisy Thursday morning, members of the Occasional Planet team met with Robert Hazel. Hazel is running for Representative in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional

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wagner

Ann Wagner: Missouri Congresswoman in absentia

August 3, 2018 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Candidates, Republicans, Widgets: Candidates 2018 One comment

Missouri has produced great people who are a credit to our state and are known for their legacy of public service. Towering figures like

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VanOstran

Cort VanOstran: Is he the Democrat who can defeat Ann Wagner?

July 17, 2018 Claire Stolze 2018 Election, Candidates, Democrats, Missouri region, Widgets: Candidates 2018 Leave a comment

Cort VanOstran is a candidate who is clearly thinking past the August 2018 Democratic primary. When we interviewed him last week, it seemed obvious

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Messmer

John Messmer: professor, reformer, fighter for fairness

July 13, 2018 Jade Nguyen 2018 Election, Candidates, Missouri region, Money & Politics, Widgets: Candidates 2018 Leave a comment

The professor shakes our hands and starts right off with his policy ideas. He admits that small talk and working a room are not

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To beat Ann Wagner, focus on policy, not money: Mark Osmack

July 13, 2018 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Campaigns, Candidates, Congress, Missouri region, Widgets: Candidates 2018 Leave a comment

“I want to be the candidate who happens to be a veteran, not the veteran who happens to be a candidate.” That was Mark

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Haas for Mayor

Bill Haas: Optimistic candidate in a long-shot bid for Congress

June 28, 2018 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Candidates, Democrats, Widgets: Candidates 2018 Leave a comment

When we sat down with Bill Haas last week, he said in no uncertain terms, “I’m going to win this one. It’s not going

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Sachs

Purple politics in Missouri’s CD2: Noga Sachs

June 28, 2018 Jade Nguyen 2018 Election, Candidates, Missouri region, Republicans, Widgets: Candidates 2018 Leave a comment

Noga Sachs is a candidate for Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District in the upcoming Republican primary. She’s running against long-time incumbent Ann Wagner. Recently, I

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candidate

Who’s who & who said what at candidate forum in MO 2nd Congressional district

June 3, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Campaigns, Candidates, Democrats, Good government, Missouri region, Widgets: Candidates 2018 2 comments

Five Democrats—all male—are vying for the honor of trying to defeat entrenched Republican Ann Wagner, in Missouri’s 2nd Congressional District. Here are my impressions

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