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Is Robin Carnahan Married?
By L. Catan - Politics DailyRobin Carnahan, the two-term Democratic secretary of state of Missouri, is running for senator from Missouri against Roy Blunt, Republican U.S. congressman from Missouri. As part of a Politics Daily series providing background about the major candidates in 2010, here are some answers to frequently asked questions about her life. Is Robin Carnahan married? Yes. Who is Robin Carnahan's husband? Juan Carlos Antolinez. What does Robin Carnahan's husband do for a living? Juan Carlos Antolinez develops and maintains business computer systems. How long have Robin Carnahan and her husband been ...
Candidates Get Creative to Build Text-Message Lists
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (Oct. 4) - A sign near the toilet said: "Text FLUSH to Robin." Above the restroom sink was another suggestion: "Text WASH to Robin." Was this some sort of potty-room prank? Or high-tech graffiti? Neither, actually. The bathroom bulletins were part of a calculated campaign strategy by Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Robin Carnahan to collect as many cell phone numbers as possible for a text-message database. Jeff Roberson, AP A message on Missouri Republican Senate candidate Roy Blunt's RV encourages voters to send a text to his campaign, adding to a valuable database ...
Fox News Sues Democratic Senate Candidate Robin Carnahan Over Ad
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyMissouri Senate candidate Robin Carnahan is being sued by Fox News and its host Chris Wallace, who allege that the Democrat used proprietary footage in a campaign commercial to give the appearance that the network endorsed her. The complaint, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Missouri, claims copyright infringement, invasion of privacy and misappropriation of likeness, according to The Hollywood Reporter, which first reported the lawsuit. Fox News and Wallace are seeking an injunction against further use of the television ad and unspecified monetary damages. The ad used footage of ...
Sarah Palin's Tuesday Picks Come Out on Top, Mostly
By Sandra Fish - Politics DailySarah Palin's busy primary endorsement season came to a mostly winning end Tuesday, most notably with victories by two of her "mama grizzlies": Christine O'Donnell, who prevailed in Delaware's GOP Senate primary, and Kelly Ayotte, who narrowly defeated Ovide Lamontagne in the New Hampshire GOP race for Senate. By Facebook, via Twitter, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate has handed out endorsements, well, right and righter this election season. She stood up for U.S. Sen. John McCain, who put her in the spotlight as his running mate. And she spurned home state ...
Campaign Ad Wars: The Cliches of 2010
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyThis is the last week that most Americans can turn on their TV sets and be comforted by such familiar cultural touchstones as party-on beer commercials and advertisements for desperate, must-clear-our-inventory car dealers. By Labor Day, it will be all political spots all the time in our biennial celebration of the right to vote – and the hazards to sanity that come with it. Campaign commercials tend to be about as predictable as Paris Hilton's denials after an arrest. We are all sadly familiar with the security-camera videos, the voice-of-doom narration and the horror-movie music that ...
GOP's Roy Blunt Posts Double-Digit Lead in Missouri Senate Race
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailySeven-term Republican Rep. Roy Blunt has opened up a double-digit lead for the first time in his race against Democrat Robin Carnahan for Missouri's Senate seat, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Aug. 23. The seat is being left open by GOP Sen. Kit Bond, who decided not to seek re-election. Blunt leads Carnahan, the Secretary of State, by 51 percent to 40 percent with 5 percent preferring some other candidate and 4 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4 points. Blunt's biggest margin over Carnahan in nine previous Rasmussen polls had been 8 points. In two of those polls ...
Democrats Plan October Ad Blitz for Senate Races in Four States
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyKeep your remote close. Come October, voters in four key states can expect to be bombarded by television ads for Democratic Senate candidates. A Republican strategist who tracks ad buys by the opposition tells The Hill that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee will spend millions on TV airtime in Missouri, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Colorado. The committee could shell out more than $4 million in Kentucky and Missouri alone, in ads hammering Republicans, according to The Hill: In Missouri, Rep. Roy Blunt, the GOP Senate nominee, was a strong proponent of the financial bailout bill, ...
Rep. Roy Blunt, Missouri Senate Candidate, Pulls 'Ground Zero' Ad
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyRepublican congressman Roy Blunt, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, has pulled a campaign video off the Internet that showed the smoking rubble of the World Trade Center along with audio of his Democratic opponent saying it should be up to New Yorkers to decide the location of the controversial Park 51 Islamic center. The Democrat, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, demanded Thursday that Blunt apologize to the families of 9/11 victims, accusing him of exploiting the tragedy for political gain, The Washington Post reported. Blunt said he wasn't aware the video had been posted and a ...
Insiders Win Primaries in Kansas, Missouri, but Newbie Rick Snyder Stuns in Michigan
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyIn a midterm election year that's as anti-incumbent as they come, political stalwarts cruised to victory in primaries in Missouri and Kansas Tuesday night. But in Michigan, voters bucked the trend. Seven-term Rep. Jerry Moran won the Republican Senate nomination in Kansas. That clears the way for him in November, considering that the state hasn't elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1932. In Michigan, computer millionaire and political rookie Rick Snyder upset a veteran congressman and three others for the GOP nomination for governor. The Missouri primary for the U.S. Senate seat being ...
Missouri Voters Reject Health Mandates; Robin Carnahan, Roy Blunt Cruise to Victory
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyIn a year that's as anti-incumbent as they come, two political stalwarts topped their parties' ballots in the Missouri primary for the state's open U.S. Senate seat. Robin Carnahan, the Missouri secretary of state and daughter of the state's late governor, easily won the Democratic primary to succeed Republican Sen. Kit Bond, who is retiring. On the Republican ticket, seven-term congressman Roy Blunt quickly dispensed with State Rep. Chuck Perguson with 72 percent of the vote. Voters in Missouri also decided overwhelmingly Tuesday night to reject a key element of the recently passed health ...
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