Jefferson-Jackson Dinner

(Updated 10:50 p.m., Sat., June 7)Seven years after leaving the Republican Party, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has in effect taken the reins of…

The Missouri Democratic Party has tapped U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., to be the keynote speaker for the state party’s annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 21, 2013: State Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, skipped this month’s Jefferson-Jackson Dinner…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 8, 2013: Casting their Republican counterparts as ineffectual extremists, some of Missouri’s top…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 15, 2013 - The Missouri Democratic Party has snagged Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 18, 2011 - Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon made a rare departure Friday night from his usual…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 17, 2011 - Hoping to regroup after last fall's disastrous elections, more than 500 Missouri…