Missouri Democratic Party

The Missouri Democratic Party has changed the name of its longstanding biggest event, traditionally known as the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, to honor…

Embattled and accused of being irrelevant, Missouri’s two major political parties are beefing up their operations nonetheless in preparation for next…

HANNIBAL, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is calling for a sharp increase in the state’s tobacco tax — now the nation’s lowest — to pay for a…

As expected, leaders of the Missouri Democratic State Committee have re-elected Roy Temple as state party chairman, despite the party’s poor showing last…

(Updated 11:30 a.m., Mon., July 28)U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has underscored her influence within the Missouri Democratic Party by writing a…

(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…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 24, 2013: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. --The last time that new Missouri Democratic Party chairman Roy…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, July 31, 2013: Jackson County Executive Director Mike Sanders just announced that he’s stepping down…

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…