PoliticMo

Missouri politics, analysis and news. Formerly from @eyokley, now in Washington.

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

Sheena Greitens says she has proof to back up her abuse allegations against Eric Greitens, including "contemporaneous documentation of the relevant communications, as well as photographic evidence of my child’s 2019 injuries." @RudiKellerMI: https://t.co/BfsglDLL4J #MOSen

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

“This is not an Endorsement, but I’m just askin’?” DJT out with a pretty nice nod to @auctnr1 tonight #MOSen

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

That accounts for over one-fifth of what Billy Long raised last quarter. Per his FEC report, his campaign spent another ~$57k on his campaign bus (the Billy Bus™️). #MOSen

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

the @stltoday statement is p stinging: "For DESE to deflect its failures by referring to this as ‘hacking’ is unfounded. Thankfully, these failures were discovered." #MOLeg

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

I fully expect the Show Me State to exceed this father’s expectations. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/WJVT3WjI16

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

Jared Schmitz was 20 years old – born just as we were starting our war in Afghanistan.

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

drop this one into the #MOSen GOP primary thread

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

New this morning: @AnnLWagner is running for re-election to #MO02, staying out of the #MOSen primary. Her statement:

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

The top potential Democratic recruit for #MOSen is out: “I am not running for U.S. Senate.”

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

will be *interesting* to watch Mike Parson and Eric Schmitt on this one, given… everything recently. #MOSen #MOLeg

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

New @RemingtonPolls survey for MOScout tests a hypothetical #MOSen:
@EricGreitens 48%
@GovJayNixon 44%

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

"The way you don't have all these new strains is you don't give the virus anywhere to live and become more resilient… You need to get vaccinated, even if you think you don't have an individual problem. We've got to stop having places for the virus to begin to mutate."

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

Joplin, Mo., has the highest COVID-19 hospitalization rate in America.

The rest of these are counties, and they're almost all in the same cluster – what we call the Four State Area. See the far right column.

Pandemic isn't over in the homeland. https://t.co/0zpWJHP6p0

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

Galloway beat a weak GOP challenger in 2018 on the same ballot that sent Josh Hawley to Washington.

*Especially* without her, it's gonna be tough for Missouri Dems to hold on to a statewide elected office next year. #MOLeg

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

.@SarahHuckabee is headed north to St. Louis next month for a big fundraiser headlined by Missouri Gov. @MikeParson, per invite. #ARGov

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

.@GovJayNixon got posed the #MOSen Q today as he was talking to the @stltoday about some legal work piggy-backing off of an @Eric_Schmitt effort.

Asked if he was considering a run, Nixon said “that’s not what I’m focused on right now.” https://t.co/SeBcte0WkW

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

Eric Greitens, who just announced a #MOSen run, left office amid criminal and #MOLeg impeachment scrutiny. This is a particularly striking excerpt from a legislative report.

His entrance checks one of the big "ifs" Dems have said has to happen for them to have a chance next year

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

On Fox News, @EricGreitens announces run for #MOSen.

[Jeff Smith @JeffSmithMO]

Eli is too modest to say that he was a high school senior with a nascent newsletter covering the race when this happened.

[Eli Yokley @eyokley]

Talked a bit about this with @stevekraske + @dhellingkc: @RoyBlunt is inarguably a creature of the Big Washington. But if you show up with him in most parts of Missouri, it's pretty likely he'll know the names of at least a few folks in the room. https://t.co/zU5wuOfSBt #MOSen