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Missouri's Hartzler Preps GOP Bid Against Rep. Skelton
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| Last Edited | karin1492 Aug 01, 2009 12:04am |
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| News Date | Saturday, August 1, 2009 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Missouri Republican Vicky Hartzler, a former state representative who was active in her state's effort to ban same-sex marriage, appears to be preparing a 2010 campaign against veteran Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton.
Hartzler has filed a statement of candidacy and a statement of organization with the Federal Election Commission to initiate a campaign in the 4th District, a conservative-leaning area of western and central Missouri that takes in Jefferson City, some suburbs of Kansas City and also significant rural territory.
Hartzler, who couldn't be reached for comment Thursday, has a background in education and served in the state House from 1995 through 2000. She was a spokeswoman for an organization that promoted a 2004 state constitutional amendment, overwhelmingly passed by voters, that banned same-sex marriage.
In 2007 Hartzler published a book, Running God's Way, described on its home page as a "one-stop, easy to use resource unveils the proven campaign techniques revealed in God's Word and outlines the winning strategies needed to succeed on Election Day."
Skelton, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, has been politically dominant in his 17 terms. He won 66 percent of the vote in 2008, the 15th time in 16 re-election campaigns that he has topped 60 percent of the vote.
Skelton has thrived politically even though Missouri's 4th has a distinct Republican lean. John McCain won 61 percent of the district vote in the 2008 election. |
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