As candidates and campaigns ramp up, McCaskill prepares to meet with Kavanaugh
Friday’s edition of Politically Speaking looks at three different storylines to watch as candidates and campaigns ramp up for the November election. The first one that St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies tackle is how U.S. Sen....
Politically Speaking · St. Louis Public Radio
August 18, 201828m 52s
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Friday’s edition of Politically Speaking looks at three different storylines to watch as candidates and campaigns ramp up for the November election.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The first one that St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies tackle is how U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is meeting with Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s latest pick for the U.S. Supreme Court. Both</span> <a href= "http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/mccaskill-under-pressure-both-sides-aisle-she-considers-supreme-court-vote"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">sides of the political spectrum</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">are pressuring McCaskill, which comes as she runs against GOP Attorney General Josh Hawley.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the expensive and competitive Senate race between McCaskill and Hawley continues, unidentified money is flowing into ballot initiatives — including a bid to raise Missouri’s minimum wage to $12 an hour. A group called</span> <a href= "http://www.kcur.org/post/bid-raise-missouri-s-minimum-wage-gets-funding-politically-active-nonprofits"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">the Sixteen Thirty Fund</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">has given nearly a million dollars to that initiative — and has refused to say where its money comes from.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile, the GOP nominee for state auditor, Saundra McDowell, is facing questions about whether she’s qualified to run for the statewide office. The Kansas City Star</span> <a href= "https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/election/article216723100.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote this week</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">about how legal scholars wonder if McDowell has lived in Missouri long enough to be auditor. McDowell</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/mcdowellformo/status/1028058171783499776"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> said in a statement</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">that she believes qualifies.</span></p>