Pat Toomey Vs. Katie McGinty- According the Huffington Post, as of last week Toomey was winning by 1.8%, but as of yesterday Katie McGinty is winning by .4%. So the results could go either way, it is still very up and down.
Jason Kander Vs Roy Blunt (Missouri)
Since the most recent release of Jason Kander's campaign ad, media attention has been focused on the, very close, Missouri senate race. Missouri, a mostly red state for the past 5-7 years, has a population of 6 million (2014), and it's top industries are health care and social assistance, retail, advanced manufacturing, financial and professional services, and agriculture and bioscience.
Democratic Candidate, Jason Kander, received his BA in political science from American University, and got his J.D form Georgetown law school. After getting his J.D, he became a military intelligence officer (2006-2007). He also taught Political Science at the University of Missouri-Kansas State. After he began his political career, starting off on the board of directors of Coro Kansas City. Then he was part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. Then finally putting his Law degree to use, became part of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. From 2009-2013 he was part of the Missouri state house, and during that period of time he served on the following committees: transportation and economic development, budget, downsizing state government, judiciary, homeland security, and joint committee on life science. He's a classic democrat. His campaign themes include: advocating for veterans and military families, supporting Missouri Businesses, fighting for the middle class, pushing for an open and honest government, and standing up for women. In the most recent fundraising quarter, Kander has out-raised his opponent, Roy Blunt, making it the second out of three quarters that he's raised more money than Blunt. In this 3rd quarter, Kander has received 23,000 new donors, 94% of those donations are $100 or less. In the last 20 months he's raised around 9.3 million dollars, according to news-leader. Kander has received $780,000 from the Missouri Democratic party. In addition, Ohio republican senator, Rob Portman, spent $1,4 million on behalf of Kander.
Roy Blunt, the incumbent of this race, is the republican candidate. He received his bachelor's from Southwest Baptist University, and his master's from Missouri State University. From 1972 to 1984, he was a clerk for Greene County, Missouri, then from 1985 to 1992, he was Missouri's secretary of state. In 1992 he ran for governor, but lost to John Ashcroft. In 1993 he took a break from politics for a while. and became the president of Southwest Baptist Church from 1993 to 1996. In 1996 he returned to politics and became part of the US House of Representatives for the next 14 years. And finally from 2011 to present he's been the US Senator of Missouri, and is running again against Jason Kander. Based on his resume, Blunt would definitely be considered as a career politician. He's also the most Republican candidate you can imagine. He wants the government to stay out of running schools, and he wants absolute gun ownership, and private social security. He also wants to keep God in the public sphere, no "rights" to clean and water, stricter punishment to reduce crime, maintain US sovereignty from UN, expand the military and never legalize marijuana. He doesn't want to legalize require hiring women and minorities, or expand Obamacare, or higher taxes on the wealthy, or prioritize green energy. He's Pro-Life, anti LGBTQ, anti-immigration, and for the war in Iraq. He raised a lot money in fundraising, about $14.4 million from 2011-2016, he's spent $10.4 million, and has $4 million on hand. His main contributors are the Crawford Group ($93,500), Goldman Sachs ($87,150), Monsanto Co ($72,550), Capital One Financial ($65,800), and Blackstone Group ($62,800). He's held fundraising events with George W. Bush and many dinners.
As of right October 25, Blunt is winning with 44.9% of the voted and Kander is behind with 40.5%. Hopefully Kander will pull through and win this election.
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Jason Kander Vs Roy Blunt (Missouri)
Since the most recent release of Jason Kander's campaign ad, media attention has been focused on the, very close, Missouri senate race. Missouri, a mostly red state for the past 5-7 years, has a population of 6 million (2014), and it's top industries are health care and social assistance, retail, advanced manufacturing, financial and professional services, and agriculture and bioscience.
Democratic Candidate, Jason Kander, received his BA in political science from American University, and got his J.D form Georgetown law school. After getting his J.D, he became a military intelligence officer (2006-2007). He also taught Political Science at the University of Missouri-Kansas State. After he began his political career, starting off on the board of directors of Coro Kansas City. Then he was part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. Then finally putting his Law degree to use, became part of the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys. From 2009-2013 he was part of the Missouri state house, and during that period of time he served on the following committees: transportation and economic development, budget, downsizing state government, judiciary, homeland security, and joint committee on life science. He's a classic democrat. His campaign themes include: advocating for veterans and military families, supporting Missouri Businesses, fighting for the middle class, pushing for an open and honest government, and standing up for women. In the most recent fundraising quarter, Kander has out-raised his opponent, Roy Blunt, making it the second out of three quarters that he's raised more money than Blunt. In this 3rd quarter, Kander has received 23,000 new donors, 94% of those donations are $100 or less. In the last 20 months he's raised around 9.3 million dollars, according to news-leader. Kander has received $780,000 from the Missouri Democratic party. In addition, Ohio republican senator, Rob Portman, spent $1,4 million on behalf of Kander.
Roy Blunt, the incumbent of this race, is the republican candidate. He received his bachelor's from Southwest Baptist University, and his master's from Missouri State University. From 1972 to 1984, he was a clerk for Greene County, Missouri, then from 1985 to 1992, he was Missouri's secretary of state. In 1992 he ran for governor, but lost to John Ashcroft. In 1993 he took a break from politics for a while. and became the president of Southwest Baptist Church from 1993 to 1996. In 1996 he returned to politics and became part of the US House of Representatives for the next 14 years. And finally from 2011 to present he's been the US Senator of Missouri, and is running again against Jason Kander. Based on his resume, Blunt would definitely be considered as a career politician. He's also the most Republican candidate you can imagine. He wants the government to stay out of running schools, and he wants absolute gun ownership, and private social security. He also wants to keep God in the public sphere, no "rights" to clean and water, stricter punishment to reduce crime, maintain US sovereignty from UN, expand the military and never legalize marijuana. He doesn't want to legalize require hiring women and minorities, or expand Obamacare, or higher taxes on the wealthy, or prioritize green energy. He's Pro-Life, anti LGBTQ, anti-immigration, and for the war in Iraq. He raised a lot money in fundraising, about $14.4 million from 2011-2016, he's spent $10.4 million, and has $4 million on hand. His main contributors are the Crawford Group ($93,500), Goldman Sachs ($87,150), Monsanto Co ($72,550), Capital One Financial ($65,800), and Blackstone Group ($62,800). He's held fundraising events with George W. Bush and many dinners.
As of right October 25, Blunt is winning with 44.9% of the voted and Kander is behind with 40.5%. Hopefully Kander will pull through and win this election.
The Grinch
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