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2013 Primary
11:18 am
Tue October 16, 2012

New Campaign Finance Reports Show Continued Fundraising Edge For Slay

Credit (via City of St. Louis websites)
New campaign finance reports show Mayor Francis Slay retains a huge lead over his March 2013 challenger, Lewis Reed.
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Updated to note that Slay filed multiple reports, and thus raised and spent more than quarterly report reflected.

The latest quarterly reports are in for the 2013 mayoral primary in the city of St. Louis, and incumbent Mayor Francis Slay continues to hold a huge fundraising advantage over challenger Lewis Reed, the Board of Aldermen president.

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Governor Race
8:05 am
Tue October 16, 2012

Large Gap In Nixon, Spence Remaining Campaign Budget

Credit (Nixon: via Missouri Governor’s website, Spence: courtesy Alpha Packaging)
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Gov. Jay Nixon entered the final month before the November elections with three times as much campaign cash as his Republican challenger.

Finance figures released Monday show the Democratic governor had $4.9 million in his campaign account at the start of October, compared with $1.5 million for St. Louis businessman Dave Spence.

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Politics
6:27 am
Fri September 28, 2012

Political Collection At Mercantile Library 'Makes History Real'

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Credit (Courtesy St. Louis Mercantile Library)
This gold bug pin comes from the 1896 presidential campaign by Republican presidential candidate William McKinley, who supported the gold standard. At one time the wings would actually flap.
Credit (Courtesy St. Louis Mercantile Library)
A campaign button for Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie, who ran against Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940. Dunn-Morton says Willkie’s strategy was to flood the country with his campaign buttons in an effort to gain name recognition.
Credit (Courtesy St. Louis Mercantile Library)
The peanut was an instantly recognizable representation of Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, a former peanut farmer from Georgia.
Credit (Courtesy St. Louis Mercantile Library)
The Dr. Allen B. & Helen S. Shopmaker Political Collection includes more than 4,000 items and is now held by the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri St. Louis.
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This Sunday an exhibition called “Presidents and Politics” opens at the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri St. Louis.

The campaign buttons, posters and cartoons on display seem quaint compared to this year’s high-tech presidential race, but they also show American politics has always been spirited.

The memorabilia is part of the Dr. Allen B. and Helen S. Shopmaker Political Collection, a gift to the Mercantile Library.

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