Tagged: Judy Baker

Election 2012
10:17 am
Thu January 19, 2012

Democrat Baker enters race for Missouri lt. gov.

Credit (via Judy Baker for Missouri)
Judy Baker.

Former Missouri House member Judy Baker has entered the Democratic race for lieutenant governor.

Baker, of Columbia, announced her candidacy Thursday while pledging to champion initiatives for seniors and veterans.

Baker served in the state House from 2005 to 2009 and lost a 2008 bid for Congress to Republican Blaine Luetkemeyer. She recently resigned from President Barack Obama's administration as a regional director of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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MO Statehouse/GOP lt. gov race
9:59 am
Mon January 9, 2012

Another Republican contemplates lt. gov. post

Credit (website of Sen. Ridgeway)
State Sen. Luann Ridgeway, pictured here presiding over the chamber in 2011, says she is "very committed" to entering the GOP primary for lieutenant governor.

Updated at 2 p.m. with information about potential third Democratic candidate.

The Republican primary for lieutenant governor of Missouri may get even more crowded.

State Sen. Luann Ridgeway, a Republican from the Kansas City area, said Monday she is "very committed" to the race, though she has not officially declared her candidacy.

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