Lincoln Day draws full slate of state GOP candidates
Susan Redden
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Lincoln Day draws full slate of state GOP candidates
Area Republicans are running out of time if they want to buy tickets to an event that will feature a former U.S. attorney general and every Republican candidate for statewide office on the August primary ballot.
Ticket sales end at 5 p.m. today for the Lincoln Day banquet, set for Saturday at the Joplin Convention Center and sponsored by the Jasper and Newton County Republican Central Committees.
John Ashcroft, a former U.S. attorney general, state attorney general and Missouri governor, will be the keynote speaker.
The gathering will give those attending an opportunity to hear all four GOP candidates for Missouri governor — Catherine Hanaway, former House speaker and U.S. attorney; St. Louis businessman John Brunner; Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder; and former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens.
A large local crowd heard Hanaway, Brunner and Kinder at a forum in Neosho several months ago.
The forum, to start at 5 p.m., also will feature Bev Randles, of Kansas City, and Sen. Mike Parson, of Bolivar, candidates for lieutenant governor; Josh Hawley and Sen. Kurt Schaefer, both of Columbia, running for attorney general; Sen. Will Kraus, of Lee’s Summit, and Jay Ashcroft, of St. Louis, running for secretary of state; and Sen. Eric Schmitt, of Kansas City and Sen. Dan Brown, of Rolla, running for state treasurer.
Doors will open at 4 p.m. In addition to Ashcroft, speakers at the 6 p.m. banquet will be U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, U.S. Rep. Billy Long, state Sen. Ron Richard and Ryan Johnson, president and co-founder of the Missouri Alliance for Freedom, a group that, according to its website, works “to protect and grow individual, religious and economic liberty” in the state.
Tickets, at $40 each, are available from Nick Myers, 5031 S. Range Line Road; the Software Center, 2604 E. Seventh St.; or from Gina Rodriguez, by calling 417-825-4825, or online at joplinlincolnday. com.
The event is being held at the Joplin Convention Center to allow for a larger election- year crowd. Local GOP officials also have issued invitations to all Republican presidential candidates.
KINDER STOP
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder will be in the area Thursday to speak at a meeting of the Southwest Missouri Conservative Network. The program will start at 6:45 p.m. in the Trolley Room of Granny Shaffer’s, 2728 N. Range Line.
The group will adjourn early to watch the GOP presidential debate in the banquet center of the restaurant.
The debate watch party, at 7:45 p.m., is being hosted by the Jasper County Republican Central Committee. The debate will be the last before the March 15 presidential preference primary in several states, including Missouri.
CANDIDATE OFFICES
Voters in 10 states, including Oklahoma and Arkansas, will go to the polls this week as part of the Super Tuesday presidential preference primaries on both the Republican and Democrat tickets.
Campaigns have been focusing their efforts on those states, but they also are organizing, lining up support and opening campaign offices in Missouri.
Supporters for Democrat contender U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders opened St. Louis-area headquarters Friday. It’s the third Sanders site to open in the state, with canvassing hubs in South City and Ferguson, according to a campaign announcement. U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was the guest speaker when a St. Louis office for the Hillary Clinton campaign opened a week earlier.
On the Republican side, supporters for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz opened an office in Springfield last week.
SUSAN REDDEN is a staff writer for the Globe. Her email is sredden@joplinglobe.com. Follow her on Twitter at @Susan_Redden.
Susan Redden
sredden@joplinglobe.com
http://christian-identity.net/forum/...4187#post14187
Lincoln Day draws full slate of state GOP candidates
Area Republicans are running out of time if they want to buy tickets to an event that will feature a former U.S. attorney general and every Republican candidate for statewide office on the August primary ballot.
Ticket sales end at 5 p.m. today for the Lincoln Day banquet, set for Saturday at the Joplin Convention Center and sponsored by the Jasper and Newton County Republican Central Committees.
John Ashcroft, a former U.S. attorney general, state attorney general and Missouri governor, will be the keynote speaker.
The gathering will give those attending an opportunity to hear all four GOP candidates for Missouri governor — Catherine Hanaway, former House speaker and U.S. attorney; St. Louis businessman John Brunner; Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder; and former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens.
A large local crowd heard Hanaway, Brunner and Kinder at a forum in Neosho several months ago.
The forum, to start at 5 p.m., also will feature Bev Randles, of Kansas City, and Sen. Mike Parson, of Bolivar, candidates for lieutenant governor; Josh Hawley and Sen. Kurt Schaefer, both of Columbia, running for attorney general; Sen. Will Kraus, of Lee’s Summit, and Jay Ashcroft, of St. Louis, running for secretary of state; and Sen. Eric Schmitt, of Kansas City and Sen. Dan Brown, of Rolla, running for state treasurer.
Doors will open at 4 p.m. In addition to Ashcroft, speakers at the 6 p.m. banquet will be U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, U.S. Rep. Billy Long, state Sen. Ron Richard and Ryan Johnson, president and co-founder of the Missouri Alliance for Freedom, a group that, according to its website, works “to protect and grow individual, religious and economic liberty” in the state.
Tickets, at $40 each, are available from Nick Myers, 5031 S. Range Line Road; the Software Center, 2604 E. Seventh St.; or from Gina Rodriguez, by calling 417-825-4825, or online at joplinlincolnday. com.
The event is being held at the Joplin Convention Center to allow for a larger election- year crowd. Local GOP officials also have issued invitations to all Republican presidential candidates.
KINDER STOP
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder will be in the area Thursday to speak at a meeting of the Southwest Missouri Conservative Network. The program will start at 6:45 p.m. in the Trolley Room of Granny Shaffer’s, 2728 N. Range Line.
The group will adjourn early to watch the GOP presidential debate in the banquet center of the restaurant.
The debate watch party, at 7:45 p.m., is being hosted by the Jasper County Republican Central Committee. The debate will be the last before the March 15 presidential preference primary in several states, including Missouri.
CANDIDATE OFFICES
Voters in 10 states, including Oklahoma and Arkansas, will go to the polls this week as part of the Super Tuesday presidential preference primaries on both the Republican and Democrat tickets.
Campaigns have been focusing their efforts on those states, but they also are organizing, lining up support and opening campaign offices in Missouri.
Supporters for Democrat contender U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders opened St. Louis-area headquarters Friday. It’s the third Sanders site to open in the state, with canvassing hubs in South City and Ferguson, according to a campaign announcement. U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was the guest speaker when a St. Louis office for the Hillary Clinton campaign opened a week earlier.
On the Republican side, supporters for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz opened an office in Springfield last week.
SUSAN REDDEN is a staff writer for the Globe. Her email is sredden@joplinglobe.com. Follow her on Twitter at @Susan_Redden.
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