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Election 2012/Jerry Costello
1:15 pm
Tue October 4, 2011

Costello will not run again

Credit (Rachel Lippmann/St. Louis Public Radio)
Jerry Costello (L) speaks with Downtown St. Louis Airport officials Robert McDaniel (center) and Mike Miller (R) after announcing he will not run for re-election on October 4, 2011.

Updated with comments from Costello's press conference and reaction from political figures.

A long-time political figure in the Metro East has announced he will not run for re-election.

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Jane Cunningham
9:21 am
Wed July 6, 2011

Cunningham will not run for Congress

Credit (official photo via Missouri State Senate website)
Jane Cunningham has decided to run for re-election to the state Senate, rather than enter the GOP primary for the Second Congressional District.

A Republican state senator from suburban St. Louis has decided to remain in Jefferson City.

Jane Cunningham had been pondering entering an already-crowded GOP primary to fill the Congressional seat of Todd Akin, who wants to challenge Democrat Claire McCaskill in 2012.

But in a statement released today, Cunningham said she doesn't run for titles, and wants to hold a position where she can have the largest impact defending conservative values.

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REDISTRICTING MAPS RELEASED
6:22 pm
Thu March 31, 2011

Negative feedback for Mo. House committee's redistricting map

A State House committee’s plan to redraw Missouri’s congressional districts is drawing fire from both urban and rural residents and from both political parties.

The state is losing a seat in Congress based on the latest U.S. Census figures.

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