U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill鈥檚 Brett Kavanaugh鈥檚 nomination to the Supreme Court is a key topic of the latest Politically Speaking podcast.
漏 2024 外网天堂鈥檚 Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies look into how undisclosed political money is playing into the contest between McCaskill and GOP Attorney Josh Hawley. It comes as millions of 501(c)(4) cash is going to support Hawley鈥檚 bid 鈥� and to ensure McCaskill wins a second term.
Rosenbaum and Mannies also talk aboutto not oust Councilman Ernie Trakas, R-South St. Louis County, from office. A special prosecutor contended that Trakas was violating the charter because he was doing legal work for school districts. But a judge ruled that Trakas didn鈥檛 run afoul of a prohibition against a council member working for a governmental agency.
And Politically Speaking鈥檚 weekly analysis of a competitive election on the Nov. 6 ballot turns to Missouri鈥檚 2nd Congressional District, where Republican incumbent Ann Wagner, R-Ballwin, is taking on Democrat Cort VanOstran.
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