Tagged: missouri gop

As the Conservative Political Action Conference takes place in Washington, D.C. this weekend – without some notable key players on the national Republican stage – a rift apparently is developing in the Missouri Republican Party, between new and veteran factions.

A week after the conservative losses at the polls, about 20 tea partiers gathered at a restaurant in North St. Louis County to listen to a few lecturers talk about a few ideas for the future: the flat tax and the fair tax. And yes, to commiserate about the recent past.

Shunned by Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin is instead turning to former presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich to help raise his profile and cash in the closing week of his campaign.

Regional news from the KBIA newsroom, including:

• Schoeller discusses Speaker succession
• Mo. Supreme Court declines to set execution dates
• Missouri Republicans rally to start fall campaigns

Missouri GOP candidates for statewide office are starting their fall campaigns with a call for teamwork among Republicans.