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| 07-02-2008 |
Kansas City Star: China’s Drilling For Oil Near Cuba ... Not
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| 07-01-2008 |
St. Joseph News-Press: A Wedge Issue That Fails to Divide
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| 06-26-2008 |
Sun Tribune (Clay County): Barnes wants to focus on the issues
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| 06-09-2008 |
Sheridan Express: Barnes Says Graves Flies High While Economy Suffers
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| 06-05-2008 |
Sheridan Express: Barnes Calls for Suspension of "No Child" PenaltiesToday, the Kay Barnes for Congress campaign unveiled its "Teachers for Kay" group and demanded that Washington fix the broken No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). |
| 06-02-2008 |
St Joseph News-Press: Are Sam Graves’ attack ads on Kay Barnes fair game?No one said politics was nice. |
| 06-01-2008 |
St Joseph News-Press: Values that make you danceFolks in these parts have been asked lately to consider San Francisco. Two television ads for the re-election campaign of Congressman Sam Graves have accused his opponent, Democrat Kay Barnes, of having “San Francisco values.” |
| 05-22-2008 |
Roll Call: Barnes’ New Ad Calls Graves Pathetic and SadFormer Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes (D) went up with a new television spot last week, responding to Rep. Sam Graves’ (R) recent criticism of her “San Francisco” values. |
| 05-12-2008 |
Sheridan Express: Disappointed in Graves’With gas prices as high as they are, I wasn’t surprised to hear Congressman Sam Graves touting his sponsorship of an energy bill recently that he said would help reduce our dependence on foreign oil and lower gas prices. After seven years of protecting government giveaways to big oil companies and voting against renewable energy incentives, it makes sense that Graves would want to give himself some political cover heading into an important election year. |
| 05-07-2008 |
Grant City Times Tribune: An Interview With Kay"I think that there are several things to pay attention to: One — The economy because of the high gas prices and the cost of fuel. My opinion is that we should stop extending tax breaks to big oil and focus on alternative energies. Two — The Iraq War is a drag on the economy and we need to begin a responsible withdrawal. Three — Healthcare issues – whether someone has insurance or not, we need to find a way to have a better health care plan." |
| 04-27-2008 |
St Joseph News-Press: Graves jumped on board too late on illegal immigrationI am writing in response to the News-Press editorial about U.S. Rep. Sam Graves’ efforts to tackle illegal immigration (“Graves saw this coming,” April 25). |
| 04-20-2008 |
The Kansas City Star: Nation is watching 6th District race pitting Graves, BarnesTwo American Legion halls — one in Braymer, the other in Hamilton, both in Caldwell County, Mo., in the heart of the 13,000-square-mile 6th Congressional District. |
| 04-16-2008 |
Politico: GOP Recruits Show Lagging Fundraisingep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) raised $410,000 and has more than $1.13 million on hand. Former Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes, his Democratic opponent, kept pace with his total, raising $402,000. |
| 03-26-2008 |
CQ Politics: Dems Looking for Missouri House Seat TakeoversDems Looking for Missouri House Seat Takeovers |
| 03-13-2008 |
CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS: Baker’s Dozen of Dem Challengers to Get Extra AidThe Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), the political arm of majority Democrats in the U.S. House, announced Wednesday an initial roster of Democratic challengers who will receive enhanced fundraising and strategic assistance in their 2008 campaigns against Republican incumbents. |
| 03-06-2008 |
St. Joseph News-Press: Barnes pushes for change in filing for 6th District seatDemocrat Kay Barnes called herself an agent of change in filing for Missouri’s 6th District congressional seat on Tuesday. |
| 03-05-2008 |
Boonville Daily News: Barnes discusses rural revitalization in FayetteFAYETTE — Kay Barnes, Democratic candidate for the 6th District Congressional seat, met Tuesday afternoon with community leaders from Fayette to discuss economic revitalization in rural Missouri. Barnes stressed she will make a major commitment of her time and staff in Congress to working with leaders across the 6th Congressional District Missouri to revitalize their town centers and surrounding areas to create jobs, improve the infrastructure, and increase the population. |
| 02-29-2008 |
St. Joseph News-Press: Democrats show up to support BarnesDemocratic congressional candidate Kay Barnes told a group of Buchanan County supporters to exude optimism in working to overcome the problems in Washington. |
| 02-28-2008 |
Albany Ledger: Rural development focus of Barnes visit to AlbanyCongressional candidate Kay Barnes told about 30 people one way to create jobs, improve infrastructure and increase the population of Northwest Missouri is by revitalizing town centers and surrounding areas. |
| 02-28-2008 |
League of Conservation Voters: LCV Endorses Barnes for Missouri’s 6th District Seat in U.S. HouseThe League of Conservation Voters, which works to turn environmental values into public policy, announced today that it is endorsing former Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes to replace U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO-6th). |
| 02-26-2008 |
Linn County Leader: Kay Barnes visits BrookfieldFormer Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes made a campaign stop in Brookfield last week, moving forward with her bid against incumbent Sam Graves for Missouri’s Sixth Congressional District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Barnes—a Democrat who calls St. Joseph her hometown—has been holding meetings in towns like Albany, King City, Chillicothe, and Brookfield the past couple of weeks in her attempt to remind voters of her rural roots. |
| 02-15-2008 |
St. Joseph News-Press: Barnes Discusses Ideas for Rural DevelopmentCongressional candidate Kay Barnes believes economic tools like those she used to help revitalize downtown Kansas City can also improve the fortunes of small towns. |
| 02-14-2008 |
Congressional Quarterly: CQ Politics’ Fundraising Top 10s: Best-Funded Challengers to Opposite-Party IncumbentsBarnes has fundraising clout because she is a former mayor of Kansas City, part of which is included in the northwestern Missouri district that Republican Rep. Sam Graves is defending. Barnes, the presumptive Democratic nominee, is a strong recruit in a district where the Democrats didn’t vigorously compete in recent election cycles. |
| 02-13-2008 |
Wall Street Journal: Voters Feel Mortgage Crisis: Congressional Races Reflect Importance Of Housing, CreditThe nation’s mortgage crisis is beginning to spill into the fight for control of Congress, adding new uncertainty to the election-year power struggle. Just ask Kay Barnes, a Democrat looking to unseat Republican incumbent Sam Graves in this northwest Missouri Congressional district. |
| 02-04-2008 |
The Hill: Some House Incumbents Falling Behind in FundraisingNearly two dozen House incumbents were outraised by their opponents and another dozen candidates established themselves as early frontrunners for newly open seats late last week as fourth quarter financial reports were due. |
| 02-01-2008 |
Kansas City Star: Kay Barnes Criticizes Bush, Graves on Their Positions About EconomyKay Barnes, former Kansas City mayor and 6th Congressional District hopeful, said President Bush and his followers, such as U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, are “out of touch with the economic climate.” |
| 02-01-2008 |
KMBC-TV: Bush Attends Fundraiser For Rep. Sam GravesVideo: President Bush raises money for Sam Graves, while Kay Barnes talks about the economy. |
| 01-31-2008 |
Associated Press: House Candidates Each Top $1 Million for CycleRepublican Rep. Sam Graves and his likely Democratic opponent, Kay Barnes, each has raised more than $1 million so far in Missouri’s hotly contested 6th District congressional race. |
| 01-22-2008 |
Roll Call: Graves vs. Barnes: A Royal Rumble In Kansas City’At-risk" incumbents come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes their vulnerability follows from their voting records or their personal lives. Other times, it has nothing to do with them personally and everything to do with the quality of their opponents or the makeup of their electorates. And sometimes, it’s the fault of broad national trends. Republican Rep. Sam Graves (Mo.) has more than one of these problems this cycle, and he’ll need all his political skill to fend off a high-profile Democratic assault on his seat. |
| 01-19-2008 |
St. Joseph News-Press: Barnes, Graves disagree on planBarnes, who oversaw a budget as mayor of Kansas City, unveiled her campaign’s economic platform Thursday afternoon, mostly focused on longer-term remedies. |
| 01-18-2008 |
St. Joseph News-Press: Bush Plans to Raise Funds for GravesPresident Bush will appear at a campaign fundraiser for Northwest Missouri Congressman Sam Graves next month. |
| 01-17-2008 |
The Politico: Bush to Attend Graves FundraiserPresident Bush is attending a fundraiser next month for Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.), helping the four-term Republican raise some crucial campaign cash as he faces a tough reelection campaign. |
| 12-06-2007 |
Kansas City Star: Family Ties to Ethanol Plant Draw Questions for Rep. Sam GravesWhen Rep. Sam Graves looked across the hearing room that day in 2004, he saw a pair of old friends looking back — Charlie Hurst and his son, Brooks Hurst. ... Left unsaid that morning was the Graves family’s ties to Golden Triangle. In 1999, Graves’ wife, Lesley, had invested $13,000 in the cooperative, and in 2006 she would invest $6,826 more. |
| 12-06-2007 |
St. Joseph News-Press: Graves’ Airplane Use Under QuestionA Washington newspaper and a 6th District Democratic congressional candidate have taken aim at U.S. Rep. Sam Graves’ use of an airplane belonging to a St. Joseph company. |
| 11-02-2007 |
Congressional Quarterly: CQ Politics’ Top 10: Best-Funded House ChallengersBarnes this year finished an eight-year run as mayor of Kansas City, part of which is included in a district that also takes in suburbs of that city — and substantial rural territory in northwest Missouri that is Graves’ political base. Barnes surely will be the toughest Democratic challenger faced to date by Graves, who won narrowly in 2000 to succeed retiring Democratic Rep. Pat Danner but has easily beaten subpar Democratic opposition in subsequent elections. |
| 10-25-2007 |
Cameron Citizen-Observer: Kay Barnes visits CameronKay Barnes, Democrat candidate for United States Congress- Sixth District, visited Cameron on October 18. She was the guest of Kevin Brightman and was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Helen Cronkite St. John and an aide. The reason for the visit was to introduce her to the Cameron community and to establish a fund raising effort in this area. |
| 10-22-2007 |
Boonville Daily News: Barnes Campaigns Against ‘Graves’ MistakesThe Cooper County Democrats held their monthly breakfast at the Bobber Cafe with special guest Kay Barnes, former mayor of Kansas City. Barnes is the party’s leading candidate for the 2008 nomination for the Missouri Sixth District congressional seat currently held by Republican Sam Graves of Tarkio. |
| 09-25-2007 |
Fayette Advertiser: Democrats Welcome Former KC Mayor Kay BarnesHoward County Democrats welcomed former Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes Saturday for a luncheon get- acquainted event at Emmet’s Rosewood banquet room in Fayette. |
| 08-28-2007 |
St. Joseph News-Press: Dogfighting Vote Angers ProtestersProtesters visited the Kansas City-area office of U.S. Rep. Sam Graves Monday, decrying the lawmaker’s opposition to a bill strengthening penalties against individuals involved in dogfighting operations. |
| 08-24-2007 |
WashingtonPost.com: Dogfighting Nips At GOP Heels in ’08 ElectionThe Michael Vick fallout in Congress is getting uglier. Now it’s Rep. Sam Graves’ (R-Mo.) turn to feel the heat for voting against the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act last March -- before Vick, the Atlanta Falcons quarterback, sparked a national outrage over dogfighting. |
| 08-19-2007 |
St. Joseph News-Press: Barnes Speaks to Local Dems about GoalsKay Barnes wants to win an election in 2008, but she talked to local Democrats Saturday night about loss. Loss of lives. Loss of resources. Loss of human capital. |
| 08-09-2007 |
Associated Press: Graves Facing Formidable Challenger in BarnesBarnes outpaced Graves by a wide margin in fundraising last quarter, and Democrats believe her popularity and name recognition give the party a solid chance at winning the seat. |
| 07-17-2007 |
Washington Post: Fundraising Winners and LosersThe former mayor of Kansas City is one of House Democrats’ most prized recruits so far this cycle. And, in her first three months of active fundraising, she lived up to her billing. |
| 07-15-2007 |
Kansas City Star: Fundraising Numbers Show Strong Start for Kay BarnesWith just six weeks of fundraising, Democrat Kay Barnes has pulled almost even with GOP incumbent and 6th District congressman Sam Graves in ready campaign cash. Barnes, the former Kansas City mayor who began raising money midway through the second quarter following her campaign kickoff, raised $328,563. |
| 05-15-2007 |
Chillicothe News: Former Kansas City Mayor to Run for Congress"The public wants their leaders to work across party lines to find solutions to real problems," Barnes said. "I believe the combination of my upbringing in northwest Missouri and being mayor of the largest city in the region make me uniquely qualified to represent all the citizens of the 6th District." |
| 05-14-2007 |
The Hill: Rep. Graves on Notice, Opponent Makes It OfficialFormer Kansas City Mayor Kay Barnes (D) on Monday made her congressional campaign official, declaring her candidacy to run against Rep. Sam Graves (R) in the Show Me State’s 6th district. |
| 05-14-2007 |
St. Joseph News-Press: Barnes Makes It OfficialMs. Barnes chose the front yard of her mother’s St. Joseph home to launch her bid against the four-term Republican incumbent. "I never forgot I was a daughter of St. Joseph, and its values were never far from my mind," said the Central High School graduate. |
| 05-14-2007 |
Kansas City Star: Barnes Announces; Graves Doesn’t EngageIn a speech and short news conference outside her mother’s home in St. Joseph, Barnes referred several times to Graves by name -- criticizing his votes on Iraq, a congressional pay raise, and veterans benefits -- as she officially announced her plan to seek Graves’ seat next year. |
| 05-14-2007 |
Congressional Quarterly: Challenge by Ex-KC Mayor Could Be Stiff Test for Missouri Rep. GravesThe 2008 race thus shapes up as the toughest for Graves since his first, an open seat contest in 2000 in which he won by a 4 percentage-point margin over Democrat Steve Danner, son of then-retiring Democratic congresswoman Pat Danner. |