General Election -- November 2, 2010 - Missouri Right to Life ...

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General Election -- November 2, 2010
Below are the candidates of the major parties and their ratings by Missouri Right to Life PAC. Ratings are based on
surveys, public statements, public record, voting records for those who presently hold or previously held office, interviews,
and information from those in the districts. Those candidates listed in BOLD CAPS are endorsed by Missouri
Right to Life Political Action Committee for the November 2 general election.
Key
Incumbent
Republican
Democrat
PL Pro-life
100% Perfect pro-life voting record
in the U.S. Congress
M Mixed
AL Anti-life
NR No response to survey
i Current or past endorsement
by anti-life organization
BOLD CAPS = MRL PAC ENDORSED
Federal Races
U. S. Senate
Robin Carnahan (D)
ALi
ROY BLUNT (R) 100%
U. S. Congress - District 1
Lacy Clay (D) I
Robyn Hamlin (R)
ALi
M
U. S. Congress - District 2
Arthur Lieber (D)
NR
Todd Akin (R) I 100%
U. S. Congress - District 3
Russ Carnahan (D) I
Ed Martin (R)
U. S. Congress - District 4
Ike Skelton (D) I
Vicky Hartzler (R)
U. S. Congress - District 5
Emanuel Cleaver II (D) I
Jacob Turk (R)
AL i
PL
PL
PL
AL i
PL
U. S. Congress - District 6
Clint Hylton (D)
NR
Sam Graves (R) I 100%
U. S. Congress - District 7
Scott Eckersley (D)
Billy Long (R)
NR
PL
U. S. Congress - District 8
Tommy Sowers (D)
Jo Ann Emerson (R) I
NR
PL
U. S. Congress - District 9
Blaine Luetkemeyer (R) I 100%
Missouri Statewide Race
State Auditor
Susan Montee (D) I
Tom Schweich (R)
Missouri Senate
District 2
Don Crozier (D)
Scott T Rupp (R) I
District 4
Joe Keaveny (D) I
District 6
Mike Kehoe (R)
District 8
Will Kraus (R)
District 10
Jolie L Justus (D) I
District 12
Brad Lager (R) I
District 14
Marie N Chappelle-Nadal (D)
District 16
Frank A Barnitz (D) I
Dan W Brown (R)
District 18
Wes Shoemyer (D) I
Brian Munzlinger (R)
District 20
Terry Traw (D)
Jay Wasson (R)
District 22
Ryan McKenna (D) I
Greg Zotta (R)
District 24
Barbara Fraser (D)
John T Lamping (R)
District 26
George (Boots) Weber (D)
Brian Nieves (R)
NR
PL
NR
M
AL
PL
PL
AL i
M
ALi
M
PL
M
M
NR
M
M
M
ALi
NR
M
PL
District 28
Mike Parson (R)
District 30
Michael Hoeman (D)
Bob Dixon (R)
District 32
Ron Richard (R)
District 34
Martin T Rucker (D)
Rob Schaaf (R)
M
NR
M
M
AL
M
MO House of Representatives
District 1
Keri Cottrell (D)
NR
Craig Redmon (R) PL
District 2
Rebecca McClanahan (D) I ALi
Zachary Wyatt (R) PL
District 3
Casey Guernsey (R) I PL/NR
District 4
Robert L Ritterbusch (D) NR
Mike Thomson (R) I
M
District 5
Judy Wright (D)
NR
Glen Klippenstein (R) PL
District 6
Carl Thompson (D) PL
Lindell F Shumake (R) PL
District 7
Dale R Toms (D)
NR
Mike Lair (R) i
PL
District 8
Tom Shively (D) I
William Jesse Foster (R)
District 9
Paul Quinn (D) i
District 10
Linda Witte (D)
Jay D Houghton (R)
District 11
Ed Schieffer (D) I
Michael R (Mike) Clynch (R)
District 12
Richard Trueba (D)
Douglas A Funderburk (R) I
3.
PL
PL
PL
NR
PL
PL
PL
NR
M

District 13
Vickie Boedeker (D)
NR
Chuck Gatschenberger (R) I PL
District 14
Kyle Meadows (D)
Kathie Conway (R)
District 15
Paul Woody (D)
Sally Faith (R) I
District 16
Debbie Bixler (D)
Mark A Parkinson (R) I
District 17
Kenny Biermann (D) I
Vicki Schneider (R)
District 18
Gary McKiddy (D)
Anne Zerr (R) I
District 19
Matt Simmons (D)
Kurt Bahr (R)
District 20
Jeanie Riddle (R) I
District 21
Kelly Schultz (D)
John W Cauthorn (R)
District 22
Doug Galaske (D)
Randy Asbury (R)
District 23
Stephen Webber (D) I
Paul S Szopa (R)
District 24
Chris Kelly (D) I
Laura E Nauser (R)
District 25
Mary Wynne Still (D) I
District 26
Joe Aull (D) I
District 27
Pat Conway (D) I
Jason Gregory (R)
District 28
Mark Sheehan (D)
Delus Johnson (R)
District 29
Bill Caldwell (D)
Galen Wayne Higdon Jr (R)
District 30
Lexi Norris (D)
Nick Marshall (R)
District 31
Jay Swearingen (D)
Matthew K Thompson (R)
M
PL
NR
PL
NR
PL
M
AL
NR
PL
NR
PL
PL
ALi
PL
PL
PL
ALi
PL
ALi
PL
ALi
AL
AL
PL
NR
PL
ALi
PL
ALi
PL
ALi
NR
District 32
Jason Grill (D) I
Ron Schieber (R)
District 33
Jim Stoufer (D)
Jerry Nolte (R) I
District 34
Mark Ellebracht (D)
Myron Neth (R)
District 35
Jim Baldwin (D)
T J Berry (R)
District 36
Barbara Lanning (D)
Bob Nance (R) I
District 37
Mike Talboy (D) I
District 38
Debbie Colozza (D)
Ryan Silvey (R) I
District 39
Jean Peters-Baker (D)
District 40
John Joseph Rizzo (D)
District 41
Shalonn (Kiki) Curls (D) I
District 42
Leonard (Jonas) Hughes (D) I
District 43
Gail McCann Beatty (D)
District 44
Jason Kander (D) I
Sarah B (Sally) Miller (R)
District 45
Jason R Holsman (D) I
Nola Wood (R)
District 46
Kevin McManus (D)
Rodney Williams (R)
District 47
Jeff Grisamore (R) I
District 48
Gavin Fletchall (D)
Gary Cross (R)
District 49
Tom McDonald (D) I
District 50
Michael R Brown (D) I
District 51
Ira Anders (D)
Jeff Workman (R)
District 52
Robbie Makinen (D)
Noel Torpey (R)
M
PL
NR
M
NR
PL
M
PL
ALi
M
ALi
ALi
M
ALi
AL
ALi
ALi
NR
ALi
PL
ALi
PL
M
PL
PL
NR
PL
ALi
AL
NR
PL
NR
PL
District 53
Diane Egger (D)
Brent Lasater (R)
District 54
John Bullard Jr (D)
Jeanie Lauer (R)
District 55
Clay Rodgers (D)
Sheila Solon (R)
District 56
Dave Coffman (D)
Mike Cierpiot (R)
District 57
Karla May (D)
District 58
Penny V Hubbard (D)
District 59
Jeanette Mott Oxford (D) I
District 60
Jamilah Nasheed (D) I
District 61
Chris Carter (D) I
District 62
Donald E Phillips (R)
District 63
Tishaura O Jones (D) I
District 64
Susan Carlson (D)
Patricia Verde (R)
District 65
Michelle Kratky (D) I
District 66
Genise Montecillo (D)
Bill Hartzog (R)
District 67
Mike Colona (D) I
Curtis Farber (R)
District 68
David Sater (R) I
District 69
Tommie Pierson (D)
District 70
Sharon Pace (D) I
District 71
Clem Smith (D)
District 72
Rory Ellinger (D)
District 73
Stacey Newman (D) I
Daniel F O’Sullivan Jr (R)
District 74
Steve Webb (D) I
David A Blanke (R)
ALi
PL
NR
PL
NR
PL
NR
PL
ALi
ALi
ALi
ALi
ALi
PL
ALi
ALi
PL
M
ALi
PL
ALi
AL
M
AL
ALi
ALi
ALi
ALi
PL
ALi
PL
4.

District 75
Bert Atkins (D) I
Bryan E Koen (R)
District 76
C M Spreng (D)
District 77
Eileen Grant McGeoghegan (D)
Linda Ragsdale (R)
District 78
Margo McNeil (D) I
Glen Lindemann (R)
District 79
Mary Nichols (D)
Dan Johnson (R)
District 80
Sylvester Taylor II (D)
District 81
Rochelle Walton Gray (D) I
District 82
Jill Schupp (D) I
District 83
Jake Zimmerman (D) I
Patrick J Brennen (R)
District 84
Don Gosen (R)
District 85
Vicki Lorenz Englund (D) I
Cloria Brown (R)
District 86
Cole McNary (R) I
District 87
John J Diehl Jr (R) I
District 88
Andrew Koenig (R) I
District 89
Timothy W Jones (R) I
District 90
Sam Komo (D) I
John C McCaherty (R)
District 91
Jeanne Kirkton (D) I
Rich Magee (R)
District 92
Sue Allen (R) I
District 93
Dwight Scharnhorst (R) I
District 94
Deb Lavender (D)
Rick Stream (R) I
District 95
Alice Geary Sgroi (D)
Mike Leara (R) I
ALi
PL
ALi
ALi
PL
ALi
PL
ALi
PL
ALi
ALi
ALi
ALi
PL
PL
ALi
PL
PL/NR
M
PL
M
ALi
PL
ALi
NR
PL
M
ALi
PL
NR
PL/NR
District 96
Scott Sifton (D)
ALi
Anthony (Tony) Leech (R) PL
District 97
Jan Polizzi (D)
Gary Fuhr (R)
District 98
Mary Jo Straatmann (D)
Dave Hinson (R)
District 99
Bart Korman (R)
District 100
Andrew Spavale (D)
Marsha Haefner (R)
District 101
Timothy G Meadows (D) I
Charles Huey (R)
District 102
Jeff Roorda (D) I
Paul Wieland (R)
District 103
Ron Casey (D) i
George (Bob) Engelbach (R)
District 104
Joseph Fallert Jr (D) I
District 105
Michael Frame (D) I
Paul Curtman (R)
District 106
Steven Tilley (R) I
District 107
Linda Black Fischer (D) I
John Fischer (R)
District 108
Jacob W Hummel (D) I
Joe Rusch (R)
District 109
Scott D Dieckhaus (R) I
District 110
Ben Harris (D)
Carrie Cabral (R)
District 111
Tod Deveydt (D)
Dave Schatz (R)
District 112
Mark A Schaeperkoetter (D)
Tom Loehner (R) I
District 113
Cyrus (Cy) Dashtaki (D)
Mike Bernskoetter (R)
District 114
Jason (Jay) Barnes (R)
ALi
PL
NR
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
AL
PL
PL
PL
PL
ALi
PL
M
PL
NR
M
PL
PL
PL
PL
NR
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
District 115
Rodney Schad (R) I
District 116
Mike Stevenson (D)
Wanda Brown (R)
District 117
Caleb Jones (R)
District 118
Raymond F Kinney (D)
Stanley Cox (R) I
District 119
John L Wilson (D)
Sandy Crawford (R)
District 120
Zachariah (Zac) A Maggi (D)
Scott N Largent (R) I
District 121
Courtney Cole (D)
Denny Hoskins (R) I
District 122
Holmes Osborne (D)
Mike McGhee (R) I
District 123
Patricia (Patty) Johnson (D)
Chris Molendorp (R) I
District 124
Luke Scavuzzo (D) I
Rick Brattin (R)
District 125
Barney Fisher (R) I
District 126
Mike Kelley (R)
District 127
Tom Flanigan (R) I
District 128
Charlie Davis (R)
District 129
Jim West (D)
William (Bill) White (R)
District 130
Bill Reiboldt (R)
District 131
Bill Lant (R)
District 132
Don Ruzicka (R) I
District 133
Sue Entlicher (R)
District 134
Thomas Long (R)
District 135
Charles Denison (R) I
5.
PL/NR
NR
PL
M
NR
PL
NR
PL
NR
PL
NR
PL
NR
PL
NR
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL
PL/NR
PL
NR
PL
PL
PL
M
PL
PL
PL

District 136
Devon Cheek (D)
Eric Burlison (R) I
District 137
Charlie Norr (D) I
Melissa Leach (R)
District 138
Sara Lampe (D) I
John Sellars (R)
District 139
Shane Schoeller (R) I
District 140
Dan Boyts (D)
Lincoln Hough (R)
District 141
Bob Rubino (D)
Kevin Elmer (R)
District 142
Raymond (Ray) Weter (R) I
District 143
Lyle Rowland (R)
District 144
Tony Dugger (R) I
NR
PL
ALi
PL
ALi
NR
PL
NR
PL
NR
PL
M
PL
PL
District 145
Lyndall Fraker (R)
District 146
Darrell Pollock (R) I
District 147
Don Wells (R) I
District 148
David Day (R) I
District 149
Paul I Long (D)
Keith Frederick (R)
District 150
Jason T Smith (R) I
District 151
Ward Franz (R) I
District 152
Shane Van Steenis (D)
Paul Fitzwater (R)
District 153
George Meyers (D)
Steve Cookson (R)
District 154
Ron Yarbro (D)
Todd Richardson (R)
PL
PL/NR
PL/NR
M
NR
PL
PL
PL/NR
PL
PL
NR
PL
PL
PL
District 155
John W Page (D)
Diane Franklin (R)
District 156
Shelley Keeney (R) I
District 157
Donna Lichtenegger (R)
District 158
Wayne Wallingford (R)
District 159
Bill D Burlison (D)
Billy Pat Wright (R) I
District 160
Ellen Brandom (R) I
District 161
Steve Hodges (D) I
Ron McCormick (R)
District 162
Terry SWinger (D) I
District 163
Tom Todd (D) I
Kent Hampton (R)
NR
PL
PL
PL
PL
NR
M
M
PL
PL
PL
M
PL
Dave Plemmons, Missouri Right to Life PAC Chair
I
work in the grocery business, so for appearances in the last few years during economic development bill? No.
many years I have been keenly aware election seasons. What many people do
of what branding means and why not realize is that several politicians that
customers choose the products they want choose to vote AGAINST the truly pro-life
for their families. Most of the time they will position during the legislative session don’t
choose a name brand over a generic one want their pro-life constituents to see those
(we prefer the term “private label”) unless bad records. So up rise the Pro-Life Private
money is really tight.
At times, the private label product is
just as good. Sometimes people actually
will avoid certain labels due to a bad
experience and gravitate to others
when recommended by advertising,
peer reviews, or a price too good to
pass up. But you have to be vigilant to keep
your family safely fed.
Missouri Right to Life is the longest serving,
most experienced, most thorough, and most
grassroots of any pro-life organization in
the state. No other group has the depth of
historical knowledge, legislative expertise,
and political acumen that MRL collectively
owns. But this column is not about tooting
horns . . . it’s about integrity and honesty.
Missouri has a few generic (private label)
so-called pro-life groups that have made
STICK WITH THE NAME BRAND . . . FOR LIFE!
“ Missouri has a few generic ... so-called
pro-life groups that have made appearances in
the last few years during election seasons. ”
Labels (PLPLs) to help them out. Several
legislators who support embryonic research,
including clone-and-kill experimentation,
want to fool you into thinking they are
endorsed by a real pro-life group.
Are the PLPLs there during the legislative
hearings when MRL is often the only one
testifying on behalf of Life? No.
Are the PLPLs there when MRL tells
legislators that it’s a “bad vote” unless there
is protection for human embryos in an
Do the PLPLs have chapters and regions
that are working on the local level, speaking
to voters, volunteering at booths, writing
letters to the newspapers? No.
Do PLPLs monitor all legislative votes and
reflect those votes in their endorsement
criteria? No.
Don’t be fooled by a generic label. If
candidates are endorsed by Missouri
Right to Life, it is because they have a
proven record (current legislators) or
have been researched to the best of our
ability (new candidates/challengers). If
you see “Endorsed by ____” with a name
that sounds similar to Missouri Right to Life,
proceed with skeptical caution. Check our
MRL PAC website, www.missourilifepac.
org, to be sure which candidates are truly
endorsed by the MRL Political Action
Committee. If you are so led, please
consider supporting Missouri Right to Life
with your generous donations.
And, if that Private Label smells when you
open it . . . do not consume! Lives depend
on it.
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