Post by Logan on Mar 29, 2016 0:08:13 GMT -6
At age 89, former KC mayor Charles B. Wheeler running for Missouri governor
JEFFERSON CITY -- Former state senator and Kansas City mayor Charles B. Wheeler is running as a Democrat for Missouri governor.
Wheeler, 89, filed for candidacy Monday. He would need to beat the current Democratic front-runner, Attorney General Chris Koster, in a primary. Leonard J. Steinman II of Jefferson City and Eric Morrison of Kansas City also have filed as Democratic candidates. according to the secretary of state’s office.
Wheeler was elected to a four-year term in the state Senate in 2002 and served with Koster. Wheeler was mayor of Kansas City from 1971-1979.
Republicans running for the state’s top executive office are suburban St. Louis businessman John Brunner, former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, former Missouri House speaker and U.S. attorney Catherine Hanaway and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder. Cissie W. Spragins of Kansas City has filed as a Libertarian candidate.
Read more here: www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article68713222.html
JEFFERSON CITY -- Former state senator and Kansas City mayor Charles B. Wheeler is running as a Democrat for Missouri governor.
Wheeler, 89, filed for candidacy Monday. He would need to beat the current Democratic front-runner, Attorney General Chris Koster, in a primary. Leonard J. Steinman II of Jefferson City and Eric Morrison of Kansas City also have filed as Democratic candidates. according to the secretary of state’s office.
Wheeler was elected to a four-year term in the state Senate in 2002 and served with Koster. Wheeler was mayor of Kansas City from 1971-1979.
Republicans running for the state’s top executive office are suburban St. Louis businessman John Brunner, former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, former Missouri House speaker and U.S. attorney Catherine Hanaway and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder. Cissie W. Spragins of Kansas City has filed as a Libertarian candidate.
Read more here: www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article68713222.html