Jean Carnahan

Poll Analysis: Democratic Candidates Still Fighting For Every Vote in Arizona, South Carolina and Missouri

2004-02-01 00:00:00

With just two days remaining until the February 3rd primaries and caucuses – which will be held in Arizona, South Carolina, Missouri, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Delaware and North Dakota – many of the Democratic candidates are crisscrossing these...

Election 2002: State-by-State Results

2002-11-06 00:00:00

Here are the results of elections around the nation Tuesday. Not all returns were available at press time. ALABAMA Governor: Democratic Gov. Donald Siegelman won reelection over Republican Rep. Bob Riley. Senate: Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions held...

Terrorism is the crucible for Ashcroft's career

2001-11-27 00:00:00

The past year has not been an easy one for John Ashcroft. He lost his Senate seat to a dead man. He wasn't President Bush's first choice for attorney general, and he came to the job only after a withering confirmation process. Even now, as he emerges...

Hastert to push for more tax relief

2001-09-26 00:00:00

House Speaker Dennis Hastert decided Tuesday to press ahead with an economic stimulus package even though two of America's most respected financial leaders, Alan Greenspan and Robert Rubin, told senators they oppose key corporate relief measures in any...

Republicans poised to set agenda

2002-11-07 00:00:00

WASHINGTON - Having seized control of the Senate and widened their edge in the House, Republicans are poised to help President Bush push through some top priorities, including tax cuts, a Homeland Security Department and the appointment of conservative...

Townsend snares support of sportsmen

2002-10-31 00:00:00

Editor's note: The following correction was published in the Nov. 1, 2002 Sun. An article in yesterday's editions of The Sun about Democratic candidates courting sportsmen quoted Rich Novotny, executive director of the Maryland Saltwater Sportfishermen's...

A mirror for the nation

2004-07-09 00:00:00

Sam Dohle never met Harry Truman, but after years of leading tours through the 33rd president's humble wood-frame birthplace in this flyspeck of a southwestern Missouri town, he feels a sturdy kinship. Dohle thinks he knows how Harry, as Dohle calls him,...

High-stakes vote faces fierce scrutiny

2002-11-05 05:19:00

As Americans go to vote Tuesday, Democrats and Republicans have sent out teams of lawyers across the nation to watch for fraud, intimidation and other illegal tactics that could mean the difference in some of the closest races. Already, Democrats were...

Conflicts of interest make impartial probe difficult

2002-01-15 00:00:00

The political and financial reach of Enron Corp. has exposed so many conflicts of interest among U.S. prosecutors, lawmakers and administration officials that the government is struggling to launch its investigation of the company whose spectacular...

GOP sweeps back into power in Congress

2002-11-06 08:37:00

Republicans regained control of Congress in yesterday's election, preserving their majority in the House of Representatives and sweeping back to power in the Senate. It was a strong showing for President Bush and the Republicans, though they did not gain...

Afghanistan's interim leader Hamid Karzai (R) meets with U.S. Senators at the Bagram airbase some 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Kabul, January 7, 2002. Nine U.S. senators arrived at Bagram and met with Karzai and several members of the new interim administration.

2012-11-29 10:00:21

Newly elected Sen. Jim Talent makes his way through a crowd of supporters in St. Louis, Mo., as they celebrate his win over Jean Carnahan.

2002-11-06 21:08:58

Jean Carnahan with grandson, Austin, arrives at the front of the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo., after walking behind the horse-drawn caisson bearing the casket of her husband, Gov. Mel Carnahan, on Oct. 20.

2000-10-20 11:36:00