Jo Ann Emerson

DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Missouri Republican Sarah Steelman raised $208,000 in her first month as a U.S. Senate candidate, putting a dent in Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill's cash advantage as the 2012 campaign begins. Figures released Wednesday by Steelman show that after expenses, she had about $189,000 remaining in her campaign account from the money she raised in December. Steelman, who declared her candidacy Dec. 1, touted...Read Full Story

Tommy Sowers ’stretches the truth?’ For those of you who haven’t read it yet, Tommy Sowers wrote a letter to the Southeast Missourian to accusing Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson’s campaign of stretching the truth, saying he is running a “fact-based campaign” and that the Emerson campaign should “do their own fact-checking.” Of course, as [...]Read Full Story

By Mark Bliss ~ Southeast Missourian Diane L. Wilson ~ dlwilson@semissourian.com Cape Girardeau’s new $60 million federal courthouse won praise from U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson on Friday after she and other federal officials toured the nearly completed building.”This is a magnificent structure,” she said. “I think it is a great honor to [...]Read Full Story

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On January 7, 2009, Republican Representative Jo Ann Emerson introduced what she must have thought was a killer bill. House Joint Resolution 8 is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that would “prohibit the act of desecration of the flag of the United States.” If passed, H.J. Res 8 would be [...]Read Full Story