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Todd Akin
232,276 votes
62.3%
William C. "Bill" Haas
132,068 votes
35.4%
- Party: Democratic
- Occupation: attorney/educator
- Harvard Law School
- 20 years of corporate law practice
- 9 years Professor of Law, Business and Government
Priorities:
- Middle-class tax cut, jobs and the economy
- Health-care/Insurance coverage for all, starting with children and adults over 55
- Making nursing homes and assisted living facilities affordable, accessible, safe and secure
Thomas L. "Tom" Knapp
8,628 votes
2.3%
- Party: Libertarian
- Occupation: Writer, editor and publisher
- Local Board Member, Selective Service System, 2004-present
- US Marine Corps Reserve, 1984-95
Priorities:
- Withdrawal of US troops from Iraq
- Bottom-up tax cuts, a FICA "floor," eventual elimination of the income tax
- Restoration of civil liberties
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- The League of Women Voters of St. Louis and the National Association of Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE).are co-sponsoring a candidate forum for candidates running for Congressional Districts 1, 2, and 3 in the November General Election. The forum will be held on Monday, October 20, 2008, at the Kirkwood United Methodist Church, 201 W. Adams in Kirkwood, 63122, from 7:00-9:00 p.m.
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