Strike one off the list:
Missouri Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R) will not run for Senate in 2010, her office confirmed Friday morning. Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) announced Thursday that he is retiring from the Senate after four terms.
Emerson spokesman Jeffrey Connor said the Congresswoman was content to stay in the House with her new post as the ranking member on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government.
She probably would have been one of their better candidates. I’d much rather face Talent than Emerson.
Good pass.
…but with names like Emerson, Talent, and Carnahan looks like you need a little nepotism to be considered a candidate in Missouri.
She would have been very formidable. She’s pretty moderate by Missouri Republican standards and would be way tougher than someone like Talent.