April 7 is also the anniversary of the end of prohibition in the U.S. and it turns out the Clydesdales and prohibition don’t share that date by accident.
An heir to the Anheuser-Busch beer fortune has filed to run as a Democrat for Missouri’s open Senate seat, raising the prospect the party could have a self-funding candidate against the eventual Republican primary winner from a currently crowded field.
Busch Valentine, daughter of the late chairman of the Anheuser-Busch Companies, described herself as a candidate open to talking to people with different viewpoints, although she didn’t go into much detail on her political agenda.