district. when she ran for governor, she cheated in the debate against rick scott. i remember this back and forth having to do with an iphone. you are talking about reminding people because they claim it was just an e-mail. both sides agreed at their request they would not be allowed any notes. during a break, someone brought her a phone. the moderator debate confirmed it. there were notes on the phone. you are saying this is going to be an issue? just pointing out that the voters of that district need to know that. let me ask you rick scott broke with the national republican party saying he wanted to take medicaid money and it divided the party taking the national medicaid money. is this going to make it harder to unite the party and making it awkward for the state senate racings or is the party going to unite behind scott s position. we are united on the big things.
but the american paem are really, really populist on this issue. if you put the minimum wage on the ballot basically anywhere, it wins. and not only does it win, it often wins by so much, it moves other racings on the same ballot. so in 2006, in missouri, then-senator jim talent, the republican incumbent, was up for re-election. he was being challenged by the then-state auditor, claire mccaskill. a democrat. missouri s a pretty conservative state. as an incumbent, jim talent probably should have won that race. but claire mccaskill beat him, and she has gone on to a distinguished six years and counting career in the senate. but when she first got that job in the senate, her win was a very close rate and it was an upset. and part of what put the wind at her back that year, 2006, was the initiative on the missouri state ballot that year to raise the minimum wage. claire mccaskill was in favor of that and said so. jim talent didn t want to talk about it. you re going to have to cast
issue. if you put the minimum wage on the ballot basically anywhere, it wins. and not only does it win, it often wins by so much, it moves other racings on the same ballot. so in 2006, in missouri, then-senator jim talent, the republican incumbent, was up for re-election. he was being challenged by the then-state auditor, claire mccaskill. a democrat. missouri s a pretty conservative state. as an incumbent, jim talent probably should have won that race. but claire mccaskill beat him, and she has gone on to a distinguished six years and counting career in the senate. but when she first got that job in the senate, her win was a very close rate and it was an upset. and part of what put the wind at her back that year, 2006, was the initiative on the missouri state ballot that year to raise the minimum wage. claire mccaskill was in favor of that and said so. jim talent didn t want to talk
it wins. and not only does it win, it often wins by so much, it moves other racings on the same ballot. so in 2006, in missouri, then-senator jim talent, the republican incumbent, was up for re-election. he was being challenged by the then-state auditor, claire mccaskill. a democrat. missouri s a pretty conservative state. as an incumbent, jim talent probably should have won that race. but claire mccaskill beat him, and she has gone on to a distinguished six years and counting career in the senate. but when she first got that job in the senate, her win was a very close rate and it was an upset. and part of what put the wind at her back that year, 2006, was the initiative on the missouri state ballot that year to raise the minimum wage. claire mccaskill was in favor of that and said so. jim talent didn t want to talk about it. you re going to have to cast a vote in two weeks on whether or not we raise the minimum wage in missouri. will you vote yes or whether you
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