Kansas City, MO – Secretary of State candidate Jason Kander today announced that General Wesley K. Clark (Ret.) has endorsed his campaign for Secretary of State.

“I want Missouri’s veterans to know that I fully endorse Jason Kander’s candidacy for Secretary of State. Shane Schoeller’s attempt earlier this year to eliminate absentee voting by mail in Missouri is offensive to those of us – like Jason Kander and myself – who have voted absentee while serving our country away from home,” said Clark, the former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. …

The state’s chief elections officer must be smart, fair and a person of highest integrity.

The Star strongly recommends Democrat Jason Kander of Kansas City for Missouri secretary of state.

A lawyer and former Army captain, Kander spent time in Afghanistan investigating suspected government corruption, espionage and drug trafficking.

He was first elected to the Missouri House in 2008 and has made ethics reform his signature issue, calling for limits on political donations and less influence by lobbyists. Missourians could expect his work as secretary of state to be …

In the race for Missouri secretary of state, Democrat Jason Kander is running against Republican Shane Schoeller to replace incumbent Robin Carnahan, who is retiring from the office.
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Kander wants to expand early and absentee voting. Republican efforts to prohibit absentee voting by mail would interfere particularly with military and other voters temporarily stationed outside their usual residential districts. Only 15 states, including Missouri, have laws as restrictive as ours.

Secretaries of state in Missouri have forged a good record through the years handling essential business service …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jason Kander announced today that his campaign ended the most recent fundraising quarter with more than $1 million cash on hand. Kander raised more than $425,000 during the past fundraising quarter, including $195,000 during September alone. Kander has begun running tv ads that tout his military experience and readiness to make the tough calls that come with the Secretary of State’s office. 

Kander’s opponent, Shane Schoeller, has been plagued by reports that his family received a no-bid contract from the state to run …