Missouri Right to Life 2006 Primary Election Endorsements

The following primary election candidates have been endorsed by the Missouri Right to Life (MRL) Political Action Committee for the U. S. Senate, the Missouri State Auditor, U. S. House of Representatives, Missouri State Senate, and Missouri House of Representative districts that represent St. Louis City and the Missouri counties of St. Louis, Lincoln, Warren, Pike, Washington, Franklin, St. Genevieve, St. Francois, St. Charles, Crawford, and Perry.

It is important to note that all of the following candidates oppose the ballot initiative known as the “Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative” which will be on the general election ballot in November of this year. The question posed by MRL which these candidates had to answer in order to receive MRL’s endorsement was: “Do you support or oppose the ballot initiative to amend the Missouri Constitution, the so-called Missouri Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative, being proposed by the Missouri Coalition for Lifesaving Cures?”

KEY

R = Republican

D = Democrat

(i) = Incumbent (Presently holding that particular office)

U.S. Senate

Jim Talent – R (i)

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Representative - District 1

Mark J. Byrne – R

Leslie L. Farr II – R

U. S. Representative - District 2

Todd Akin – R (i)

U. S. Representative - District 3

Jim Frisella – D

U. S. Representative - District 9

Kenny Hulshof – R (i)

Missouri State Auditor

Jack Jackson – R

John W. Loudon – R

Mark Wright – R

Missouri State Senate

District 2

Scott T. Rupp – R (i)

Wayne J. Henke – D

District 4

Derio Gambaro – D

District 16

Merrill Townley – R

Frank Barnitz – D (i)

District 18

Bob Behnen – R

District 22

Bill Alter – R (i)

District 26

Gene Taylor – D

Missouri House of Representatives

District 11

Milton Schaper – R

Jim Volmert – D

Ed Schieffer – D

Jeffrey Keiser – D

District 13

Bob Onder – R

District 16

Carl Bearden – R (i)

District 19

Cynthia Davis – R (i)

District 74

Tony George – D

District 79

Albert Liese – D (i)

District 84

Allen Icet – R (i)

District 85

Jim Lembke – R (i)

District 86

Jane Cunningham – R (i)

District 87

Scott Muschany – R (i)

District 89

Steve Banton – R

Scott Dickenson – R

Timothy Jones – R

District 92

Charles Portwood– R (i)

District 94

Rick Stream – R

District 95

Jim Avery – R (i)

Paul Green Jr. – D

District 96

Patricia Yaeger – D (i)

District 97

Walt Bivins – R (i)

District 98

Brian Nieves – R (i)

District 101

Tim Meadows – D (i)

District 104

Bruce Valle – R

District 105

Ed Groom – R

District 110

Belinda Harris – D (i)

District 150

Jason Smith – R (i)

District 152
J. C. Kuessner – D (i)