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Jeremiah Wilson "Jay" Nixon (born February 13, 1956 in De Soto, Missouri) is the 55th and current Governor of the U.S. state of Missouri. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as Missouri's Attorney General before his election in 2008. Nixon holds both an undergraduate degree and a law degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia.
Political career
He made his first bid for statewide office in 1988, an unsuccessful effort to oust incumbent U.S. Senator John Danforth. Nixon was defeated by Danforth, winning 32% of the vote compared to Danforth's 68%. Nixon was first elected as Missouri's Attorney General on November 3, 1992, on a platform of fighting crime, cleaning up government corruption, and protecting consumers and the environment. Nixon followed ...
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Gov. Jay Nixon has appointed Associate Circuit Judge Christine Carpenter to fill a vacancy at the circuit judge level in Boone and Callaway counties.
Carpenter replaces Circuit Judge Gene Hamilton, who retired from the 13th Judicial Circuit last month after 28 years on the bench.
Carpenter was sworn in Friday at the Boone County Courthouse. She'll serve the balance of Hamilton's term through 2012 and would have to run for a full term as circuit judge.
Carpenter's husband, Joe Bindbeutel (BIHND'-boy-tuhl), worked for Nixon in the Missouri ...
Governor Jay Nixon at a bill signing ceremony in Joplin, MO. (Photo/Eli Yokley)
(STARK CITY, Mo.) Governor Jay Nixon is one of the most recent individuals to win state-wide office as a Democrat. His opinion on Democratic performance would be valuable.
On a conference call with journalists, Nixon wouldn’t allow himself to get into the politics.
Nixon was speaking from a small business in Stark City, right off of a soy bean farm andasked what he thought of the chances of Democrats just 21 days out from the general election.
“I’m confident the election is going to ...
COLUMBIA -- Gov. Jay Nixon recently provided an update to leaders of Missouri's public four-year colleges and universities on the progress toward the agenda for higher education that he presented in August. The Governor spoke at a statewide workshop on the topics of academic transformation and collaboration that was held in Columbia; the workshop was sponsored by the Council on Public Higher Education (COPHE) and was attended by leaders from the 13 member universities that comprise COPHE.
When the Governor met with the presidents and board members of all the state's colleges and ...