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11/6/2000 - Missouri Government News for Week of November 6, 2000:
. Gracia Backer resigns from state house to become deputy chief of staff (11/06/00)
11/6/2000 - Gracia Backer turns in resignation.:
Gracia Backer turned in her resignation as State representative of the Fulton area.
11/06/2000 - Republicans optimistic about Senate takeover:
Callaway County also has an opening for its District 20 seat which was held by Democrat Gracia Backer. Democrat Lewis Baumgartner and Republican Danie (CQ SPELLING CORRECT) Moore have both received political action contributions from the health care and banking industry.
11/06/2000 - Missourians go to polls Tuesday in historic election:
One state senator looking to move on, Joe Maxwell, D-Mexico, faces off with Republican Wendell Bailey in the lieutenant governor's race. Maxwell spent most of his early funding advantage defeating state Rep. Gracia Backer, D-New Bloomfield, in a bitter primary. Bailey, who has raised about one-fifth the money Maxwell raked in, is a former state treasurer and congressman.
11/01/2000 - Lieutenant Governor Candidates:
Ron Deihl, owner of Dagwood's sub shop in Mexico remembers the vicious battle this summer between Maxwell and Rep. Gracia Backer, D-Fulton, in the lieutenant governor primaries. Backer's allegations that Maxwell violated campaign finance rules are still pending judgment in Missouri's Ethics Commission.
9/4/2000 - Missouri Government News for Week of September 4, 2000:
Although she lost the primary in early August, Rep. Gracia Backer is continuing her campaign against victorious fellow Democrat Sen. Joe Maxwell.
9/11/2000 - Courteous Canididates Debate Lieutenant Governor's Role:
Even Democrat Joe Maxwell and Republican Wendell Bailey, who traded challenges on a few issues, never resorted to personal attacks. After surviving a particularly vicious primary against Rep. Gracia Backer, Maxwell said he found the debate "clean and refreshing."
9/06/2000 - Funding Fights:
Although she lost the primary in early August, Rep. Gracia Backer is continuing her campaign against victorious fellow Democrat Sen. Joe Maxwell. In July, she accused Maxwell of violating campaign finance laws and filed a complaint with the state Ethics Commission. She maintains her charges, will not drop the complaint and will not offer unconditional support to Maxwell.
4/26/2000 - Motorcyclists converge on capitol to support bill:
One of last year's award recipients, Rep. Gracia Backer, D-New Bloomfield, spoke from the podium bedecked in leather.
4/18/2000 - A House Committee passed the Senate's bill on racial profiling, and discussed another type of profiling:
During a Missouri House Committee meeting on racial profiling, Lieutenant Governor candidate Gracia Backer brought up another type of profiling she says Missouri police use.
4/17/2000 - Missouri Government News for Week of April 17, 2000:
JEFFERSON CITY - During the discussion on racial profiling, Gracia Backer brought up the issue of geographical profiling.
3/08/2000 - House Republicans drag their feet:
"It's playground activity," said Rep. Gracia Backer, D-New Bloomfield. "It's not what the people want us to do."
2/07/2000 - Holden, Nixon accept $3 million over legal limit:
Rep. Gracia Backer, D-New Bloomfield, also has refunded contributions. She said she returned $2,050 to approximately nine people.
2/01/2000 - House proposes ban on motorists using cell phones:
"We were ready for you," said Rep. Gracia Backer, D-New Bloomfield, holding up two cell phones that had just finished beeping.
1/12/2000 - Ethics Commission hires legislator's nephew:
Rep. Gracia Backer, D-New Bloomfield, helped pass a bill in 1996 that would let politicians file their campaign finance reports electronically.
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