JEFFERSON CITY - The choice of the House Democratic Caucus to be Missouri's next speaker has focused his legislative efforts on agricultural and community development legislation. During the 1995 session, bills sponsored by Rep. Sam Leake, D-Laddonia, were:
Rep. Sheila Lumpe, D-University City, who narrowly lost the speaker's race to Rep. Sam Leake, D-Laddonia, said she has decided not to run. Instead, she said she will support Backer.
In response to reports of inappropriate travel expenses claimed by Representative Bob Ward, Democratic Nominee for Speaker of the Missouri House, Sam Leake, announced that he will look into the allegations. Jeremy Brown has more on the story....
Missouri Democrats chose a farmer as their candidate for Speaker of the House in a closed-door caucus on Nov. 9. Representative Sam Leake, a conservative Democrat who supports abortion restrictions, won the nomination. Leake, of Laddonia, is chairman of the House Agriculture Committee.
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