Sam Fox

Post-Dispatch: "A group of influential Republicans headed by former Sen. John Danforth and fundraisining dynamo Sam Fox are pressing state auditor Tom Schweich to join the already crowded primary contest for Missouri's GOP nomination for the Senate....The[ir] letter demonstrates a lack of faith in the potential of the trio of GOP contestants vying to take on McCaskill, whose vulnerabilities have showed up in public and private polls. Former state Treasurer Sarah Steelman, of Rolla, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, of Wildwood, and wealthy St. Louis businessman John Brunner are competing to challenge McCaskill."