U.S. Senate candidate Sarah Steelman touted her conservative bona fides — including this week’s endorsement from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — to the Pettis County Pachyderm Club on Friday.
Steelman, a former state senator and Missouri state treasurer, is in a hotly contested three-way race at the top of the GOP ticket, as state Republicans vie to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, along with St. Louis businessman John Brunner and Congressman Todd Akin.
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