Sens. Mike Gibbons of St. Louis County and Chuck Gross of St. Charles said they are interested in the position. Other returning Republican senators John Cauthorn of Mexico and John Loudon of St. Louis County say they haven't yet decided whether to run.
Sen. John Loudon, R-Ballwin, one of two senators to vote against the bill, said borrowing from the rainy day fund would be like "paying one credit card with another." He said the state was like a shopper who spent too much.
Although the Senate restored more than $500,000 in House cuts directed at University of Missouri owned NBC affiliate KOMU/Channel 8 for its post 9-11 ribbon policies, an ammendment offered by Sen. John Loudon, R-St. Louis County, upheld a $100,000 cut to the UM system previously approved by the House.
Republican Senator John Loudon of Ballwin says Professor Harris Mirkin gave Missouri a bad name by publishing findings that Loudon says make light of pedophilia.
JEFFERSON CITY - Sen. John Loudon submitted a resolution to the Missouri Senate condemning a Howard Johnson hotel for sponsoring a bondage and sex torture convention in St. Louis.