Rep. Sam Leake, D-Laddonia, and Rep. Garry Wiggins, D-New Cambria, are cosponsoring a proposal that would regulate the closing procedures of large farms.
Representative Sam Leake has stepped aside as the leading Democratic nominee in the race for Missouri's House Speaker. That leaves the race for the most powerful post in the Missouri General Assembly wide open. Adrienne Boff-Man has the story from Jefferson City.
Republican Leader Mark Richardson took the lead over Democrat Sam Leake, but Richardson didn't get the majority needed to put him in the House Speakers' seat.
The election of Rep. Fletcher Daniels, D-Kansas City, as speaker pro tem was a direct result of the chaos into which the Black Caucus threw the party by refusing to support Rep. Sam Leake, D-Perry, the original democratic nominee for Speaker.
The Republican nominee for speaker, Minority Floor Leader Mark Richardson of Poplar Bluff, actually garnered the largest number of votes in Monday's election - getting 76 votes to 71 for the Democratic candidate, Sam Leake, D-Laddonia. But Griffin had ruled that 82 votes were needed to win the election.
The Democratic meeting had been scheduled to assure there would be sufficient votes to elect as speaker Rep. Sam Leake, D-Laddonia, who had won the caucus nomination in November.
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