Previously:

The Political Year in Pictures – 2012 – part 1 (December 31, 2012)

The Political Year in Pictures – 2012 – part 2 (December 31, 2012)

At the annual Harkin Steak Fry in Indianola, Iowa on September 16, 2012.

Harkin Steak Fry 2012 – photos (September 16, 2012)

Harkin Steak Fry 2012 – Road Trip (September 16, 2012)

The 35th Annual Harkin Steak Fry: Getting a Jump on 2016 (September 17, 2012)

Harkin Steak Fry 2012 – press availability with Sen. Tom Harkin (D) and Gov. Martin O’Malley (D) (September 17, 2012)

Harkin Steak Fry 2012 Press Availability Video (September 20, 2012)

Todd Akin (r) kept running into buzz saws:

“Yes, I find it interesting that, that you don’t want the government deciding what to do for you,

but you do want the government deciding what women can do and can’t do with their bodies.”

Todd Akin (r) in Clinton, Missouri – Q and A (September 27, 2012)

Teresa Hensley, Cass County Prosecutor and the Democratic Party candidate in the 4th Congressional

District, campaigning door to door in Boonville, Missouri on October 5, 2012.

Teresa Hensley (D): retail politics in the 4th Congressional District (October 5, 2012)

Senator Claire McCaskill (D) campaigned door to door in her old Kansas City neighborhood on November 2, 2012.

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): door to door in Kansas City – November 2, 2012 (November 2, 2012)

Cass County Prosecutor and 4th Congressional District candidate Teresa Hensley (D) in Belton, Missouri on election night.

This means we’ll be attending town halls all over the 4th Congressional District… (November 6, 2012)

A Black Friday labor demonstration at the parking lot entrance of the Walmart store in Roeland Park, Kansas on November 23, 2012.

Black Friday labor demonstration in Roeland Park, Kansas (November 23, 2012)

On December 14, 2012 activists picketed in front of Representative Vicky Hartzler’s district office in Harrisonville, Missouri.

“End the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy.” Harrisonville, Missouri on December 14, 2012.

At Representative Vicky Hartzler’s (r) district office in Harrisonville, Missouri on December 14, 2012.

Previously:

The Political Year in Pictures – 2012 – part 1 (December 31, 2012)

Cass County Prosecutor and 4th Congressional District candidate Teresa Hensley (D) in the parade in Belton, Missouri on June 16, 2012.

A parade in Belton, Missouri (June 16, 2012)

Ed Martin (r): We were sitting around trying to think of a metaphor for the campaign… (June 16, 2012)

Dave Spence (r): nothing exceeds like excess (June 16, 2012)

The 27 percent: no matter where you go, there they are (June 16, 2012)

Kansas City Mayor Sly James at Missouri Boys State on the campus of the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg on June 17, 2012.

Governor Jay Nixon (D) at Missouri Boys State on the campus of the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg on June 17, 2012.

Missouri Boys State 2012 (June 16, 2012)

Attorney General Chris Koster at Missouri Boys State 2012 – Q and A (June 17, 2012)

Governor Jay Nixon (D) and Kansas City Mayor Sly James at Missouri Boys State 2012 (June 18, 2012)

Kansas City Mayor Sly James at Missouri Boys State 2012 (June 18, 2012)

James Carville at Missouri Boys State 2012 – photos (June 19, 2012)

James Carville at Missouri Boys State 2012 (June 19, 2012)

Gov. Jay Nixon at Missouri Boys State 2012: “I just assumed you were a Democrat…” (June 27, 2012)

Cass County Prosecutor Teresa Hensley (D), the Democratic Party candidate in the 4th Congressional District,

speaking to the crowd at the opening of her campaign headquarters in Harrisonville on Tuesday evening, June 19, 2012.

Teresa Hensley (D) in the 4th Congressional District: campaign HQ opening in Harrisonville (June 20, 1012)

Senator Claire McCaskill (D) at a campaign headquarters event in Independence, Missouri on July 2, 2012.

Three Things. Senator Claire McCaskill (D) in Harrisonville, Missouri on July 2, 2012.

The Republicans want to privatize Medicare, privatize Social Security, and end

federal involvement in student loans.

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) in Independence and Harrisonville – July 2, 2012 (July 2, 2012)

President Obama at a campaign event at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on July 10, 2012.

President Obama in Cedar Rapids, Iowa – photos (July 10, 2012)

Iowa – full circle, of sorts (July 11, 2012)

President Obama in Cedar Rapids, Iowa – photos, part 2 (July 11, 2012)

Barack Obama CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA GRASSROOTS EVENT video by Jerry Schmidt (July 13, 2012)

Senator Claire McCaskill (D) speaking on the shop floor at Standard Sheet Metal in Kansas City, Missouri on August 8, 2012.

Sen. Claire McCaskill at Standard Sheet Metal in Kansas City – 8/8/12 (August 8, 2012)

Sen. Claire McCaskill at Standard Sheet Metal in Kansas City – 8/8/12 – media Q and A (August 8, 2012)

Attorney General Chris Koster (D) at the Missouri State Fair Governor’s Ham Breakfast on August 16, 2012.

Missouri State Fair – the Governor’s Ham Breakfast – photos (August 16, 2012)

Attorney General Chris Koster (D) in Marshall, Missouri on August 31, 2012.

Saline County Democrats – Marshall, Missouri – August 31, 2012 (August 31, 2012)

Over the course of the last year we covered a number of government and political events in Missouri (and elsewhere), in the process taking thousands of photographs. Most of them didn’t make it into the blog. Some of the things we saw and heard made us smile, made us think, made us gasp, made us hope, and made us despair. We thought we’d provide a retrospective of some of the pictures and stories we consider to be memorable.

Jason Kander (D) at a campaign event in Higginsville, Missouri on January 8, 2012.

Lafayette County Democrats: Emanuel Cleaver, Jason Kander and Holmes Osborne in Higginsville (January 9, 2012)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) in Higginsville (January 9, 2012)

Rep. Jason Kander (D) in Higginsville (January 10, 2012)

An anti Obamacare sign at a presidential primary campaign event for Rick Santorum (r) in Lee’s Summit, Missouri on February 3, 2012.

Rick Santorum (r) in Lee’s Summit, Missouri (February 3, 2012)

Sen. Will Kraus (r): warming up the crowd about urban schools at the Santorum rally (February 4, 2012)

Rick Santorum in Lee’s Summit, Missouri: the Blutarsky sermon on the summit (February 4, 2012)

A march for women in Jefferson City, Missouri on April 28, 2012.

Missouri – Unite Against the War on Women – Jefferson City march and rally – photos (April 28, 2012)

Missouri – Unite Against the War on Women – Jefferson City march and rally – photos, part 2 (April 28, 2012)

Missouri – Unite Against the War on Women – Jefferson City march and rally – photos, part 3 (April 29, 2012)

Rebecca McClanahan 4/28/2012 Unite Against the War on Women Jefferson City (May 1, 2012)

Peggy Cochran 4/28/2012 – Unite Against the War on Women – Jefferson City (May 1, 2012)

Senator Ken Jacob speaks at Unite Against the War on Women in Jefferson City (May 1, 2012)

Stephen Webber 4/28/2012 Unite Against the War on Women Jefferson City (May 3, 2012)

Signs along the highway north of Buffalo, Missouri, May 4, 2012.

Representative Vicky Hartzler (r) at a town hall in Buffalo, Missouri on May 4, 2012.

Missouri: our delusional paranoids are creative in a folk art sort of way (May 4, 2012)

Town Hall Meta (May 4, 2012)

Vicky Hartzler rats out Showmeprogress crew! (May 5, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): May 4, 2012 town halls in Buffalo, Versailles, California – photos (May 6, 2012)

Rosie Rios, Treasurer of the United States, at the White House Urban Economic Forum in Kansas City, Missouri on May 8, 2012.

White House Urban Economic Forum – Kansas City – May 8, 2012 – photos (May 8, 2012)

White House Urban Economic Forum – Kansas City – May 8, 2012 (May 9, 2012)

Judy Baker (center), a Democratic Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor and

our good friend Eli Yokley (right), another blogger journalist desperately waiting to feed the content beast

– at Truman Days in Independence, Missouri on May 11, 2012.

Truman Days in Kansas City – 2012 – photos (May 12 2012)

Truman Days in Kansas City – 2012 – photos – part 2 (May 13, 2012)

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) at Truman Days in Kansas City – 2012 (May 13, 2012)

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) at Truman Days in Kansas City – 2012 (May 14, 2012)

Assistant Minority Floor Leader Tishaura Jones (D) (left) and Representative Jill Schupp (D) (right)

on the floor of the House in Jefferson City, Missouri on May 17, 2012.

Jefferson City – In the House, May 17, 2012 – photos (May 17, 2012)

Former State Auditor and candidate for Lieutenant Governor Susan Montee (D) at the Missouri Democratic Party state convention on June 9, 2012.

Missouri Democratic Convention – photos (June 9, 2012)

Missouri Democratic Convention – photos part 2 (June 9, 2012)

Missouri Democratic Convention – photos – part 3 (June 9, 2012)

There’s a new political action committee throwing money around:

C121488: Missourians For Excellence In Government

308 East High Street Suite 301 Committee Type: Political Action

Jefferson City Mo 65109

(573) 634-2500 Established Date: 12/21/2012

[….]

Treasurer

Nancy E Rice

5297 Washington Place

St Louis Mo 63108

[….]

Committee History

Statement of Committee Organization 12/27/2012 2012

[emphasis added]

The committee made several contributions today. Via the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C071320 12/31/2012 SCHMITT FOR MISSOURI Missourians For Excellence In Government 308 East High St. Ste. 301 Jefferson City MO 65109 12/29/2012 $25,000.00

C010201 12/31/2012 SLAY FOR MAYOR Missourians For Excellence In Government 6175 Westminster St Louis MO 63112 12/31/2012 $50,000.00

C051222 12/31/2012 CITIZENS TO ELECT JAMILAH NASHEED Missourians for Excellence In Government 6175 Westminster Saint Louis MO 63112 12/30/2012 $25,000.00

[emphasis added]

Interesting address thing going on there.

Who in Missouri would have that kind of money?:

CONTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN $5,000.00 RECEIVED BY ANY COMMITTEE FROM ANY

SINGLE DONOR – TO BE FILED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIVING THE CONTRIBUTION

C121488 [pdf] MISSOURIANS FOR EXCELLENCE IN GOVERNMENT 12/21/2012

Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia, MO 65085 Retired 12/20/2012 $275,000.00

[emphasis added]

There’s still money in the account.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: this can’t be good (December 21, 2012)