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Press release: Primary results demonstrate desire for new blood in Washington
August 04, 2010“Yesterday, incumbent Jo Ann Emerson defeated Bob Parker in the Republican Primary. I congratulate Emerson for her primary victory, but I’ll say this: more people voted against Jo Ann Emerson than voted for her last night, and that will be repeated on November 2nd... Read More »
New York Times: In Midterm Elections, Afghan War Barely Surfaces
July 29, 2010There are a few exceptions to the reticence of many candidates on Afghanistan. In Missouri, a former Green Beret and Iraq war veteran, Tommy Sowers, a Democrat running for Congress, has questioned why the United States is training thousands of Afghan security forces when the Afghan government cannot afford to pay their salaries. Read More »
FireDogLake: A better way to spend our resources than Afghanistan: An Interview with Tommy Sowers
July 23, 2010Tommy Sowers is the Democratic candidate for Missouri’s 8th district, currently being held by Republican Jo Ann Emerson. He’s a veteran who served in Kosovo and Iraq. Yesterday, he published a widely read op-ed in the Huffington Post entitled "Who Will Pay for the Afghan Military? The Question Congress Must Answer Now." Read More »
Huffington Post: Tommy Sowers - Who Will Pay for the Afghan Military?
July 22, 2010An old military maxim states, "Amateurs think about strategy and professionals think about logistics." At West Point I taught cadets the U.S. Constitution, which clearly empowers Congress to be active in logistic questions of war. For Afghanistan, Congress must start thinking professionally and ask a tough logistical question -- who will pay for the Afghan military once America leaves? Read More »
Southeast Missourian: Emerson, Sowers reach $1 million in campaign funding
July 18, 2010Democratic Party challenger Tommy Sowers' bragging point for the second quarter of the year is that he raised $333,737 during the period, putting his total at $1.01 million and making his campaign the best-funded of any Democrat to challenge Emerson. Read More »
Tommy on the Airwaves, 7-15
July 15, 2010While in Butler County, Tommy called into KLUH-FM (90.3) and discussed Boots on the Ground and his campaign for Congress. Read More »
Daily Dunklin Democrat: Sowers Meets Local Residents
July 15, 2010Another question asked was whether he thought he could be a statesman. He said, "Look at my record. A definition of a statesman to me is somebody who is disciplined, someone who thinks of others before he thinks of himself and someone that listens." He then went on to say that others should see this in his campaign, and encouraged people to become involved. Read More »
