Peter Kinder

Missouri Lt. Gov Addresses Stripper Flap: Religion Helped Me Change My Strip-Club-Going Ways

Jillian Rayfield | August 18, 2011, 6:00AM

Missouri Lt. Gov Peter Kinder (R) has spoken out about the allegations that he long frequented a strip club and sort-of stalked a stripper who worked there, admitting that he used to go to the strip club in question but maintaining that it was years ago. "I came to realize that this is not consistent with my upbringing. I'm a Christian," he said.

Kinder also denied many of the allegations against him. "A single man is vulnerable to any fantastic charge,'' he told the St. Louis Beacon.

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Mark "Thor" Hearne

GOP Vote Suppression Expert Now Handling Anti-HCR Lawsuit

Zachary Roth | April 22, 2010, 9:37AM

A Republican operative who was behind a sophisticated effort to make it harder for poor people and minorities to vote is back in the news. He's handling Missouri's lawsuit against the health-care reform law.

Mark "Thor" Hearne has been hired by Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder to challenge the law's constitutionality. Several other states are bringing similar claims. Kinder is mounting a fundraising effort -- even launching a website -- to pay for the challenge to the law because the state's Democratic attorney general has declined to get involved.

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Topics: American Center for Voting Rights, Health Care Reform, Justice Department, Mark "Thor" Hearne, Peter Kinder, Todd Graves, U.S. Attorneys, Voting, voter fraud