Thursday, July 24, 2008 By Rudi Keller Just six months after uniting behind Mary Kasten to keep the 158th District Missouri House seat in a special election, Cape Girardeau Republicans will go to the polls Aug. 5 to select a nominee for a full term in office. The three choices offer contrasts in style and substance —— an eager young Naval reserve officer with a taste for politics, a family man who hopes to parlay political experience with former U.S. senator Jim Talent into voter approval and a decorated retired Air Force officer and fast-food businessman who pitches life experience. Clint Tracy, Jeff Glenn and Wayne Wallingford were close in their fundraising totals June 30, and each relies on local donors to fund their campaigns. The primary winner faces Libertarian Robert Roland in November. No Democrat filed for the race....
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