Jefferson City, Mo. — The initial deadline for Republican Rep. Todd Akin to quit the Missouri Senate race has come and gone, with no signs that he plans to give up.
Tuesday at 5 p.m. was the deadline for Akin to withdraw from the race without a court order, but neither Akin nor anyone associated with his campaign filed the necessary paperwork with the Secretary of State's office.
Akin now has until Sept. 25 to withdraw, but he would need a court order.
Akin is facing intense pressure from national Republicans to get out of the race against incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill.
Akin stirred outrage on Sunday when he said women's bodies are sometimes able to prevent pregnancies after what he called "a legitimate rape."
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beatnik 9 months ago
if he withdraws and the party appoints another candidate could they bring in a carpetbagger or would it have to be a "real" resident of the district
srj 9 months ago
Another problem I think is a guy spent $75M of his own money to finish behind Akin in the primary, and if the party picked someone else, you know he has the money to sue.
srj 9 months ago
I think Akin was too stubborn to quit, and all his buddies abandoned him, so he said screw them.
Cappy 9 months ago
Akin is in trouble with Turd Blossom and other republicans because he said out loud what many of them believe: If a woman was "really" raped then she wouldn't be pregnant so there should be no abortion exception for rape victims. This is the position both Rmoney and Ryan have endorsed through "personhood" measures and by parsing rape by "forcible" or not.
Benthic 9 months ago
Not surprising considering he is a legitimate a##hole.
sunflower-voter 9 months ago
Now Claire McCaskill has a good chance to win it after all. What good news. The longer Akins stays in and big GOP money is denied him, the better chance the voter tide turns her way all the way through the election.
windjammer 9 months ago
Akin is a legitimate IDIOT.
DougCounty 9 months ago
Akin said: "If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down,"
Looks like the female body of Missouri voters is going to get the chance to shut that whole thing down--his chances for getting elected, that is.
ThePilgrim 9 months ago
Akin already was screwed. His smug mug on TV saying that student loans were like "Stage 3 cancer of socialism" was a perfect opp for McCaskill. Is this loser the best that Repubs can do? he had to have big Koch money to have gotten this far.
tuschkahouma 9 months ago
the complex is going to attach akin to the romney/ryan train....maybe make clowns publically own the policy code language they speak amongst each other to confuse and recruit genuises like false....you want to get over on women???? own it publically and the consequences to boot....false....how are you people smart enough to tie your shoes in the morning?
beatrice 9 months ago
Akin won't abort the race at this late term.
Why should he? After all, he represents the views of the GOP's own platform by wanting to deny abortion to all, including rape victims. Heck, he represents many of the conservatives here on this site ... be they on this site under one name only or their twentieth. He absolutely should stay in the race because he represents American conservativism. He might even win.
jonas_opines 9 months ago
In heat over comments on rape and conception, Akin pressured by his mates to pull out before he's finished prematurely.
oldbaldguy 9 months ago
folks he is still ahead in the polls in Missouri. don't count your chickens until they hatch. this guy has always been like this. his district has elected him 6 times. has to be a reason for that.
Glenn Reed 9 months ago
I don't see the problem with this guy staying in the race. His views are in line with the modern republican party.
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