Featured Speaker: Governor Jay Nixon
JAY NIXON is serving his first term as governor of Missouri. Garnering the highest margin of victory for a non-incumbent governor in 44 years, Nixon was overwhelmingly elected by Missourians as their 55th Governor on Nov. 4, 2008, to lead the state in a new direction.
Governor Nixon has put forward an agenda to make government more efficient, effective and responsive to the needs of Missouri families. He is committed to attracting the jobs of the future to Missouri, making health care more affordable and placing a college education within reach for middle-class students.
As he did while serving in the state Senate and during his four terms as attorney general, Governor Nixon is reaching across the aisle to put Missouri families first. During his first legislative session as Governor in 2009, Nixon, a Democrat, successfully worked with the Republican-controlled Legislature to pass his comprehensive jobs bill to put Missourians back to work in the face of a 25-year high in unemployment.
The Legislature also passed Caring for Missourians, an initiative by Gov. Nixon that will enable Missouri’s public colleges and universities to graduate an additional 900 professionals in high-demand health care fields each year.
One of Nixon’s most successful programs as attorney general, Missouri’s popular No-Call List, has become a model for states across the nation to stop unwanted telemarketing calls.
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