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Missouri Gubernatorial Candidates Talk Cooperation with State Business Group.

By Terry Ganey, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 18--JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Official filing for Missouri's election doesn't open until Tuesday, but two governor hopefuls -- Auditor Claire McCaskill and Secretary of State Matt Blunt -- ran practice laps before a statewide business group on Wednesday.

Absent was the uninvited Gov. Bob Holden, a Democrat. When he last appeared before the group, the Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Holden gave them a piece of his mind.

"I was there when he blasted them,"

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