In a government such as ours we have vigorous contests to determine who should lead. The recent election was no exception. Now we inaugurate a new government on a day that transcends any one individual or any one party.

Blunt and his allies in the Missouri General Assembly moved quickly to enact legislation that they said would create a positive business climate in the state and result in job growth. based auto companies to the American economy. In the area of elementary and secondary education Blunt has proposed that school districts be required to spend at least 65% of their budgets on student instruction.

At age 33 he became the second youngest person ever elected to that office after Kit Bond. Before his election as governor Blunt served ten years in the United States Navy was elected to serve in the Missouri General Assembly in 1998 and as Missouri's Secretary of State in 2000. A Republican Blunt was elected governor on November 2 2004 carrying 101 of Missouri's 114 counties.